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If the UK recognises Palestine does it risk breaking international law?
ByHaroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent July 31, 2025

Senior lawyers criticising Starmer’s pledge have cited the Montevideo convention, which sets out four criteriaUK politics live – latest updatesA group of senior lawyers has written to the UK government’s most senior legal adviser, Lord Hermer, claiming…

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Trump threatens Canada on trade deal after Carney moves to recognise Palestine
ByChris Michael July 31, 2025

Trump says recognising Palestine statehood ‘rewards Hamas’ and US deal with Canada would now be ‘very hard’Business live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened Canada after it moved to recognise a Palestinian state, reacting to Mark Carney’s annou…

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As Gaza suffers, US companies are reaping horrific payoffs | Katrina vanden Heuvel
ByKatrina vanden Heuvel July 31, 2025

A report this month details US corporate involvement in IDF actions. Grassroots organizing offers opportunity for changeThousands of famished people waiting for hours in 90-degree heat to secure bags of flour that run out after 10 minutes – this is a t…

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Minister dismisses peers’ claims that UK recognition of Palestine may break international law
ByRowena Mason Whitehall editor July 31, 2025

Gareth Thomas says move is ‘political judgment’ after challenge from 40 members of House of LordsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s plan to recognise a Palestinian state is compliant with international law, a minister has said, after a group of …

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‘Killed for what, religion?’: inside the horror of southern Syria’s sectarian violence – video
ByWilliam Christou, Laure Boulinier, Albert Villa Alsina and Bryony Moore July 31, 2025

Sectarian violence involving opposing fighters from the Druze minority faith and Bedouin tribes engulfed southern Syria last month, with government forces also accused of atrocities. Amid the fighting, examples of humiliation and summary executions wer…

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‘Killed for what, religion?’: inside the horror of southern Syria’s sectarian violence – video
ByWilliam Christou, Laure Boulinier, Albert Villa Alsina and Bryony Moore July 31, 2025

Sectarian violence involving opposing fighters from the Druze minority faith and Bedouin tribes engulfed southern Syria last month, with government forces also accused of atrocities. Amid the fighting, examples of humiliation and summary executions wer…

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Scores killed in Gaza as Trump says Hamas surrender is ‘fastest way to end humanitarian crisis’ – as it happened
ByJane Clinton July 31, 2025July 31, 2025

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereSyrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani said his country wants Russia “by our side” and called for “mutual respect” between the two nations following the overthrow of Syria’s previous …

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Critics say Starmer is no Attlee – and they’re right. Labour must look to the future, not the past | Martin Kettle
ByMartin Kettle July 31, 2025

All Labour leaders live in the shadow of his postwar triumphs. But he wasn’t perfect – and didn’t face the challenges of todayWe raised a glass last Saturday evening, the four of us, to toast the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Labour government. None was…

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Critics say Starmer is no Attlee – and they’re right. Labour must look to the future, not the past | Martin Kettle
ByMartin Kettle July 31, 2025

All Labour leaders live in the shadow of his postwar triumphs. But he wasn’t perfect – and didn’t face the challenges of todayWe raised a glass last Saturday evening, the four of us, to toast the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Labour government. None was…

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How will the UK’s recognition of Palestine help those starving in Gaza? – podcast
By July 31, 2025

Surgeon Nick Maynard describes the unfolding famine he witnessed during his volunteering in Gaza, while our chief Middle East correspondent, Emma Graham-Harrison, analyses whether the UK’s proposed recognition of Palestine will alleviate the suffering …

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