The Latest Breaking News from Starmer

The former Labour frontbencher suffered a major stroke on New Year’s Day leaving him with a stiff arm and loss of sight in one eye

World leaders have urged calm after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran raised concerns about whether the violence could spread across the region

Pakistan’s defense minister says his country has run out of “patience” and considers that there is now an “open war” with Afghanistan, after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross-border attack

The Gorton area of Manchester will not be represented by Labour for the first time in nearly 100 years

Here are five of the morning’s biggest stories. Polls open in Gorton and Denton by-election that could decide Starmer’s future. Zelensky and Trump call for ‘leader level’ peace talks to end Ukraine war. Four killed on US speedboat in Cuba after ‘firing at patrol boat’. Government can appeal against Palestine…

Councillor Simon Evans has apologised and said he did not realise the full content of the post, adding: ‘I would never intentionally call for, or wish violence upon anyone’

Letters: Readers respond to the call by Keir Starmer and military chiefs for faster and larger investment in rearmament

An online post claims Matthew Goodwin said he ‘hated’ living in Manchester.

Officials previously blamed a staffer for a grotesquely racist video reposted by the president’s account earlier this month