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UK PM Starmer Resigns, First Round Of US-Iran Talks, Iran Deal Scrutiny

June 22, 2026·13 min·5-min readnarrativenews
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned amid plummeting approval ratings and internal party pressure, paving the way for Andy Burnham, the popular mayor of Manchester, to potentially become the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade. Meanwhile, U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland produce

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Keir StarmerAndy BurnhamDonald TrumpJohn McTernanAbbas AragchiBenjamin NetanyahuJ.D. Vance

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