19 h. ago Don't embarrass the King by having Mandelson at Trump's State banquet, Starmer urged

Peter Mandelson will play a full role in Donald Trump's state visit next week, despite mounting questions about his past association with Jeffrey Epstein.

Politics

29 h. ago Lord Mandelson gave advice to 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein as he faced criminal charges

Fresh revelations pile pressure on Britain’s ambassador to the US as Sir Keir Starmer urged to sack him

Events

29 h. ago Mandelson fights to stay as UK ambassador amid new Epstein revelations

Tories urge Sir Keir Starmer to remove the Labour peer from his role as envoy to Washington

Politics

29 h. ago Mandelson fights to stay as UK envoy to the US amid new Epstein revelations

Tories urge Sir Keir Starmer to remove the Labour peer from his post

Politics

29 h. ago Mandelson fights to remain UK envoy to US amid Epstein revelations

Tories urge Keir Starmer to remove Labour peer from his post

Politics

30 h. ago Labour MPs call for Mandelson to be sacked over Epstein relationship

Sir Keir Starmer was urged to get rid of the US ambassador by backbenchers Richard Burgon and Nadia Whittome.

Politics

33 h. ago Riz Ahmed urges stars to speak out on Gaza and Sudan amid boycott of Israeli film companies

The Sound of Metal star said actors and artists have a responsibility to highlight global crises

Politics

34 h. ago Naomi Ackie reveals how Riz Ahmed’s ‘freebie’ helped launch her acting career

The Thursday Murder Club actress told Elle Style Awards crowd that a simple gesture from the British actor gave her the break she needed as a teen

Politics

35 h. ago Olivia Coleman and Aimee Lou Wood among 1,300 actors to boycott Israeli film groups

Hundreds of major actors and filmmakers have signed a pledge stating that they won't work with Israeli film institutions "implicated in genocide and apartheid" against Palestinians

Politics

36 h. ago Starmer urged to sack Mandelson amid Epstein business deal revelations

PM says he has confidence in ambassador when questioned in the Commons by Lib Dem and Tory leadersKeir Starmer has been urged to sack Peter Mandelson as the UK’s US ambassador after more details emerged of his close friendship and business dealings with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.The prime minister was pressed on whether he knew that Mandelson, when business secretary in 2010, had reportedly allowed Epstein to help broker the sale of a UK government-owned business to a US bank – months after the financier had been released from jail in relation to his conviction for procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute. Continue reading...

Economics

37 h. ago ‘Nobody can occupy your imagination’: From Ground Zero’s producer on documenting his native Palestine

Rashid Masharawi, who produced the anthology of 22 short films that was Palestine’s official entry to the Academy Awards, has remarkable optimism about the future of GazaBeing a Palestinian under Israeli occupation will not help someone make a good film, according to Rashid Masharawi, but a good film-maker will help Palestine.With his anthology film From Ground Zero (in Arabic: From Zero Distance) he attempts to do just that by bridging the space between the Palestinians in Gaza who have endured a campaign of annihilation behind closed doors to those around the world watching as an incomprehensibly vast tragedy unfolds in real time. Continue reading...

Events

51 h. ago Elle Style Awards winner Naomi Ackie reveals she often takes clothes from sets

Model Alexa Chung and actor Riz Ahmed were among the other attendees at this year’s awards who received prizes.

Events

53 h. ago MPs and military figures urge Trump to intervene and block Starmer’s Chagos deal

Labour MPs vote to push through Chagos Islands deal but questions raised over legal case as defence secretary John Healey finally reveals details

Events

54 h. ago Pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions draws signatures of top Hollywood actors and directors

Hundreds of prominent Hollywood figures have signed onto a pledge to boycott some Israeli film institutions

Culture

58 h. ago Israeli film industry calls boycott pledge ‘deeply troubling’

Screenwriters’ guild of Israel says campaign that has now won backing from 1,800 film-makers will only ‘deepen the darkness’, while representatives of the country’s documentary and directors’ guild also voice concernRepresentatives of the Israeli film industry are redoubling efforts to caution against the wisdom of a pledge signed by some 1,800 significant professionals vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions they say are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”.The pledge, announced on Monday, was initially signed by 1,200 film-makers including Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Asif Kapadia, Boots Riley and Joshua Oppenheimer; and actors Olivia Colman, Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Ayo Edebiri, Riz Ahmed, Josh O’Connor, Cynthia Nixon, Julie Christie, Ilana Glazer, Rebecca Hall, Aimee Lou Wood and Debra Winger. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Firefighters sound alarm over Donald Trump state visit after strain on crews

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) sounded the alarm over the strain on resources from Donald Trump's state visit - and urged Keir Starmer to cancel the US President's lavish trip

Events

3 d. ago Stop Starmer's controversial Chagos surrender, 40 peers and MPs urge Trump

British politicians have written to the US President raising concerns that the agreement is a 'deliberate act of strategic self-harm' by the UK.

Politics

6 d. ago Labour MPs urge Keir Starmer not to meet Israeli president during visit to London

Isaac Herzog is understood to be visiting London next week

Politics

7 d. ago Hugh Bonneville 'panics' ITV interviewer by interrupting question with Gaza speech live on air

Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville left an ITV reporter red-faced after halting an interview on the film's red carpet to speak about the "absolutely indefensible" situation in Gaza

Society

7 d. ago Starmer urges Ukraine allies to ‘go even further’ in pressure on Russia

The Prime Minister joined a virtual call of the coalition of the willing with around 25 world leaders on Thursday morning.

Events