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Britain's MI6 spy agency gets its first female chief

Britain’s real-life spies have finally caught up with James Bond

The Independent UK

Starmer confident Trump will back Aukus pact after US launches review

The trilateral Aukus partnership involves building a new fleet of nuclear-powered attack submarines and co-operating in other areas of defence.

Evening Standard

Blaise Metreweli appointed first ever female MI6 chief as Britain faces 'unprecedented threats'

She is currently Director General ‘Q’, responsible for technology and innovation at the Secret Intelligence Service, a role made famous by the gadgets chief in James Bond films

Evening Standard

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MI6 gadget master becomes first female chief

Blaise Metreweli is succeeding Sir Richard Moore, who leaves this autumn after four years in charge

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer bows to pressure to launch new grooming gangs investigation

New probe and statutory public inquiry will be a means to get ‘truth and justice’, home secretary says

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer makes U-turn mid-air over grooming gangs inquiry

PM forced to cave in to clamour for statutory inquiry despite earlier dismissing them as amplifying far right demands

The Guardian - UK

Blaise Metreweli named as first woman to lead UK intelligence service MI6

Metreweli, 47, has held series of director-level roles in foreign intelligence service and in domestic agency MI5

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Starmer insists Government’s welfare reforms must be pushed through

The proposals include tightening eligibility for personal independence payments.

Evening Standard

The UK must exercise all its leverage to de-escalate the Middle East

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The G7, and parliament, must bring cool heads to bear for the clarity necessary to decide what action must be taken to moderate the conflict between Iran and Israel

The Independent UK

Starmer in desperate bid to finalise trade deal with Trump as steel tariff deadline looms

Sir Keir Starmer knows that he needs to leave the G7 in Canada with his US/ UK trade deal fully implemented as he prepares to meet Trump

The Independent UK

Government’s welfare plans must be pushed through, Starmer says

PM voices determination to press ahead with bill despite threat of Labour revolt over disability benefit cuts

The Guardian - UK

Starmer facing challenge to intervene on assisted dying vote after more than 50 Labour MPs demand Commons delay

Exclusive: The dramatic late intervention comes in a letter to Leader of the House Lucy Powell from Labour MPs warning that there has not been sufficient scrutiny of a bill which will ‘fundamentally change’ healthcare

The Independent UK

Why it is Groundhog Day for Starmer with Trump at the G7

NEWS ANALYSIS: With escalating conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, world leaders will have much to discuss, but Starmer also has issues closer to home on his mind, as political editor David Maddox writes

The Independent UK

Starmer warns Labour rebels there will be no more concessions on benefit cuts

The prime minister is gearing up for a political fight over welfare reform

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Britain warns against all travel to Israel as fighting with Iran intensifies

Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Iran will pay ‘a very heavy price’ for civilian deaths

The Independent UK

Watch: Reeves defends Keir Starmer’s delay on grooming gangs inquiry

The Chancellor made the comments on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

The National (Scotland)

UK must not look away from Gaza genocide as Iran-Israel war escalates, Amnesty warns

The UK Government must not be distracted from taking action to stop Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza by attacks on Iran, Amnesty International has…

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer in diplomatic push to head off Middle East crisis before G7 summit in Canada

PM to discuss Israel and Iran clashes with Mark Carney and expected to talk to leaders of US, France and Germany

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G7 leaders gather in Canada for a summit overshadowed by Israel-Iran crisis and trade wars

Leaders of some of the world’s biggest economic powers arrived in the Canadian Rockies on 15 June for a Group of Seven summit, overshadowed by an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and U.S. President Donald Trump’s unresolved trade war with allies and rivals alike.

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Terrified Migrants Cling to Each Other While Storming Channel Waters

Evening Standard

Government advises against all travel to Israel amid Iran conflict

Earlier on Sunday, Rachel Reeves said that sending more jets to the region ‘does not mean’ the UK is at war.

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves defends Starmer’s delay in launching grooming gangs inquiry

Chancellor says PM not ‘grandstanding’ and wanted to ‘assure himself’ that national public inquiry was necessary

The Independent UK

Starmer resists recognising Palestinian state as unions’ demand deepens Labour split

Exclusive: The Independent has seen a communique between the TUC and the French and Canadian union umbrella bodies demanding their governments recognise Palestine as a state immediately, with Labour on the brink of a civil war over the issue

Evening Standard

Grooming gangs inquiry ‘must not delay action’ against child abuse, says NSPCC

Sir Keir Starmer said on Saturday he will launch a full inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal after resisting pressure for months.

Evening Standard

Starmer focused on grooming victims not ‘grandstanding’, says Reeves

The Chancellor said that Sir Keir has been looking at ‘actually doing the practical things to ensure that something like this never happens again’.

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