10 h. ago Gaza latest LIVE: First pictures of freed Israeli hostages as Donald Trump to address Knesset

US President Donald Trump declares ‘the war is over’ as he flies to Israel on Air Force One to address the Knesset

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11 h. ago Gaza latest LIVE: Israeli hostages handed to Red Cross by Hamas as Donald Trump arrives in Tel Aviv

US President Donald Trump declares ‘the war is over’ as he flies to Israel on Air Force One to address the Knesset

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13 h. ago Gaza latest LIVE: Israeli hostages handed to Red Cross by Hamas as Trump declares 'the war is over'

US President Donald Trump declares ‘the war is over’ as he flies to Israel on Air Force One to address the Knesset

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21 h. ago Hostage release LIVE: Donald Trump says ‘war is over’ as he flies to Israel

As part of a ceasefire deal, Hamas has agreed to release all living hostages held in Gaza, while Israel will release about 2,000 Palestinians detained in their prisons

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6 d. ago Donald Trump's forgotten Playboy cover and flirty Q&A leaves people gobsmacked

President Donald Trump has been spotted on a 'forgotten' Playboy cover from March 1990 - and it's his flirty Q&A when he was aged 43 that has got everybody talking

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2 w. ago Starmer is right to stake Labour’s future on fighting for the soul of the nation – and he must deliver

Editorial: Labour infighting would be a serious distraction when far greater risks are posed by Nigel Farage

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2 w. ago Voices: My predictions for Keir Starmer – and the rest of the political landscape

The prime minister could yet defy the prophets of doom, writes John Rentoul – and with Reform UK at ‘peak Farage’, the future looks set for coalitions rather than outright majorities

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2 w. ago Starmer’s ID card may be overhyped, but at least it shows he’s taking the fight to Reform

Editorial: The introduction of ID cards in this country may be a modest start to the prime minister’s pushback against Nigel Farage and his party – but it is a sign at least that the Labour leader finally understands the scale of the task at hand

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2 w. ago Voices: Starmer’s digital ID plan is a ‘dead cat’ play – and it won’t stop the boats

The PM looks like he’s cobbled together a headline-grabbing distraction from his troubles by launching a scheme that will be ineffective against its apparent target - illegal immigrants - and won’t happen for years, if at all, writes John Rentoul

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2 w. ago This is not the time for Andy Burnham and his panicky supporters

Editorial: The howls for the prime minister’s head from the parliamentary Labour Party must be quelled by smart policies and stable government

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3 w. ago UK flies fighter jets over Poland in warning shot to Putin to stay out of Nato territory

Moscow claims incursion into Estonia was ‘scheduled flight’ after Donald Trump warns the breach could lead to ‘big trouble’

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3 w. ago Trump’s admiration for our royal family has given Starmer a unique playing card – he must use it well

Editorial: It is all too easy to dismiss Donald Trump’s second state visit to Britain as an exercise in vacuous flummery. But it is a mark of the prime minister’s seriousness of purpose that he is able to put aside their differences to engage with the US president in the national interest

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3 w. ago Pomp and protest: Donald Trump flies into UK for second state visit

Jeffrey Epstein affair will hang heavily over trip after Sir Keir Starmer’s sacking of Lord Peter Mandelson

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3 w. ago Voices: As Keir Starmer fights for his political life, Donald Trump flies to his rescue

Though they make an unlikely pair, they share a unique bond and competitive streak – which may just work in the prime minister’s favour, says Sean O’Grady

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3 w. ago Voices: As Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life, Donald Trump flies to his rescue

Though they make an unlikely pair, they share a unique bond and competitive streak – which may just work in the prime minister’s favour, says Sean O’Grady

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4 w. ago ‘Prime minister Andy Burnham’ is not the answer to Labour’s woes

Editorial: Keir Starmer’s government may have broken the spirit of what it pledged in its winning election manifesto, but an alternative administration led by the soft-left mayor of Greater Manchester would represent a repudiation of it. The parliamentary party needs to calm down

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4 w. ago Phillipson and Powell kick off Labour deputy race with very different visions for role

Education secretary says now is not time to ‘look backwards’ as Powell vows to be ‘independent voice’Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell fired the starting pistol in Labour’s deputy leadership race on Sunday, with the education secretary saying now was not the time to “look backward” on mistakes made by the party in its first year of government.The pair set out strikingly different approaches to the role of deputy leader, with Powell saying she would be an independent voice who would speak truth to senior leadership including Keir Starmer. Continue reading...

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last month Voices: Who seriously thinks the government’s problems would be solved by a change of PM?

The answer appears to be: a growing number of Labour MPs – and it shows how bad things are that it is being talked about already, says John Rentoul

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