Keir Starmer moved quickly to steady his premiership, holding talks with Health Secretary Wes Streeting after a bruising stretch in which four ministers quit and at least 80 Labour MPs urged the British prime minister to resign. Despite the turmoil, Mr Starmer remained in office at 10 Downing Street and fended off the immediate danger to his leadership, with reports indicating that the leading figures tipped to replace him do not yet have the support required to force a contest. Mr Streeting is widely regarded as one of the…

Andriy Yermak rejected corruption claims against him as “unfounded” after appearing in court, pushing back publicly as the high-profile case deepens scrutiny of Ukraine’s political elite. Once President Volodymyr Zelensky’s closest aide, Mr Yermak stepped down in November 2025 after investigators searched his home in a far-reaching corruption inquiry that sent shockwaves through the country as it continued to fight a full-scale war. “The notice of suspicion is unfounded,” Mr Yermak, 54, wrote on Telegram after the hearing,…

Israeli attacks in Lebanon have killed 380 people since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war took effect on 17 April, Lebanon's Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine said at a press conference, underscoring how violence has continued despite the truce. Mr Nassereddine said the total number of people killed in Israeli strikes since fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began on 2 March has climbed to 2,882, among them 279 women and 200 children. Since the ceasefire began, "380 people have been killed and 1,122 wounded," Mr…

A UN official has warned that tens of millions of people could be pushed toward hunger and starvation unless fertilisers are allowed to move through the Strait of Hormuz in the coming weeks, underscoring the mounting risk of a global food crisis. Iran has effectively held the strategic waterway in a chokehold for months, after the war launched by the United States and Israel on 28 February, disrupting a corridor that normally carries a third of the world's fertilisers. The obstruction has rattled a supply chain farmers…

Talks over Greenland’s future are moving forward, but the three-way negotiations involving Denmark, Greenland and the United States have not yet produced a final agreement, Greenland’s prime minister said. The mineral-rich Arctic territory has drawn intense interest from US President Donald Trump, who is reportedly seeking to establish three military bases in southern Greenland in addition to the existing US Pituffik base in the north. "We are negotiating but we don't have an agreement," Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen…

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The Kremlin has poured cold water on any expectation of a breakthrough in Ukraine, saying there is still no detailed roadmap to end the war just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II might be nearing its conclusion. Overnight, Moscow and Kyiv traded fresh strikes after a three-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump expired, with both sides blaming the other for breaching the pause. Speaking at the weekend after criticizing NATO and voicing hope…

Israel's parliament has approved a law creating a special military tribunal to prosecute hundreds of Palestinian militants involved in the 7 October 2023 attack on ⁠Israel, a move supporters say is intended to deliver justice and help the country confront its trauma. The assault, led by fighters from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, marked Israel's deadliest single day and was the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust. At least 1,200 people were killed in Israel, the majority of them civilians. Israel responded with…

Climate scientists are warning that 2026 is shaping up to be a year of punishing extremes, with a real chance it could rank as the second warmest year ever recorded — or even take the top spot. The World Weather Attribution group said sea surface temperatures are nearing their highest level on record, while wildfires have already scorched more than 150 million hectares in the first four months of the year. That figure is 50% above the recent wildfire average and twice the area burned over the same period in 2024. Researchers…

Pressure on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer escalated sharply on Tuesday, with reports that Cabinet ministers have urged him to weigh his future and a string of government aides walking out, in what has become the most serious threat yet to his leadership. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is understood to have privately argued for an orderly transfer of power last night, after 75 MPs called on Mr Starmer to step aside in the wake of Labour's punishing election losses last week. Senior minister Darren Jones said Mr Starmer…