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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Walker and Pippa Crerar

Sadiq Khan urges Starmer to recognise Palestinian state immediately

Women and children shout as they hold out saucepans and other container in the hope of receiving food
Palestinians clamour for food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City. Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

Sadiq Khan has urged the UK government to recognise a Palestinian state immediately, putting more pressure on Keir Starmer to take action as international outcry grows over starvation and killings in Gaza.

Senior government figures have already urged the prime minister in private to recognise Palestine as a way to put pressure on Israel over its repeated killing of desperately hungry civilians in Gaza.

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