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    <text>British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood bans seven foreign far-right activists, including American influencer Valentina Gomez, from entering the UK, who were planning to attend a far-right rally in London, England, led by Tommy Robinson. Prime minister Keir Starmer says &quot;agitators&quot; will be blocked from entering the country ahead of the rally on May 16. </text>
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  <text>John Healey resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence in protest at a lack of government funding for the British Armed Forces, saying prime minister Keir Starmer is &quot;putting the country’s security at risk&quot; at a time of &quot;growing international threats&quot;. Al Carns, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, also resigns. </text>
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