A deadly bomb blast in Oslo has targeted government buildings. In what is believed to be a related incident, a man dressed as a policeman opened fire at a youth meeting of the ruling Labour Party. Follow the events live at FRANCE 24.
Melissa Bell meets Alastair Campbell, former director of Communications for Tony Blair. He speaks about his key role in Labour’s election campaigns and stresses the importance of communication in politics.
Britain’s former foreign secretary David Miliband (pictured) has announced that he is stepping down from frontline politics after his brother Ed narrowly beat him in an election to lead the Labour Party.
Ed Miliband has become the new leader of the British Labour Party. The lesser-known Miliband beat his brother David in the race for the leadership. David had been the long-standing favourite to become the next head of the party. At the Labour Party conference in Manchester, Ed Miliband gave his first speech as leader of the opposition.
The web comments on Ed Miliband’s election to leader of Britain’s Labour party ; the Indian blogosphere expresses concerns as the Commonwealth Games approach ; and a short film with mobile phone "Transformers“.
In Monday's international papers, the British press gives a cautious welcome to new Labour leader Ed Miliband, Haaretz says Netanyahu has something to hide, and the Times is bemoaning the decline of the French lunch.
Three days after defeating his older brother in a tight leadership race, Ed Miliband heralded a "new generation" in British politics in his first speech Tuesday as Labour Party chief at the party conference in Manchester.
Britain's Labour Party is set to announce its new leader Saturday to fill the spot left by former PM Gordon Brown. Amongst a field of five candidates, one of the two Miliband brothers, Dave or Ed, is considered most likely to win.
Why the far-right is entering Sweden's parliament for the very first time, Anglicans lobby the visiting pope to allow female clerics, and France faces the music in Brussels over the deportation of Roma Gypsies.
Julia Gillard became Australia's first female prime minister Thursday after being elected unopposed in a shock Labour Party ballot. Support for former leader Kevin Rudd had waned over a new mining tax and his shelving of a carbon-reduction scheme.
