Keir Starmer’s announcement comes seven decades after end of British mandate in Palestine and creation of state of Israel

Ahead of Donald Trump’s state visit, Sadiq Khan hit back at US critics of the capital’s crime rates and diverse population

The Labour peer's eviction of a family with young children from their home in north London would be outlawed from next year under his party's Renters' Rights Bill

Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds

He is part of a political establishment that is fuelling a crisis way beyond the point that they can ever be seen to solve it. It’s a cynical, idiotic doom loop, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday

While some in Gaza City are preparing to evacuate to the south, others refuse to be displaced again

The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive

Former attorney general Dominic Grieve among those criticising politicians for risking contempt of court

Dr Graeme Groom has visited Gaza 40 times and says he has never before witnessed such trauma, hunger and bravery from Palestinian colleagues

Hundreds could join weekend rally in support of proscribed group as 300 UK Jewish figures urge PM to lift ban

Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffes, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignored

Men sentenced to prison time for role in violent protests after the Southport murders describe their feelings of injustice

Rights bodies say new law and proscription of direct action group create risk of censorship of Gaza-related content

Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’

Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out

Retired priest and former magistrate among those held after Palestine Action was banned as a terror organisation

Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

Culture ministry had threatened legal action over planned auction of Piprahwa precious stones The Indian government has secured the repatriation of ancient gem relics linked to the Buddha’s remains, two months after it halted their auction in Hong Kong. In a post on X, the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, said the return of the Piprahwa gems after 127 years was “a joyous day for our cultural heritage”. Continue reading...