{"id":652952,"date":"2026-06-22T22:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/652952\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:27:10","slug":"starmer-to-resign-u-k-will-have-fifth-prime-minister-in-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/652952\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer to resign; U.K. will have fifth prime minister in four years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s edition of quick hits.<\/p>\n

* The United Kingdom will soon have its fifth prime minister<\/a> in four years: \u201cBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he will resign, forced out by his own party after missteps and mistakes soured voters\u2019 goodwill following a landslide election victory two years ago on a promise of steady leadership and economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

* A significant economic boost<\/a> for Tehran: \u201cThe U.S. Treasury has suspended restrictions on the sale, production and delivery of Iranian oil for 60 days, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a short time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

* Adding to the list of deadly boat strikes<\/a>: \u201cThe U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing three people, as the Trump administration wages a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.\u201d<\/p>\n

* No one benefits from regressive steps like these<\/a>: \u201cThe Trump administration has decided to start phasing out HIV funding for South Africa following the country\u2019s \u2018failure to make demonstrable progress on policy requests by the administration,\u2019 a State Department official told Politico on Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSteve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of\u00a0MaddowBlog\u00a0and an MS NOW political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”\t\t<\/p>\n

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