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Starmer says plan to airdrop Gaza aid and evacuate ill children will go ahead
ByGuardian staff and agencies July 26, 2025July 26, 2025

Leaders of UK, France and Germany call for lifting of aid restrictions and immediate ceasefire after holding talksIsrael-Gaza war live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has confirmed the government will be “taking forward” plans to airdrop aid into Gaza and…

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Cabinet ministers and third of MPs call on Starmer to recognise state of Palestine
ByEleni Courea Political correspondent July 25, 2025July 25, 2025

Exclusive: Rayner and Cooper understood to back action as 221 MPs sign letter calling for UK recognition of statehoodKeir Starmer is under intense pressure from his most senior cabinet ministers and more than a third of MPs to move faster on recognisin…

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Macron plan to recognise Palestine puts pressure on Starmer to choose a course
ByJulian Borger July 25, 2025

Prime minister risks either provoking mutiny in his cabinet and party over Gaza or alienating White HouseFrance’s decision to recognise Palestine at the next UN general assembly is an attempt to build momentum for change and make a break from the major…

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Macron plan to recognise Palestine puts pressure on Starmer to choose a course
ByJulian Borger July 25, 2025

Prime minister risks either provoking mutiny in his cabinet and party over Gaza or alienating White HouseFrance’s decision to recognise Palestine at the next UN general assembly is an attempt to build momentum for change and make a break from the major…

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To end the starvation in Gaza, Trump must lean on Netanyahu – so Starmer must lean on Trump | Jonathan Freedland
ByJonathan Freedland July 25, 2025

Britain’s PM will see his US counterpart on Monday. He should urge Trump to force an end to the Palestinians’ agonySo great is the despair, so intense the desperation, that the hopes of the Palestinians of Gaza now rest on a man who covets their land a…

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To end the starvation in Gaza, Trump must lean on Netanyahu – so Starmer must lean on Trump | Jonathan Freedland
ByJonathan Freedland July 25, 2025

Britain’s PM will see his US counterpart on Monday. He should urge Trump to force an end to the Palestinians’ agonySo great is the despair, so intense the desperation, that the hopes of the Palestinians of Gaza now rest on a man who covets their land a…

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The Gaza students with scholarships to UK unable to take up their places
BySally Weale Education correspondent July 25, 2025

Visa obstacles threaten to dash the hopes of 40 students due to start in September. Here are some of their storiesTime is running out for 40 students in Gaza who have been awarded full scholarships to study at some of the UK’s leading universities this…

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The Gaza students with scholarships to UK unable to take up their places
BySally Weale Education correspondent July 25, 2025

Visa obstacles threaten to dash the hopes of 40 students due to start in September. Here are some of their storiesTime is running out for 40 students in Gaza who have been awarded full scholarships to study at some of the UK’s leading universities this…

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There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff
ByGaby Hinsliff July 24, 2025

The government now faces a daunting task to show that society’s concerns can be reflected. It will need to do better than thisIt was meant to be a cosy conversation about cooking and new motherhood.But BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour took an unexpectedly bl…

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‘This is not action’: MPs respond to David Lammy’s condemnation of Israel
ByPippa Crerar July 23, 2025

Keir Starmer’s government struggling to convince MPs and public it is doing enough for civilians starving in GazaWhen David Lammy stood at the dispatch box to deliver a statement condemning Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza on Monday, he w…

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