British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he will resign as Labour leader after mounting pressure from his own lawmakers. Andy Burnham, who returned to Parliament last week, is the frontrunner to replace him.
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EasyJet has rejected Castlelake’s latest £4.7 billion all-cash takeover proposal, saying it undervalues the airline. Castlelake has made the offer public ahead of a Friday deadline to make a firm bid or walk away.
France banned public drinking in red-alert heat zones and closed hundreds of schools as temperatures neared 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Spain, Italy, Britain and Germany also faced heat warnings, event cancellations and emergency measures.
Keir Starmer is under intensifying pressure from Labour MPs and ministers after Andy Burnham’s decisive Makerfield by-election victory. Media reports say the prime minister could set out a resignation timetable as soon as Monday.
Two trains collided near Bedford, north of London, prompting a major emergency response and suspending rail services in and out of London on the affected route. Authorities had not confirmed injury details, though British media and a passenger reported multiple injuries.
Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election, returning to Parliament and clearing the way for a possible Labour leadership challenge against Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Burnham defeated Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon by more than 9,000 votes in a contest watched for its national implications.
British forces seized the tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel during a six-hour operation targeting Russia’s sanctions-evading shadow fleet. The UK says the vessel will be held and monitored off England’s south coast while investigations continue.
Equipment stolen from England’s World Cup team during transport from Florida to Kansas City has been recovered, the BBC reported. Police said two people were taken into custody as local, state and federal authorities investigated the theft.