Eight Arab and Muslim-majority states condemned Israeli strikes on Gaza hospitals and urged the UN Security Council to take effective measures.
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The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit estimates up to 2.5 million tonnes has been stripped from England's cereal and oilseed production, costing farmers £305m–£390m and putting the country on course for its worst harvest since records began in 1984. More than half of England and all of Wales are in official drought. NFU president Tom Bradshaw said yields were "very, very poor" and warned of possible food shortages, while over 100 organisations urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to treat food a
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the BBC the NHS "will collapse" unless England's social care system is reformed. He said he could not commit to a timetable but would not want to leave office without delivering "substantial change". He is due to set out his thinking in a speech on Wednesday, reportedly accelerating the Casey Commission.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission's revised Code of Practice on single-sex spaces came into force at midnight on Wednesday in England, Scotland and Wales. Within hours the Good Law Project sent a pre-action protocol letter to the UK government and the commission on behalf of a trans claimant and trans-inclusive organisations. Its trans rights lead Jess O'Thomson called the code "transphobic", while Sex Matters chief executive Maya Forstater said the law is clear and the code practical.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said after his first substantive bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington that reopening the Strait of Hormuz is the UK government's "number one priority" and would ease cost-of-living pressures. The State Department said the pair reiterated a commitment to safe transit and to ensuring Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon, and discussed Europe taking a greater role in its own security. Rubio said talks on a deal had progressed "but not f
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit estimates up to 2.5 million tonnes has been stripped from England's cereal and oilseed production, costing farmers £305m–£390m and putting the country on course for its worst harvest since records began in 1984. More than half of England and all of Wales are in official drought. NFU president Tom Bradshaw said yields were "very, very poor" and warned of possible food shortages, while over 100 organisations urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to treat food a