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PM Keir Starmer announces that the UK will recognise the state of Palestine in September, amid famine situation in Gaza.

Keir Starmer says unless there’s a ceasefire and a peace process leading to a two-state solution, Britain will recognise the state of Palestine at the UN in September. The UK prime minister is following a similar, alebit unconditional, pledge from the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

Netanyahu’s government will be emboldened by what amounts to a distraction. The priority must be ending the butchery in Gaza

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

‘I can't see them wanting to make it to discovery. I just don't see that happening,’ said Owens

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

The Independent looks at what conditions Sir Keir has set out ahead of recognition

IN FOCUS: Starmer said he made the move ‘in the face of the growing horror in the Middle East’ after Israel failed to meet demands, including agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza. But what does that mean in practice? Tara Cobham and Bryony Gooch explain

The leaders of Germany, France and Britain are weighing up whether to dispatch their foreign secretaries to Israel next week, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday.

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

PM chairs emergency cabinet meeting to outline peace plan – including historic shift in UK policy on Palestine