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- Reuters
Factbox-India election 2024 - What lies ahead for the new government
India is expected to have a new government in place by the middle of June after a six-week election that began on April 19. Votes will be counted on June 4 and analysts expect Prime Minister Narendra Modi to win a third straight term. India's economy is expected to have grown by about 8% in the last fiscal year, one of the fastest rates among major economies, but voters have pointed to disparities on the ground, with growth more visible in cities than in the vast hinterland.
- The Telegraph
Iga Swiatek scolds French Open fans after showing champion’s fight to down Naomi Osaka
Roland Garros favourite Iga Swiatek laid into the French crowd for shouting out during rallies after she had just saved match point in a breathless comeback to beat the former world No 1 Naomi Osaka.
- The Telegraph
France stands as a chilling warning for the UK today
Like many undecided British voters today (and quite a few exasperated Tory ones), I recall what it felt like after two decades of increasingly uninspiring and stale Right-wingers in power: I wanted them out. I was voting for the first time in my life, the year was 1981, and I cast my ballot for François Mitterrand, a hitherto lacklustre Socialist who’d promised Cabinet seats to the then powerful French Communist party.
