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A surprise excellent arise at Australia will ring surprise bells thousands of miles away.
Defying months of advice polls showing he was headed because a loss, Scott Morrison snatched victory from the jaws of overthrow above Saturday ought obtain another vocabulary because his conservative government.
The left-leaning Labor opposition had everything going its way: An unpopular excellent minister at Morrison, a government seen because out of touch, voters worried nearly work security and housing prices. accordingly what went accordingly wrong because Labor chief Bill Shorten?
His failure can certify instructive because Democrats at the U.S. confront ought elect their candidate ought flow against principal Donald Trump at 2020. because one, Benjamin Netanyahu's victory at Israel and exit polls suggesting Narendra Modi will victory at India point ought the resilience of conservative incumbents.
Shorten sought ought compare ought himself with Morrison with a left-leaning platform. Raising the minimum wage, taxing the rich, place more aggressive targets above climate alter and shifting Australia away from its reliance above coal. With such a detailed blueprint, he handed Morrison a shortage rgeister of targets, with the overarching article that Shorten’s policies used to exist expensive and forsake most Australians worse off. It worked.
Does that intend politicians to flee place out policy visions? no necessarily. besides one latent takeaway because the Democrats: impartial because nation don’t similar the chief they have, it doesn’t intend they will automatically uphold the ideology of their challenger.
Global Headlines
Votes that matter | The EU excellent this week suddenly has an additional significance because Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz after his coalition with the distant loyal collapsed. besides Germany’s Angela Merkel is also below strain from some at her feast and Marine Le Pen’s nationalists are targeting Emmanuel Macron at France because the European establishment goes into combat against the populists.
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Austria’s Kurz Goes because victory Hoping ought Pillage Populist Vote Merkel’s Successor Is Firefighting after force clutch Backfires Macron Humbled Ahead of Le Pen Rematch: Postcard From Paris
Baiting Iran | Trump warned Tehran against threatening the U.S., saying if it “wants ought fight, that will exist the officer goal of Iran.” The dirt doesn’t confide it’ll depart ought that. because Alan Crawford, Ilya Arkhipov and Gregory Viscusi report, governments worldwide are alarmed at the stress amid Washington and Tehran, besides Trump’s aversion ought starting wars is keeping the brood at check.
Turning the screw | climax U.S. corporations from chipmakers ought Google hold frozen the provide of critical software and components ought Huawei Technologies, complying with a Trump administration crackdown above China’s largest technique company. Executives of the No. 2 smartphone maker and main developer of 5G wireless networks confide it will exist able ought persist buying from American supplies if the U.S.-Chinese commerce conflict is solved.
Clear winner | Exit polls emerge Modi’s ruling coalition is poised because victory at India’s marathon six-week election. though India surplus the world’s fastest-growing large economy, Modi will look an uphill combat ought console rural torture and create millions of new jobs because unemployment hits a 45-year high. However, exit polls hold a chequered history at India. final results will exist released Thursday.
Kirchner’s maneuver | foregoing Argentine principal Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s surprise confront ought flow because vice principal at this year’s excellent quite than pursue a respond ought the climax work reflects a tactic ought assembly the Peronist opposition after a less-divisive candidate at a order ought topple Mauricio Macri. The large question is if the left-wing politician used to direct by proxy if her ticket wins.
Netanyahu’s gambit | after winning a new mandate at April and facing latent indictment above bribery and deceit charges, Netanyahu is exploring ways ought defend himself from prosecution until he leaves politics, Michael S. Arnold and Udi Segal report. Critics describe the tactic because a peril ought Israel’s democracy.
What ought Watch
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices can forsake clues nearly how quickly they’re prepared ought shorten hind constitutional protections because abortion when they question a rgeister of orders today, with two disputes from Indiana candidates because action. U.K. Conservatives are hurtling into a bitter leadership crowd flat because excellent Minister Theresa can vowed one more advance ought obtain her unpopular Brexit commerce over Parliament. New York is above the cusp of enacting a law that could assist congressional Democrats obtain access to Trump’s condition impose returns.
And finally... because an accident that’s meant ought exist apolitical, Eurovision has again stirred controversy. Madonna’s operation at Tel Aviv ended with two of her dancers wearing Israeli and Palestinian flags at a confront condemned by organizers. Then Hatari — a heavy-metal crowd from Iceland — unveiled a Palestinian banner, prompting a shorten at TV footage. flat ago it began, this year’s contest proved contentious, with musicians including Brian Eno and Roger Waters calling because a boycott above Israel’s policy toward Palestinians.
--With help from Ben Sills, Alan Crawford, Karl Maier and Shivani Kumaresan.
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