Harry Farley Political correspondent Getty Images As Sir Keir Starmer made his address inside Number 10, I was standing outside in a noisy – deafening even – Downing Street. Gaza protesters were making themselves more than heard with drums, sirens and whistles. It was a visible, visceral demonstration of the public pressure the prime minister…
Henry Zeffman Chief Political Correspondent Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer is familiar with Emily Damari’s ordeal. Over the 15 months that she was held hostage in Gaza, the prime minister mentioned her several times when talking about the war, including describing phone calls he held with her British mother Mandy when she did not know…
Daniel Wainwright, Tarah Welsh and Jemma Crew BBC News BBC Colleagues Amber and Bella both live with their parents and say it is too expensive to move out The number of new homes in England fell during Labour’s first year in office, but applications to build more rose over the past six months. BBC Verify’s…
Islamabad –( Muhammad Saleem Bearue Report pakistan) Political tensions in Pakistan showed signs of easing on Wednesday after National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq postponed a vote on disciplinary measures against opposition lawmaker Sheikh Waqas Akram, in what is being viewed as a goodwill gesture toward the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The decision followed a meeting…
Islamabad – Australia’s High Commissioner to Pakistan, Neil Hawkins, has congratulated the people of Pakistan on the country’s 78th Independence Day, calling Australia a “longstanding friend” of the South Asian nation. In his message, Hawkins highlighted the breadth of bilateral relations, saying that from cricket to classrooms, and from agriculture to trade, the two countries…
Jeremy Bowen International editor BBC One of the major reasons why Britain’s prime minister Sir Keir Starmer – following France and then in turn followed by Canada – has a plan to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September is to turn the two-state solution into a real diplomatic plan again, instead…
Sam Francis Political reporter Watch: Jeremy Corbyn asks for naming ideas for new party The first thing anybody wants to know when a new political party is launched is what it’s going to be called. But Jeremy Corbyn has decided to do things differently. The former Labour leader claims more than 600,000 people have registered…
WASHINGTON/ANCHORAGE — U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for high-stakes talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, with reports suggesting that Washington is preparing significant economic incentives for Moscow. According to the UK’s The Telegraph, Trump’s proposal could grant Russia access to Alaska’s natural…
Damian Grammaticas Political Correspondent BBC Listen to Damian read this article. The sheet of paper says “Wanted Person” at the top. Below is a photo of a young woman, a headshot that might have been taken in a studio. She looks directly at the camera, smiling with her teeth showing, and her dark, shoulder-length hair…
James Williams Presenter, BBC Radio Wales PA Media Rhun ap Iorwerth, left, and other senior figures like Liz Saville Roberts, right, are hoping to win next year’s Senedd elections On the Maes in Pwllheli, a mobile sign on the pavement advertises a shop’s wares: “Tarot, Crystals, Wicca, Reiki.” Take a look above the shop window…
