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Jeremy Bowen International editor in Jerusalem EPA Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that Britain will recognise Palestinian statehood is a major change in UK foreign policy. He offered to postpone recognition if Israel took “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, agree to a ceasefire and commit to a long-term, sustainable peace,…

Ukraine’s armed forces have confirmed a Russian missile strike hit a military training unit, causing a number of casualties. Ukrainian ground forces said late on Tuesday that three service personnel were known to have been killed and 18 had been wounded. The military did not say where the training ground was located, although one Ukrainian…

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula at about 11:25 local time on Wednesday. Tsunami warnings and evacuation orders were issued around the world, including in Japan, Ecuador, Hawaii and the west coast of North America. Source link

India could face tariffs as high as 25% if it fails to finalise a trade deal with the US this week, President Donald Trump has said. “Yeah, I think so,” he told reporters on Tuesday when asked whether Delhi would face higher tariffs in the absence of an agreement. The US has set a 1…

A zoo in the southern German city of Nuremberg has culled 12 healthy Guinea baboons due to overcrowding in their enclosure, after which they were fed to predators. Seven animal rights activists were arrested on Tuesday after they entered the Tiergarten Nürnberg zoo in protest against the decision. One woman glued her hands to the…

YouTube will be included in Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under 16, after the government ditched a previous exemption for the platform. The video sharing site was set to be excluded from the ban – which will limit TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and Snapchat and is due to start in December. Under the…

Getty Images The Trump administration is spearheading an ambitious, but controversial, peace initiative aimed at ending the long-running conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has also drawn in neighbouring Rwanda. Its mediation efforts come as no surprise, as DR Congo – a nation in the heart of Africa – is endowed with the…

The BBC’s International editor, Jeremy Bowen, described the UK’s plans to recognise a Palestinian state as a “big change for British foreign policy”. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK will recognise a Palestinian state at a UN meeting in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza”. Speaking…

Before Hamas’s 7 October attack, around 650 lorries a day brought aid into Gaza. But now, more than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups have warned of mass starvation in Gaza. Israel has insisted there are no restrictions on aid deliveries and that there is “no starvation”. However, it has announced in recent…

Becky Morton Political reporter PM: UK will recognise Palestinian state unless conditions met The UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The PM said Israel must also meet other conditions, including agreeing to a ceasefire, committing to…