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A pro-Palestine protest outside the UK parliament. Britain is now likley to recognise a Palestinian state as Israel rejects its conditions not to do so. Thomas Harding / The National

UK recognition of Palestine 'highly likely' after Israel's furious reaction

Israel unlikely to fulfil Britain's conditions to prevent move

UKJuly 30, 2025

Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrate outside Downing Street in central London. EPA

Britain set to recognise Palestinian state

In major foreign policy reversal, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces recognition will be made at UN General Assembly in September

UKJuly 29, 2025

A pro-Palestine protest in London on Monday, as the UK government is considering recognising Palestinian statehood. Thomas Harding / The National

Starmer pushes Gaza peace plan and recognition of Palestinian state

British Prime Minister calls emergency cabinet meeting to discuss new blueprint

UKJuly 28, 2025

A pro-Gaza protest outside the UK Parliament in cenrtral London. A record number of British MPs have now urged the government to recognise a Palestinian state. EPA

Record backing for Palestinian recognition heaps pressure on Starmer

221 MPs support move that would have a 'significant impact'

UKJuly 25, 2025

President Donald Trump steers a golf cart at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland. AP

Trump's Scotland foray clouded by Gaza suffering

US President to meet Keir Starmer as golf trip offers chance to hear UK position on Palestinian state recognition

UKJuly 25, 2025

A pro-Gaza march outside parliament in London. MPs have called for the government to recognise a Palestinian state 'before it's too late'. Getty Images

Parliament demands recognition of Palestinian state

MPs call on government to endorse statehood before illegal settlers take over all occupied territories

UKJuly 24, 2025

AYLESBURY, ENGLAND - JULY 24: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India shake hands after Britain's Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Jonathan Reynolds, left, and Piyush Goyal, Minister of Industry and Supply of India, right, signed a free trade agreement at Chequers on July 24, 2025 in Aylesbury, England. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, as they formally sign a new free trade agreement, which has been in negotiation for three years. The deal - the most significant trade pact made by the UK since Brexit, and for India, the first it's signed outside Asia - will still need to be approved by the British parliament and India's federal cabinet, which is expected to take place within a year. (Photo by Kin Cheung - WPA Pool / Getty Images)

Modi visits UK for 'win-win' free trade agreement

London says deal is worth billions and will create jobs, while India sees electric car tariffs lifted

UKJuly 23, 2025

Spanish and Italian Typhoon jets patrolling over the Baltic Sea. Turkey could soon join the Nato countries with a potential order for 40 of the warplanes. AP

UK and Turkey set for Typhoon fighter jet deal

Defence ministers boost hopes for lifeline exports of 40 warplanes

MENAJuly 23, 2025

Special investigationHow Israel's AI war machine pinpoints Palestinian victims

Investigation by The National unveils serious concerns over killing of civilians with minimal human oversight and questions over Palestinian 'suspicion scores'

MENAJuly 09, 2025

Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arriving at Downing Street on July 5, 2024, after Labour's election victory. Reuters

Sensible statesman or 'Never here Keir'? Starmer's first year report

On anniversary of landslide victory, global upheaval has diverted UK Prime Minister from domestic agenda

UKJuly 04, 2025

UK Space Command. Thomas Harding / The National

UK Space Command rises to meet the challenges beyond planet Earth

The surveillance centre where 'missile in flight' means instant alerts - and a crucial decision to make

UKJune 27, 2025

Keir Starmer has warned that 'snapback' sanctions could be imposed on Iran if it fails to comply with the nuclear deal. EPA

Europe threatens Iran with 'snapback' sanctions over nuclear programme

UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer says crippling restrictions 'under discussion' to pressure Tehran regime to make deal

UKJune 27, 2025

War of words rages over Iran nuclear damage reports

US President rejects intelligence report stating bombing only set back nuclear programme by months

MENAJune 26, 2025

An Israeli attack on Tehran. Yair Lapid has claimed 'Iran revived the weapon group that was out of the game since the beginning of the 2000s'. Reuters

Iran was 'running' to build nuclear bomb, says former Israeli PM

Tehran would have built more ballistic missiles than Russia if left unchecked, Yair Lapid tells UK parliament

MENAJune 24, 2025

A woman holds a photo of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at an anti-US rally in Tehran on June 22. Analysts say Iran's nuclear ambitions have been set back years by US and Israeli bombing. AP

Where is Iran's uranium and can Tehran still build a bomb?

Experts say programme has been put back by years after damage to fragile equipment and murders of scientists

MENAJune 24, 2025