Joshua Nevett Political reporter Watch: US has “no plans to recognise the state of Palestine”, says JD Vance US Vice-President JD Vance has raised questions about the UK’s plans to recognise a Palestinian state, in a meeting with Foreign Secretary David Lammy. The UK has said it will formally recognise a Palestinian state in September…
Anna Jameson BBC News, Manchester Cheshire West and Chester Council Amanda Clare will appear at Chester Crown Court in December Reform UK councillor Amanda Clare has denied assaulting a security guard at a Pride event earlier this year. The councillor, who represents Winsford Dene on Cheshire West and Chester Council, was arrested at the town’s…
Craig Williams BBC Scotland News Getty Images Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir Frankly is due to be published next week Scotland’s former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has described her arrest by police investigating the SNP’s finances as the worst day of her life. Sturgeon describes being questioned by detectives as part of Operation Branchform in an extract…
Reuters The US ambassador to Israel has criticised Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s reaction to Israel’s Gaza City takeover plan The UK would have lost World War Two if Sir Keir Starmer had been its leader at the time, the US ambassador to Israel has suggested in an attack on the prime minister’s response to…
Neve Gordon-Farleigh BBC News, Norfolk Andrew Turner/BBC Rupert Lowe says he will now be donating £1,000 to charity after his mistake An MP has admitted he mistakenly thought a charity rowing crew could have been “illegal migrants”. Independent MP Rupert Lowe shared a picture on X on Thursday, showing a boat close to wind turbines…
Kate Whannel Political reporter PA Media JD Vance and David Lammy fishing together at Chevening in Kent US Vice President JD Vance is taking his holiday in the UK – a trip which will include visits to the Cotswolds, Scotland and, to kick it all off, a few days staying with Foreign Secretary David Lammy…
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said he plans to introduce a bill to undo Trump’s move to federalize the Washington, D.C., police department, calling it “a textbook authoritarian maneuver” that “has nothing to do with fighting crime.” “I will be introducing a Resolution in the House, pursuant…
Yvette Cooper has said that some supporters of Palestine Action “don’t know the full nature” of the group, following the mass arrest of more than 500 people at the weekend. Defending the organisation’s proscription, she stressed it was “not a non-violent organisation”. The home secretary said tens of thousands protested lawfully about the “horrendous events”…
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ITV News questioned the former SNP leader on the political and personal revelations in her book. Male rapists should “probably” lose the right to choose their gender, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The former first minister, in an interview with ITV to mark the release of her memoir, also said she was partly to blame for…
