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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: By making Britain’s formal recognition of a national home for the Palestinian people dependent on the ending of atrocities in Gaza, the prime minister is taking a risk both in the region and within his own party – but for this, he deserves our unqualified support

The PM is to lead recognition of a Palestinian state – a good day for him, the UK and the starving people of Gaza

Announcement marks significant shift in UK’s position – but why has it happened now and what effect will it have?

The leading international authority on food crises says the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza" and it predicts “widespread death” without immediate action

Arab countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt joined calls Tuesday for Hamas to disarm and end its rule of Gaza, in a bid to end the devastating war in the Palestinian territory.

PM says Israel must take major steps in coming weeks or the UK will make its move ahead of UNGA.

IN FOCUS: Starmer says Israel must end its starvation tactics and agree to a ceasefire in Gaza, or the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September. But what does that mean in practice? Tara Cobham explains

COMMENT: In the decades since the 1917 Balfour Declaration, the UK has broadly supported official recognition of a state of Palestine. So why has it taken more than a century for a government to sign up to it, asks Donald Macintyre

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza has passed 60,000

Tens of thousands of young Catholics from all over the world gathered on Tuesday in Rome for a week of pilgrimage during the Vatican's Jubilee of Youth -- an event that takes place every 25 years.

France will air-drop aid into Gaza in coming days, a diplomatic source quoted by French news agency AFP said on Tuesday. The move comes as UN-backed experts warned the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory is slipping into famine.