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More trouble in the Mediterranean

A new refugee crisis erupts as a move in a diplomatic battle between Spain and Morocco.

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Chile shifts left

Chile's process of drafting a new constitution takes a step forward, with various shades of left winning a majority in the constitutional convention.

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Britain debates preferential voting, again

Ten years after rejecting a move to slightly improve its electoral system, Britain is proposing to go backwards.

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Tasmania wraps up

Tasmania's election result is confirmed, and the Liberal government immediately loses one of its MPs.

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Liz Cheney goes down

The purging of Liz Cheney is another signal of the United States entering very dark territory. The lesson for Australia needs to be heeded.

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Scotland: back on the independence track?

Scotland's nationalists have been returned for another term in office, but it's not clear that a renewed push for independence would be a wise move.

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Too many elections, or not enough

Negotiations in Israel are centred on the possibility of avoiding a fifth straight election. But the Palestinians have the opposite problem.

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Bonaparte, 200 years on

Two hundred years on from the death of Napoleon, his legacy has never ceased to be a live political question in France. Emmanuel Macron is the latest to try to deal with it.

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Madrid & Scotland

A snap election yields a big win for Madrid's centre-right government, while Scotland's nationalists are seeking a mandate for another bid for independence.

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As expected in Tasmania

Another success for the incumbents, as Tasmania's Liberal government wins a somewhat underwhelming victory.

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