Neave Barker

Inside Story UK Conservative Party suffers its worst election defeat in more than a century. The UK has a new prime minister. Keir Starmer has led the Labour Party to a landslide election victory – its first win in more than a decade. But has the electorate truly embraced Labour? Or was this also a vote against the Conservatives? And with third parties on the rise, is UK politics changing shape?

A report by a United Nations-backed commission of inquiry finds Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the more than eight months of war in Gaza. It also says Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups violated international humanitarian law during their attacks on southern Israel in October.

Tensions between the Israeli military and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah are at an all-time high. They have been engaged in low-level hostilities for more than eight months. list of 3 items list 1 of 3 list 2 of 3 list 3 of 3 end of list Israel’s assassination of one of Hezbollah’s most senior commanders last week, however, has led to an escalation. United States President Joe Biden sent a special envoy to the region, hoping to defuse tensions and prevent a wider conflict. But has it worked?