Keir Starmer addressed the nation after the Labour Party won the UK General Election with some 412 seats, an increase of 211, while the Conservatives, lost about 250 lawmakers, including a record number of senior ministers and former prime minister Liz Truss. 

In Iran, polls have opened on Friday in a presidential runoff a week after the first round of presidential elections on June 28 following President Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a plane crash a month ago. 

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz survived a huge scare on Friday (July 5) as he overcame Frances Tiafoe in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships at the Centre Court. Follow WION Sports to get the latest updates from the sports world. 

Orban meets Putin in Moscow as Hungary takes over EU presidency

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Moscow on Friday (July 5) to meet President Vladimir Putin of Russia in a major setback to western-European effort to isolate Russia. Orban’s visit comes less than a week before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Russia for an annual India-Russia visit.

Man who stabbed South Korean opposition leader Lee sentenced to 15 years in prison

A man who stabbed South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in January this year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday (July 5), the news agency Associated Press reported citing court officials. The knife-wielding man attacked Lee, who is the head of the Democratic Party, after approaching him asking for his autograph at an event in the southeastern city of Busan.