• चुनाव आयोग ने हिंसा और गड़बड़ियों के कारण दक्षिण 24 परगना के मगराहाट पश्चिम और डायमंड हार्बर निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों के 15 केंद्रों पर 29 अप्रैल को हुए मतदान को शून्य घोषित कर दिया है।
• एक निष्पक्ष चुनावी प्रक्रिया सुनिश्चित करने के लिए सख्त निगरानी में 2 मई को सुबह 7 बजे से शाम 6 बजे तक दोबारा मतदान का कार्यक्रम निर्धारित किया गया है।
• यह निर्णय उन गड़बड़ियों की रिपोर्टों को संबोधित करता है जिनसे इन क्षेत्रों में मतदान की अखंडता प्रभावित हुई थी।
Anthony Marsh विपक्ष की नेता Jess Wilson के लिए एक महत्वपूर्ण प्रोत्साहन के रूप में मजबूत स्थिति में दिखाई दे रहे हैं।
Liberals ने Victoria के एक महत्वपूर्ण उपचुनाव में जीत का दावा किया है, जिसे नवंबर में राज्य के मतदान के दौरान जो उम्मीद की जा सकती है, उसके पूर्वाभ्यास के रूप में देखा जा रहा है।
जैसे-जैसे Mornington peninsula की Nepean सीट पर मतगणना जारी रही, Liberal उम्मीदवार Anthony Marsh विपक्ष की नेता Jess Wilson के लिए एक महत्वपूर्ण प्रोत्साहन के रूप में मजबूत स्थिति में दिखाई दिए।
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• शुक्रवार को जारी नए POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab सर्वेक्षण से पता चलता है कि रिपब्लिकन और डेमोक्रेट दोनों का भारी बहुमत U.S. House की जिला सीमाएं खींचने के लिए एक स्वतंत्र आयोग के पक्ष में है, जो पक्षपातपूर्ण gerrymandering को समाप्त करने के विरोध में दिए जाने वाले तर्कों को कमजोर करता है।
• ट्रंप प्रशासन स्वतंत्र जिला-पुनर्निर्धारण पैनलों को संहिताबद्ध (codify) करने के उन प्रस्तावों पर विचार कर रहा है, जो ऐसे आयोगों को अपनाने वाले राज्यों को संघीय कोष (federal funds) से जोड़ते हैं; यह एक ऐसी रणनीति है जो 2026 और उसके बाद battleground districts को नया आकार दे सकती है।
• नागरिक अधिकार समूहों और मतदान अधिवक्ताओं ने सर्वेक्षण के निष्कर्षों का स्वागत किया है, उनका तर्क है कि स्वतंत्र आयोग मानचित्रों के उस पक्षपातपूर्ण हेरफेर को कम करेंगे जो वर्तमान में दोनों दलों के पक्ष में झुके हुए हैं।
• New York City Council चुनाव में, Zohran Mamdani के समर्थन पर संदेह जताया जा रहा है क्योंकि incumbent कम पोल रेटिंग और विभाजित आधार (split base) के कारण संघर्ष कर रहे हैं।
• खराब आंकड़ों के बावजूद, अडिग उम्मीदवार एक centrist प्रतिद्वंद्वी के लिए पीछे हटने से इनकार कर रहा है।
• यह स्थानीय चुनाव राष्ट्रीय निहितार्थों के लिए शहरी राजनीति में बदलते Democratic समीकरणों का संकेत देता है।
• लगभग दो-तिहाई (64%) अमेरिकी वयस्क स्वास्थ्य देखभाल लागत वहन करने के बारे में चिंतित हैं, जिनमें से 30% बहुत अधिक चिंतित हैं, जो गैस की कीमतों की तुलना में सामर्थ्य संबंधी चिंताओं में सबसे ऊपर है।
• अन्य आर्थिक दबावों के बावजूद स्वास्थ्य देखभाल की किफ़ायत (affordability) जनता की प्राथमिक चिंता बनी हुई है।
• यह सर्वेक्षण बढ़ते चिकित्सा खर्चों के बीच परिवारों पर जारी वित्तीय तनाव को उजागर करता है।
ईंधन संकट के कारण अधिक मतदाता जीवाश्म ईंधन (fossil fuels) पर टिके रहने के बजाय नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा (renewable energy) की ओर बढ़ने के इच्छुक दिख रहे हैं। हमारा ब्रेकिंग न्यूज़ ईमेल, मुफ़्त ऐप या दैनिक समाचार पॉडकास्ट प्राप्त करें।
नवीनतम Guardian Essential पोल के अनुसार, अधिकांश ऑस्ट्रेलियाई गैस निर्यात से होने वाले मुनाफे पर कर लगाने और ईंधन उत्पाद शुल्क (fuel excise) में कटौती को बढ़ाने का समर्थन करते हैं, हालांकि Anthony Albanese ने बुधवार को मौजूदा गैस निर्यात अनुबंधों पर नए कर की संभावना को खारिज कर दिया है।
