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Labour MP Afzal Khan has resigned as the UK’s trade envoy to Turkey following criticism of his visit last week to the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The territory isn’t recognised by the UK government as Turkish troops have occupied Cyprus’ northern third since the 1974 invasion. Mr Khan, the MP for Manchester Rusholme, also met Turkish-Cypriot leader Ersin ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he discussed security guarantees with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at their meeting in Downing Street. The pair held talks ahead of a vital summit in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Sir Keir has said he believes there is ...

Hundreds of books have been left strewn across the pavement by council-employed contractors outside a former library in south London. The books were pictured by local news website Inside Croydon in large piles outside Broad Green Library, which closed late last year as part of cost-cutting measures at Croydon Council. Mayor Jason Perry apologised, saying the way the books had ...

The trial of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over corruption allegations has formally begun in Bangladesh. The former minister did not attend the hearing, where investigators from the country’s corruption watchdog set out the case against her and 20 other individuals, including her aunt, her mother, her brother and her sister. She is accused of influencing her aunt Sheikh Hasina, who ...

There is a “viable chance” of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said, ahead of Friday’s summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders are meeting in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders, who are not ...

British MP and niece of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tulip Siddiq has said “dirty politics” of Bangladesh has turned her life on its head. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian she also described her indictment in a graft case as a consequence of a wider political feud. “The truth is that I’m collateral damage, because of this feud ...

Hundreds of people have joined an anti-immigration protest outside Nuneaton Town Hall. The demonstration, which included a march through the town centre with people waving flags and chanting, was one of several in a wave of action across England on Saturday. Earlier this week, Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch said two men who had been charged with raping a ...

Rushanara Ali, MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney, has resigned as Labour’s homelessness minister. The news comes hours after it was reported that Ali allegedly gave her tenants four months’ notice in November 2023. This notice reportedly stated that their £3,300-a-month lease would not be renewed. The property was later found to be listed at £4,000 per month. The former ...

A government homelessness minister evicted four tenants from an east London townhouse before hiking the rent by hundreds of pounds per month, it has been reported. Rushanara Ali, 50, is said to have increased the rent on the four-bedroom property from £3,300 to £4,000 after telling the previous tenants their lease would not be renewed. The occupants at the home, ...

Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said warnings that the recognition of a Palestinian state could breach international law are “missing the point”. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced the UK would move towards recognition unless Israel met certain conditions, including agreeing a ceasefire and reviving the prospect of a two-state solution, earlier this week. However, some of Britain’s most ...