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Ministers consider social media curfew and AI chatbot restrictions to keep children safe online

Government launches consultation to hear views from parents, guardians and young people across the UK

The Independent UK

UK to allow US to use British bases for defensive strikes against Iran

Keir Starmer says the UK has not been involved in the US-Israeli strikes, but warned that 200,000 British people are in countries being targeted by Iran

The Guardian - UK

Starmer gives Trump permission to use RAF bases for defensive action against Iran

But just hours after the prime minister made his announcement there were reports of an explosion at one of the UK bases in Cyprus - RAF Akrotiri

The Independent UK

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UK will allow US to use bases to attack missile sites in Iran, PM says

The US will use the bases for the ‘specific and limited defensive purpose’ of hitting missile launch sites or storage depots in Iran.

Evening Standard

Foreign Office starts planning evacuation of thousands of Britons in Middle East

About 200,000 nationals thought to be in the region as tensions rise after US-Israeli attacks on Iranian regime

The Guardian - UK

Starmer faces greater quandary over ‘special relationship’ after Iran attack

PM is in diplomatically precarious position of declining to endorse US strikes while also refusing to condemn them

The Guardian - UK

Byelection trouncing has lessons for Labour

Letters: Readers respond to the Green party’s victory in Gorton and Denton

The Guardian - UK

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Labour Together ‘making clean break’ after former director resigns as minister

Thinktank’s board distances itself from Josh Simons’ decision in 2023 to hire lobbying firm to investigate journalists

The Guardian - UK

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad killed in Israeli-US strikes

Ahmadinejad, 69, served as president from 2005 to 2013 and was regarded as one of Israel’s most strident adversaries

Evening Standard

Starmer to be accused of ‘crimes against humanity’ in legal challenge to Chagos deal

The UK government is set to face a battle in court on 13 March over Starmer’s plans to hand over the Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius focussing on the historic human rights of the Chagossians

The Independent UK

Starmer expresses ‘solidarity’ with Middle East in face of ‘Iranian escalation’

The Prime Minister spoke with the kings of Jordan and Bahrain and the crown prince of Kuwait on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer was advised to ditch net zero. He needs to re-embrace it

After byelection defeat and with right-leaning advisers gone, will PM return to his instincts and embrace Labour ‘DNA’ on climate?

The Guardian - UK

Labour is stubborn in defeat because it knows this: we face the belated end of the political 20th century

In Gorton and Denton, I heard again and again that people wanted seismic political change – Labour and the Tories are no longer part of that conversation, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Labour can win Holyrood vote and ensure ‘new direction’ for Scotland – Sarwar

But recent polls put the party in third place behind the SNP and Reform ahead of the May 7 election.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Starmer’s judgement under fresh scrutiny as another Labour peer he appointed is suspended

The newly ennobled Lord Joe Docherty of Milngavie, who was nominated to join the House of Lords by the prime minister, was stripped of the party whip on Saturday, pending an investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Labour must cease taking progressive voters for granted, says Sadiq Khan

London mayor criticises PM for calling Greens ‘extreme’ after Gorton and Denton loss, saying it is a ‘flawed strategy’

Evening Standard

Trump warns Iran against retaliation for strikes which killed Ayatollah

Iranian state TV confirmed the death of 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei early on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Iranian state TV says Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died

Talks between the US and Iran aimed at resolving the issue of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions ended on Thursday without agreement.

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Evening Standard

Middle East faces uncertainty after Trump claims Ayatollah killed

The UK Government has not yet commented on reports of the Iranian Supreme Leader’s death.

Evening Standard

Government consultation on children’s online safety to look at AI chatbots

The risks of young people forming ’emotionally dependent relationships’ with AI chatbots is expected to come into focus during the consultation.

Evening Standard

Trump claims Iranian Supreme Leader killed in US-Israeli strikes

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death is ‘the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their country’, the US leader said.

Evening Standard

Donald Trump says Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israel strikes

Trump describes Khamenei as ‘one of the most evil people in history’

The Independent UK

New Labour peer suspended over alleged inappropriate behaviour

He was administratively suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation

Evening Standard

UK to chair UN Security Council amid reports Iran’s leader has been killed

Saturday is the last day that the UK holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council before handing over to the United States.

The Independent UK

The brave Iranian people deserve our support – but Trump’s strikes will only answer bloodshed with bloodshed

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The US-Israeli attack may, if sources are correct, have killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei – but remains the case that the Iranian people deserve more support and wisdom than Trump has shown to be free of this appalling regime

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