पोल में यह भी पाया गया कि ईंधन संकट के कारण अधिक मतदाता जीवाश्म ईंधन के बजाय नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा की ओर रुख करने के लिए उत्साहित हैं।
ऑस्ट्रेलियाई लोगों का यह भी कहना है कि वैश्विक ईंधन अनिश्चितता के बीच वे पहले से ही यात्रा कम कर रहे हैं, सार्वजनिक परिवहन का विकल्प चुन रहे हैं और एयरकंडीशनर व हीटिंग का उपयोग कम कर रहे हैं।
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• अमेरिकियों ने बचपन के टीकाकरण निर्णयों के सरकारी प्रबंधन में भी बढ़ा हुआ विश्वास दिखाया है, जो health policy interventions में व्यापक सार्वजनिक विश्वास का संकेत देता है।
• 1,018 संभावित मतदाताओं के TPOR पोल के अनुसार, Talarico जॉन Cornyn से तीन प्रतिशत अंक और केन Paxton से पांच प्रतिशत अंक आगे हैं।
• नवंबर के मध्यावधि चुनावों में अमेरिकी सीनेट का नियंत्रण हासिल करने की डेमोक्रेट्स की उम्मीदें एक पोल से बढ़ गई हैं, जिसमें टेक्सास में पार्टी के उम्मीदवार जेम्स Talarico को दो संभावित रिपब्लिकन विरोधियों के खिलाफ आमने-सामने की भिड़ंत में आगे दिखाया गया है।
• Texas public opinion research (TPOR) सर्वे के मुताबिक, डेमोक्रेटिक राज्य विधायक Talarico, GOP के मौजूदा सीनेटर जॉन Cornyn और उनके आंतरिक पार्टी प्रतिद्वंद्वी केन Paxton से वन-ऑन-वन मुकाबलों में आगे हैं।
• पहली बार One Nation ने Coalition से बेहतर प्रदर्शन किया है, जबकि इस दक्षिणपंथी लोकलुभावन पार्टी के नेता को सभी आयु समूहों में सकारात्मक रेटिंग मिली है।
• Guardian Essential पोल के अनुसार, सर्वेक्षण में शामिल अधिकांश ऑस्ट्रेलियाई Pauline Hanson के One Nation नेतृत्व को मंजूरी देते हैं, जिससे उन्हें Anthony Albanese और Angus Taylor की तुलना में अधिक जॉब अप्रूवल रेटिंग मिली है।
• यह परिणाम ऐसे समय में आए हैं जब ऑस्ट्रेलियाई देश और अर्थव्यवस्था के बारे में अधिक निराशावादी हो रहे हैं, और अधिकांश उत्तरदाताओं ने कहा कि उन्हें आने वाले महीनों में स्थिति और खराब होने की उम्मीद है।
• NAHT के सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार, व्यापक जर्जर स्थिति के कारण खेल के मैदानों और कक्षाओं को बंद करने के लिए मजबूर होना पड़ रहा है, साथ ही Send सुविधाएं भी प्रभावित हुई हैं।
• नेशनल एसोसिएशन ऑफ हेड टीचर्स (NAHT) के एक नए सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार, आधे से अधिक प्रधानाध्यापकों का कहना है कि उनके स्कूल के कुछ हिस्से लीकेज, सीलन, मोल्ड, एस्बेस्टस, पुराने बॉयलरों और खराब फायर दरवाजों के कारण या तो उपयोग में नहीं हैं या उद्देश्य के लिए अनुपयुक्त हैं।
• जिन लोगों ने कहा कि उनके स्कूल इस समस्या से जूझ रहे हैं, उनमें से लगभग तीन-चौथाई (73%) का कहना है कि उनके शौचालय ब्लॉक या तो बंद हैं (8%) या उपयोग के लायक नहीं हैं (65%)।
Lawyers for Avara Foods and Freemans of Newent say legal claim backed by 1,300 people is ‘entirely inferential’Lawyers for one of the country’s biggest producers of industrially farmed chicken have attacked a claim that they are responsible for pollution in the River Wye and River Usk.More than 1,300 people have signed up to sue Avara Foods, its subsidiary Freemans of Newent and the local sewage company Welsh Water for extensive and widespread pollution in the rivers and their catchment areas. Continue reading...
