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Nandy-Streeting
UK

Nandy attacks Streeting over call to rejoin EU

Nandy said: “If rejoining the EU is the answer, then essentially what we’re saying to people is ‘life was fine in 2015, we just need to go back there’.”

Tube strike
UK

Tube strikes to go ahead after talks fail over four-day week dispute

Transport for London (TfL) said the strikes were “disappointing” and maintained that drivers could remain on a five-day working pattern.

 Keir Starmer
UK

Lammy says Starmer will not announce departure timeline

Labour’s losses in the May 7 local elections led almost a quarter of the party’s lawmakers to call for Starmer to step down.

Streeting
UK

Wes Streeting enters race to challenge Keir Starmer

Streeting, who resigned as health secretary on Thursday following Labour’s poor local election results, said Labour needed “a proper contest with the best candidates on the field”.

London protests
UK

Tens of thousands join Tommy Robinson march and counter-protest in London

The Metropolitan Police deployed 4,000 officers, along with horses, dogs, drones and helicopters, to police Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” march, the Nakba Day rally and the FA Cup Final.

Starmer
UK

Starmer under pressure as Streeting quits and Burnham eyes return to parliament

Streeting became the first senior minister to quit the government, saying in a resignation letter that “it is now clear you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election”.

Xi-Trump
Editorial

Taiwan, Iran and Boeing orders dominate Trump-Xi summit in Beijing

Trump said Xi had told him that China would not provide military equipment to Iran. Xi warned Trump that mishandling the Taiwan issue could damage relations between the two countries and even lead to conflict.

BRICS
Editorial

BRICS meet in Delhi focuses on Iran conflict and oil supply concerns

The war in Iran and the related fuel crisis dominated discussions at the two-day meeting. Foreign ministers attending the meeting included Iran’s Abbas Araghchi and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov.