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Hunt pledges to put 'heart & soul' into Tory race

By DANICA KIRKA Johnson the contest of his
LONDON (AP) — Ringing a life.
bell seemed a safe photo "In politics today," he said
opportunity for Jeremy on Twitter, "the unexpected
Hunt as he sought to show often happens."
London was ready to host Hunt has held a variety of
a problem-free Olympic Cabinet posts during his
Games in 2012. But the bell 14 years in Parliament and
broke apart, its base flying has been foreign secretary
into a group of onlookers, since Johnson resigned the
just missing one of them. post last July because of
"My goodness me!" Hunt differences over Brexit. Re-
said, leaping into the crowd garded as well-versed in
to make sure everyone was making the bureaucracy
OK before telling stunned work, he managed to re-
journalists, "You got a little solve a heated contract
more TV there than you dispute with doctors in the
were expecting!" National Health Service
Hunt, who is now vying to during his time as health
become leader of Britain's secretary.
Conservative Party and the But despite his ability to get
country's next prime minis- a message across, critics
ter, took it well — tweeting In this file photo dated Tuesday, April 2, 2019, Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives for a doubt he is flashy enough
the video to his followers. Cabinet meeting in 10 Downing Street, London. to excite the electorate.
The gaffe turned into a vi- Associated Press A graduate of Oxford, Hunt
ral smash, typifying what was a businessman who co-
many consider Hunt's big- repeating a single sen- to Johnson's 160, were ing "remain" side during founded Hotcourses, which
gest strength: an ability to tence over and over again. enough to get to the fi- the 2016 referendum on EU produces guidebooks to
seem human when a cam- Hunt will need that ability to nal round. The two men membership, has a more help students looking to
era is nearby. It's a skill des- connect with voters if he is will now face the party's nuanced position on Brexit. study abroad. The com-
perately needed by the to win the leadership con- 160,000 members, with poll- He says he will negotiate pany was sold to Australia's
Conservatives, whose cur- test. sters forecasting Johnson is a better withdrawal deal IDP Education for 30 million
rent leader, Prime Minister Hunt, 52, finished a distant likely to win because of his and lead the U.K. out of the pounds ($37 billion) in 2017,
Theresa May, is known for second behind Boris John- uncompromising stance bloc. making Hunt one of Britain's
being wooden and occa- son in Thursday's vote of that Britain must leave the Just before the final, he wealthiest politicians. He
sionally robotic, sticking to Conservative Party law- EU on Oct. 31. pledged to put his put his also set up a charity to help
message even if it means makers, but his 77 votes, Hunt, who backed the los- "heart & soul" into giving AIDS orphans in Africa.q

EU leaders fail to agree

on 2050 climate goal

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN mously as they were not
RAF CASERT authorized to speak pub-
Associated Press licly, 24 countries including
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Britain, France and Germa-
Union leaders have failed ny supported the initiative,
to back a plan to make but were held back by Po-
the bloc's economy car- land and a few other na-
bon neutral by 2050 in spite tions which heavily depend
of promises to fight harder on a fossil-fuel economy.
against climate change. Environmental group
Ahead of a U.N. meeting Greenpeace said Euro-
in the fall, the proposal was pean leaders blew the
relegated to a non-binding chance to agree a deal
footnote in the final state- and called on the EU to
ment of Thursday's summit organize an emergency
of EU leaders in Brussels. meeting before the U.N.
"For a large major- summit in New York in Sep-
ity of Member States, cli- tember.
mate neutrality must be "This is a black day for cli-
achieved by 2050," the mate protection in Eu-
footnote read. rope," said Greenpeace
However, for the change spokesman Stefan Krug.
in approach to become "A small number of eastern
an official target, all 28 EU European countries pre-
countries need to back the vented Europe's impasse
change. on climate protection from
According to several of- being broken."q
ficials who spoke anony-