Nearly 1 million Californians supported push by Republican Carl DeMaio but it faces historic opposition from DemocratsCalifornia voters will decide in November whether to require photo identification to cast a ballot, making California the latest battleground in a long-running effort by conservatives to push voter ID laws that have been bolstered in recent years by Donald Trump’s repeated and unfounded accusations of widespread voter fraud.Nearly 1 million Californians signed on to support the ballot measure championed by Carl DeMaio, a Republican state representative from San Diego. Continue reading...
YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party political leanings, an overwhelming majority of people support the right to access an abortion – although young people, in particular, fear reproductive rights may be reduced.The YouGov polling, commissioned by MSI Reproductive Choices to mark its 50th anniversary, found nine in 10 people support the right to access an abortion. Continue reading...
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Reuters-Ipsos, AP-NORC and NBC polls show approval in mid-30s, with economy, Iran and immigration concernsUS politics live – latest updatesA trio of political polls indicate public approval of Donald Trump’s management of the US economy, immigration and the Iran conflict is slipping, flashing warning lights for Trump-aligned Republican candidates with six months to go until the US midterm elections.Polls by Reuters-Ipsos poll, Strength in Numbers-Verasight and AP-NORC had the president’s approval rating hovering in the mid-30s, at 36%, 35% and 33% respectively, which are near his lowest numbers. Continue reading...
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Research finds global heating has already lengthened the pollen season in addition to worsening heatwaves and droughtsClimate breakdown has extended the pollen season in the UK and mainland Europe by between one and two weeks since the 1990s, a study has found, adding itchy eyes and runny noses to the harm wrought by fossil fuel pollution.The finding may be less dramatic than the floods and wildfires typically associated with a warming planet but represents a “huge” increase in the combined suffering of tens of millions of people, the researchers say. Continue reading...
Eighth election in five years comes after government collapse in December, with stability and cost of living key issuesBulgarians are voting in the eighth parliamentary election in five years, with the clear frontrunner, the pro-Russian former president Rumen Radev, promising to stamp out corruption and end a succession of weak, short-lived governments.Radev, a Eurosceptic former fighter pilot who has opposed military support for Ukraine, stepped down from the presidency in January to run in the election, which comes after mass demonstrations forced out the previous government in December. Continue reading...
The Albanese government overhauled policy and promised significant pollution cuts – but carbon offsets are still being used as an excuseSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereIs this how a national scheme to cut climate pollution is supposed to work?Australian government data released this week shows emissions from Australian coalmines increased last financial year. About 80% of the coalmines pumped more into the atmosphere than their government-imposed limit.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
Map reveals most severe concentrations of ammonia emissions, which are dangerous to health and environmentAmmonia pollution hotspots have been identified in areas with some of the greatest numbers of intensive pig and poultry farms in Britain, research has revealed.A new map for the first time reveals the most severe concentrations of ammonia emissions are clustered in Lincolnshire, Herefordshire and Norfolk. These regions all have a high density of intensive poultry and pig units that drive dangerous levels of ammonia, according to researchers from Compassion in World Farming (CiWF) and Sustain. Continue reading...
• Gallup survey of over 5,500 U.S. adults from Oct-Dec 2025 finds 25% use AI for health info, with 59% researching before doctor visits.
• About 14 million adults skipped provider visits in past 30 days after AI advice, though only 4% strongly trust its accuracy.
• Low trust levels (33% trust, 34% distrust) raise concerns on AI's role in U.S. healthcare decisions amid access barriers.
Poll projects major political earthquake across Britain with Labour losing Wales and England’s Red WallGood morning. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is publishing a revised women’s health strategy for England today. As Andrew Gregory reports, the strategy implicitly accepts that women have been let down by a (largely male) medical establishment which has not always taken their health concerns seriously.But, for Labour, this is not just a health announcement. The English local elections are just over three weeks away, and Labour is using this announcement as a platform to attack Reform UK, saying that Nigel Farage’s party can’t be trusted to stand up for women.1. Reform want to reopen the debate on abortion limitsNigel Farage has described the current 24-week abortion limit as “utterly ludicrous” and called for Parliament to revisit it - raising concerns about rolling back long-established reproductive rights.Today Labour is taking action to fix a system that has too often ignored women - cutting waiting lists, improving care and putting women’s voices at the centre.But Reform’s record speaks for itself. From attacking reproductive rights to undermining protections at work, they simply can’t be trusted to stand up for women.If these results come to pass, we will be looking at a major political earthquake across Britain.It could be the worst local election ever for Labour in England, a collapse for the Conservatives in their historic Blue Wall heartlands, and a brutal third place for Starmer’s party in Wales. Continue reading...
