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Liz Truss maintains a big lead in leadership contest - Poll

Truss has consistently topped polls of Conservative Party members.

Liz Truss maintains a big lead in leadership contest - Poll

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss remains far ahead of leadership rival Rishi Sunak in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, a YouGov poll for Sky News showed on Thursday.

The governing Conservative Party is voting by postal ballot to choose a new party leader after Boris Johnson said he would step down following a series of scandals. The winner will be announced on Sept. 5.


Truss, who has consistently topped polls of Conservative Party members, has a 32 percentage point lead over Sunak among those who have decided to vote, the survey showed. Truss was on 66%, with Sunak on 34%.

The poll said only 13% have either not decided how they will vote, or will not vote at all.

(Reuters)

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Modi expresses grief as nine killed in Indian temple stampede

People gather at Venkateswara temple, at Kasibugga in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (PTI Photo)

Modi expresses grief as nine killed in Indian temple stampede

AT LEAST nine people were killed and 18 injured in a stampede at a Hindu temple in southern India on Saturday (1), after tens of thousands of devotees crowded into a site built to hold just 2,000 people.

The tragedy occurred at the Venkateswara Swamy temple in Kasibugga town in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh state at around 11.30am local time.

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