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In Belgrade, Aleksandar Vučić said he will resign within weeks and call early elections after 18 months of student-led protests, hinting he could return as prime minister, the clearest people-power concession in the region this year. In the Indian Ocean, Modi closed a three-day Seychelles state visit with nine agreements, a patrol vessel and a Rs 1,250cr credit line, becoming the first Indian leader to address the island's parliament as Delhi races Beijing's port footprint. In London, Keir Starmer resigned June 22, giving Britain its seventh prime minister in a decade; Andy Burnham leads the Labour succession race with nominations opening July 9. The Iran MoU places Pezeshkian in the position of defending a deal his own IRGC is actively undermining, a test of whether civilian government can hold against the Guards on a live issue. Delcy Rodriguez's interim government is managing a catastrophic earthquake response with degraded infrastructure and US sanctions in the background, Trump's aid pledge notwithstanding. In the Indo-Pacific, Tarique Rahman's 13 MoUs with Beijing mark the clearest pivot away from India Dhaka has signalled in years. Xi's Pyongyang visit and his Myanmar engagement continue Beijing's dual-track of shoring up buffer states while managing two troubled dependencies. The NATO Ankara summit July 7-8 arrives with the 5% GDP defence pledge pre-agreed by the E5.

Vučić says he will resign within weeks and call early elections in Serbia

After 18 months of student-led protests, the president pledges to step down a year early, hints at becoming prime minister, and vows his bloc will win 'more convincingly than ever'

Who Decides ·6 takes ·Jun 29

Meloni weighs an early Italian election as soon as April 2027

Bloomberg reports a snap-vote calculation as ratings slide and Vannacci eclipses Salvini

Who Decides ·9 takes ·Jun 24

Anwar faces a July test as Johor and Negeri Sembilan call snap polls

Two states vote within 60 days; PH fields 56 candidates in Johor on July 11, a referendum on Anwar's reform record before the 2028 general election

Who Decides ·7 takes ·Jun 24