Suit alleges the billionaire’s AI company is illegally spewing toxic pollutants from its datacenter in the Memphis areaA new lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company of illegally spewing toxic pollutants into the Black neighborhoods on the border of Tennessee and Mississippi.The suit, filed Tuesday in Mississippi federal court, alleges xAI is violating the Clean Air Act due to emissions from its enormous datacenter in Southaven, Mississippi. The plaintiff – storied civil rights group the NAACP, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center – says xAI has been polluting the surrounding historically Black communities by using dozens of methane gas generators without permits. The organization is seeking to force the company to stop operating its unpermitted turbines in Southaven. Continue reading...
The 11-time Grammy winner had a net favorability of 65%, Obama came second with 14%, while Zelenskyy had 12%For the US public, the feeling that Dolly Parton expressed in her country music chart-topping 1974 classic I Will Always Love You is clearly mutual.A poll of Americans’ opinions about more than 20 international luminaries established as much, with the 11-time Grammy winner and philanthropist leaving her two closest competitors – Barack Obama and Volodymyr Zelenskyy – in the dust by more than 50 percentage points. Continue reading...
Lack of ballot papers and defective computers disrupt election that Keiko Fujimori appears to be leadingPeruvians will have to wait at least until the end of Monday to know the result of the presidential election held on Sunday, after the voting process descended into chaos in some polling stations due to a lack of ballot papers or defective computers.In an unprecedented move, Peru’s electoral agency ONPE announced on Sunday night that it would extend voting for an extra day to allow tens of thousands of Peruvians in the country and abroad, who had been unable to vote, to cast their ballots. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Health secretary warns of dangers of protest vote as he pitches NHS as key battleground in May electionsVoters in May’s local and devolved elections risk putting the NHS in jeopardy if they vote for populist parties, Wes Streeting has said, as he sought to make the health service a key battleground.“The founding principles of the NHS are at greater threat than at any time since the NHS was founded in 1948,” the health secretary said. Continue reading...
Prime minister has been trailing in the polls to Péter Magyar in race that could have repercussions for Europe, the US and RussiaHello from Budapest where Hungarians are voting in a closely contested election that could oust Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power and potentially reshape the central European country’s relations with the EU, Moscow and Washington.Pre-election day polls appeared to suggest that Péter Magyar of the centre-right Tisza party could be on course to win the election, ending Orbán’s era, much criticised for weakening the rule of law and civil liberties, and raising hopes of a more pro-European government in Budapest. Continue reading...
Soaring crime and corruption top voter concerns in highly unpredictable election with 35 candidates for presidentPeruvians go to the polls on Sunday hoping to break a cycle of instability that has produced nine presidents in a decade as well as surging violent crime, corruption scandals and overwhelming distrust in institutions and politicians.About 27 million people who are eligible to vote must choose between a record 35 presidential candidates as well as contenders for a bicameral congress – all from a ballot sheet measuring nearly half a metre – the longest in the country’s history. Continue reading...
Former Viktor Orbán loyalist and his Tisza party have enjoyed meteoric rise as opposition movement growsAs a child growing up in Budapest, Péter Magyar had a poster of Viktor Orbán – at the time a leading figure in the country’s pro-democracy movement – hanging above his bed. Orbán was one of several political figures that adorned his bedroom, Magyar told a podcast last year, hinting at his excitement over the changes sweeping the country after the collapse of communism.Now Magyar, 45, is the driving force behind what could be another momentous political change in Hungary: the ousting of Orbán, whose 16 years in power has transformed the country into a “petri dish for illiberalism”. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Survey published days before election in which anti-EU Viktor Orbán risks being ousted after 16 yearsEurope live – latest updatesHungary elections: what is at stake and who is likely to win?After years of relentless EU-bashing by their nationalist, illiberal prime minister, an overwhelming majority of Hungary’s voters back its membership of the bloc, and most – including many of Viktor Orbán’s voters – now want a new approach to Brussels.Days before elections at which Orbán, who has consistently painted the EU as an enemy of the Hungarian people, risks being ousted after 16 years in power, a poll has shown a huge appetite for a recalibration of the country’s relations with the bloc. Continue reading...
