👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that the UK would recognise the state of Palestine in September if Israel does not accept certain conditions, including a ceasefire – but what will this actually mean? Yalda thinks that there are better ways…

Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to recognise Palestine as a state has been attacked as “appeasement towards jihadist terrorists” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The prime minister said the UK will recognise a Palestinian state by September unless Israel takes “substantive steps” to end the situation in Gaza, Israel agrees to a ceasefire, commits to…

The UK is making a major policy shift to recognise Palestine as a state. Sir Keir Starmer has been under pressure after more than 250 MPs – over a third of the Commons – signed a cross-party letter demanding he take the step. The prime minister had initially resisted calls, saying recognition needs to be…

Residents of Miyun District stood dismayed and powerless along streets reshaped by a devastating night of rain.  This northeastern suburb of Beijing, China’s sprawling capital, suffered at least 28 deaths. Its streets and small hamlets bear the marks of being ripped through by a torrent of water. One residential area we visit is still submerged.…

A Russian airstrike on a prison in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region has killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 80 others. Four guided aerial bombs hit the Bilenkivska Correctional Colony in the southeastern province, according to the State Criminal Executive Service of Ukraine. At least 42 inmates were taken to hospital with serious injuries…

Wildfires in several Turkish regions have claimed at least 17 lives in the past month, as record-breaking heatwaves and strong winds fuel devastating blazes across the eastern Mediterranean. The number of fatalities in fires outside the country’s fourth-largest city, Bursa, rose to four on Monday, as two volunteer firefighters died in hospital after being pulled…

Two Israeli human rights organisations have said the country is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. In reports published on Monday, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said Israel was carrying out “coordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip”. The two groups are the first major voices within Israeli society…

When TV cameras are let in to film world leaders meeting in person, the resulting footage is usually incredibly boring for journalists and incredibly safe for politicians. Not with Donald Trump. Sir Keir Starmer ran the gauntlet on Monday. Trump latest: President treats PM to a ride on Air Force One Put through a total…

We are on our way to Gaza with the Jordanian military. The aircraft is hot and noisy and as we get closer, the atmosphere gets more tense. Aircrew gesture with their hands to tell us how many minutes there are to go. Fifteen. Six. One. The Jordanian military C-130 flies out over the sea before…