Starmer holds emergency meeting as UN-backed experts warn famine playing out in Gaza
Summary
UK PM Keir Starmer is holding an emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza, as pressure mounts on him to immediately recognise Palestinian statehood
It comes as Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave since Israel's offensive began, including 112 in the past 24 hours
A UN-backed food security body says "the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out" in Gaza, with "mounting evidence" of widespread starvation - here's the detail
Aid agencies warn Israel's measures to increase aid supplies to Gaza aren't enough - Israel insists there are no restrictions on aid deliveries and that there is "no starvation"
Some people in Gaza say they have not eaten in two days, accusing armed gangs of looting incoming aid trucks and selling the contents on the black market, Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf writes
'Now or never moment': Labour MP calls on government to recognise Palestinian state
Harry Farley
Political correspondent, at Downing Street
In London, Sarah Champion, the Labour MP who organised the letter signed by more than half of the party's backbenchers calling for the government to recognise a Palestinian state, tells me she thinks this is a "now or never moment":
Here's what she says in full:
"I really hope the cabinet realises there will never be a perfect moment to recognise the state of Palestine.
Arturo Suárez and others deported in Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown describe dire conditions at Cecot
Tue 29 Jul 2025 09.11 BST
‘Cemetery of the living dead’: Venezuelans recall 125 days in notorious El Salvador prison
Arturo Suárez and others deported in Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown describe dire conditions at Cecot
Arturo Suárez struggles to pinpoint the worst moment of his incarceration inside a prison the warden boasted was “a cemetery of the living dead”.
Was it the day inmates became so exasperated at being beaten by guards that they threatened to hang themselves with their sheets? “The only weapon we had was our own lives,” recalled the Venezuelan former detainee.
Was it when prisoners staged a “blood strike”, cutting their arms with broken pipes and smearing their bedclothes with crimson messages of despair? “SOS!” they wrote.
Angola: Mass arrests as Luanda fuel protests turn deadly
Looting and vandalism have occurred in Angola as demonstrators are angered by the government's decision to increase fuel prices. Angola is one of the top African oil producers but faces severe economic challenges.
Angolan police said Tuesday that over 500 arrests were made and four people died amid disorder in the African country's capital, Luanda. No details were available from the police on the circumstances of the fatalities.
Demonstrations on Monday against the Angolan government's decision to remove fuel subsidies and hike the price of diesel turned violent, with Angolan authorities reporting looting and vandalism in the capital.
'Enough was enough': Why France is now taking a stand on Palestinian statehood
After pledging to recognise a Palestinian state in September, France is co-chairing a UN conference in New York this week in a push to rally other countries behind its lead. A far cry from the “unconditional” support for Israel declared in the wake of the October 7 attacks, French diplomacy seems to be shifting gears.
France and Saudi Arabia are co-chairing a high-level summit at the United Nations this week in a bid to generate momentum for international recognition of a Palestinian state. More than 100 countries are attending the three-day meeting in New York, from July 28-30.
Israel, which opposes the two-state solution, is boycotting the summit, which has also been described by the United States as "counterproductive".
World Court climate opinion turns up the legal heat on governments
Moscow responds to Trump’s new ceasefire deadline after deadly strikes
US president says he is ‘disappointed’ with lack of progress towards ending war
Moscow has “noted” US president Donald Trump’s decision to cut his deadline on a Ukraine ceasefire from 50 days to “10 to 12”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would continue to pursue what it calls its special military operation despite Mr Trump’s new deadline.
It comes after at least 22 people were killed in a Russian strike on a Ukrainian prison camp and hospital in parts of Ukraine overnight.
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