Prime minister backs US president as he bombs Iranian nuclear sites and says key facilities ‘completely and totally obliterated’

Marco Rubio warns Tehran against responding after US launched ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’ on three key Iranian nuclear sites

Fears that substandard homes are putting people at risk as sweltering temperatures in the UK hit more than 30C

Votes on abortion and assisted death suggest the UK is on the cusp of a major shift – issues once determined by the conscience of individual MPs are becoming American-style party political matters, political editor David Maddox writes

The TV personality’s appeal for the House of Lords not to hold up Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying legislation has been met with scorn

Kim Leadbeater’s bill has now passed all its stages in the Commons and will go to the Lords, where it is likely to meet more scrutiny

While supporters of assisted dying have won an important victory today, David Maddox explains why their battle to get it into law is not finished yet

Kim Leadbeater’s bill passed with a majority of 55 at the second reading, but David Maddox explains why there is still a chance it could be voted down

Kim Leadbeater’s bill passed with a majority of 55 at the second reading, but David Maddox explains why there is still a good chance it could be voted down

Prime minister risks angering MPs after more than 50 Labour backbenchers had called for more time to scrutinise Kim Leadbeater’s bill

US president threatens Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and wants ‘unconditional surrender’

After talks at the G7 over the ‘deteriorating situation’ with Channel crossings, the PM vows to take tougher action

Keir Starmer said his sanctions would choke off Putin’s ability to continue his war

The UK and US president had a bilateral meeting at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, where they finalised the implementation of the trade deal they shook on last month

The G7 countries are planning on discussing a new package of sanctions against Russia and a joint approach to the Israel/ Iran Middle East crisis but it appears Trump is preparing to reject the proposals

As the row over the spending review continues, the prime minister has washed his hands of expected large increases in local taxation

Starmer and his four mates getting an impromptu glass of wine together may have been about finding the dutch courage to deal with Donald Trump, speculates David Maddox at the G7 in Canada

It comes as Keir Starmer and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni discussed a new sanctions regime on people smugglers

Sir Keir Starmer knows that he needs to leave the G7 in Canada with his US/ UK trade deal fully implemented as he prepares to meet Trump

Exclusive: The dramatic late intervention comes in a letter to Leader of the House Lucy Powell from Labour MPs warning that there has not been sufficient scrutiny of a bill which will ‘fundamentally change’ healthcare

With escalating conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, world leaders will have much to discuss, but Starmer also has issues closer to home on his mind, as political editor David Maddox writes

The prime minister is gearing up for a political fight over welfare reform

Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Iran will pay ‘a very heavy price’ for civilian deaths

Exclusive: The Independent has seen a communique between the TUC and the French and Canadian union umbrella bodies demanding their governments recognise Palestine as a state immediately, with Labour on the brink of a civil war over the issue

Keir Starmer flies to Canada for trade talks with Mark Carney and the G7 summit

Sir Keir Starmer confirmed Britain was moving military assets to the region as Iran warned UK bases would be targeted if it helped defend Israel

The prime minister has bowed to pressure to agree to set up an inquiry into grooming gangs with legal powers to call witnesses

As The Independent’s political editor David Maddox flies with Sir Keir Starmer to the G7 summit in Canada, he reflects on how the UK prime minister can learn from a diplomatic gaffe last time he was in North America

Concerns have been raised that the increase in defence spending pledged by Keir Starmer’s government is ‘smoke and mirrors’

Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests Treasury is ‘making up the numbers’ as it warns council tax will rise at fastest rate in a generation