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  • Reuters

    Bellwether British town wants change at election, but has doubts on delivery

    In a large commuter town north of London that has backed the winning party at every election for 50 years, disheartened voters are keen for Britain's July 4 election to bring change, but unsure who - if anyone - can deliver it. Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer kicked off their election campaigns on Thursday, each arguing that only they can snap the country out of its economic and political malaise. In a series of interviews with the public in the town of Watford, conducted less than 24 hours after Sunak called the vote, there were few arguments about the malaise, but little enthusiasm that an election would deliver the remedy.

  • Associated Press

    Massive cradle of baby stars revealed in new space telescope images

    A massive cradle of baby stars has been observed in new detail by a European space telescope, adding to its celestial collection of images. The European Space Agency released the photos from the Euclid observatory on Thursday. From its perch 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth, Euclid will spend the next several years observing billions of galaxies covering more than one-third of the sky.