Keir Starmer has urged the Labour party to “move on” beyond Brexit and focus on toppling the Tories. The Labour leadership frontrunner, one of the key figures who pushed the party to support Remain, ruled out campaigning to rejoin the European Union. He said: “We are leaving the EU in the next few weeks and […]
The House of Lords inflicted repeated defeats on the previous government but the scale of Boris Johnson’s election victory has transformed politics. Legislation to ensure the country leaves the EU on January 31 is expected to clear the Commons this week and then go for scrutiny in the Upper House. The Conservatives do not have […]
I want to explain today why I am going to stand for Labour leader and to spell out my vision for the future of our party and our country. I know how much Labour supporters are hurting. The General Election result was devastating because we know the untold damage Boris Johnson will do to our […]
Jeremy Corbyn today urged the UK to stand up to the "belligerent" US after the assassination of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. The outgoing Labour leader said there must be restraint on both sides but warned the airstrike was "an extremely serious and dangerous escalation of conflict in the Middle East". And he said further […]
America's killing of such a senior Iranian military figure has blasted what has thus far been a proxy conflict in the region into a high-risk but decisive act of war. This is how Tehran will view the killing. American forces will be on a war-footing and we are already seeing a huge escalation in Washington's […]
Northern Ireland powersharing talks resumed this morning, in a bid to restore devolved government in the region. The latest process, which was initiated in the wake of the general election , was paused over the festive period after a pre-Christmas deal failed to materialise. Three years on from the collapse of the devolved government, the […]
Top politicians, Trump to meet as shutdown hits two-week mark without signs that either side will budge on wall funding. As a partial US government shutdown hit the two-week mark, Donald Trump and congressional leaders prepared to meet on Friday to discuss breaking an impasse pitting the president’s demand for building a border wall against Democrats’ […]
US president designates White House officials for weekend work with congressional delegation on government ‘strike’. White House officials and congressional staffers will continue negotiations on Saturday over the government shutdown, even after President Donald Trump declared he could keep it going for “months or even years”. Trump met on Friday with congressional leaders from both […]
Al Jazeera breaks down the US partial government shutdown day-by-day as it hits the one-month mark. The partial US government shutdown hit the one-month mark on Monday with no sign of ending any time soon. Since before it started, there have been public feuds, high-stakes meetings, threats and rallies. As the shutdown continues into its […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday that the United States and China would sign a “very large and comprehensive” trade deal at the White House on Jan. 15, though exact details of the agreement have not yet been released. The signing would cement the first phase of an agreement that took nearly two years to […]