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Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as the United Kingdom’s prime minister and leader of the Labour Party following growing pressure from within his own party to step down. During his time in office, Starmer faced mounting opposition over his embrace of austerity measures amid a cost-of-living crisis in Britain, as well as his brutal crackdown on Palestine solidarity protesters. Former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is widely expected to become the next prime minister. Some leaders of the British left have warned Burnham may do little to shift from Starmer’s policies, including his position on Israel. Starmer “really lost support in the party because he was perceived as too right-wing for it and because he was too boring. He lacked charisma,” explains our guest, the Australian British human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson. Robertson also discusses Britain’s Court of Appeal’s ruling that the government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is lawful, making it a criminal offense to belong to or support the organization. Four Palestine Action activists were recently sentenced as terrorists over their involvement in a 2024 raid on a British factory operated by one of Israel’s largest arms manufacturers, Elbit Systems.

Mediators from Pakistan and Qatar say the United States and Iran made “encouraging progress” during 18 hours of negotiations in Switzerland, where the two sides agreed to a roadmap toward reaching a final deal within 60 days. The talks took place despite Iran on Saturday announcing it was closing the Strait of Hormuz after Israel killed 83 people in Lebanon on Friday. Israel said it would agree to a new ceasefire in Lebanon but is also refusing to end its occupation of southern Lebanon. “Iran has, through its throttling of the Strait of Hormuz, enormous leverage to produce pain on not just the United States, but global markets,” says award-winning journalist Spencer Ackerman. “We’re going to await how the Iranians will ultimately play that card when it comes to Lebanon.” Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, fellow at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center, says that by demanding the ceasefire extend to Lebanon, “the Islamic Republic focused on creating a rift between Israel and the U.S., and I think, possibly, along with the successes in the war front politically, that was one of the most successful projects that they followed.”

Progress Cited in U.S.-Iran Talks Despite Trump’s Threat to Resume Bombing, Despite “Ceasefire,” Israel Killed 83 in Lebanon on Friday, Lebanese Turtle Conservationist Mona Khalil, 76, Dies After Israeli Attack on Her Home, Gaza: Israel Kills Al Jazeera Cameraman Ahmed Wishah, Keir Starmer Resigns as PM Amid Mounting Pressure from Labour Party, Trump-Backed Far-Right Lawyer Wins Colombian Presidential Election, Bolivia Declares State of Emergency, Military Deployed to Quell Protests, Under Intense U.S. Pressure, Cuban Lawmakers Approve Sweeping Economic Changes, Salah Sarsour, Head of Wisconsin’s Largest Mosque, Released from ICE Jail, Car Hits Protester Outside Delaney Hall ICE Jail During Father’s Day Vigil, U.S. to Stop Funding HIV & AIDS Program in South Africa, Trump Claims Without Proof That Vandals Caused Greening of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Rare earths have become a major flash point in relations between Beijing and Washington.

Qatar and Pakistan said the two sides had agreed a “roadmap” toward ending the war within 60 days.

The polarized nation headed to the polls amid its worst security crisis in decades.

Taiwan’s defense ministry on Sunday announced a five-day combat readiness exercise as China intensifies military activity around the island.

Ukraine is hammering Russia’s oil infrastructure, triggering fuel shortages and increasing gas prices.

This morning, Vice President JD Vance touched down in Switzerland for the first round of talks with Iran. The stated goal: extending last week’s interim mediated ceasefire and the Memorandum of Understanding signed by President Donald Trump into a more permanent peace in the 110-day US-Israeli war on Iran. But as those talks continued, Trump […]