Andy Burnham apologises for Labour s stance on Gaza - podcast | Politics | The Guardian Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Andy Burnham s apology over Labour s stance on Gaza. ... Skip to main content Skip to navigation 00:00:00 00:00:00 Andy Burnham has. apologised for Labour s slow response in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. In an exclusive interview with Pippa Crerar, he says that more pressure should be put on the Israeli government, including a ban on trade in goods with illegal settlements. Burnham also says that there is increasing evidence that war crimes appear to have been committed, but that international courts must determine this, not politicians.

In his remarks, Burnham also criticised the surge in settler violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and the continued expansion of illegal settlements, displacing Palestinian communities, claiming that Netanyahu s government was attempting to make a two-state solution impossible. That s why we need to do more, which includes looking at further sanctions, both on those involved in the violence in Gaza but also looking at measures to ban trade in goods with illegal settlements, he said. Foreign Office ministers are understood to already be looking at ways of preventing goods and services from the settlements making it into the UK, without a knock-on effect for legitimate trade with Israel.

North Korean Premier leads delegation to China in show of deepening alliance | The Independent. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent. ... China, which serves as North Korea's main trading partner, has expressed its readiness to expand cooperation across various sectors, including trade, agriculture, construction, and technology, despite international sanctions on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

administration crackdown on immigration, where thousands of people have been deported to countries that are not their own, with Eswatini being a prominent participant in Africa under an agreement that began in 2025. Human rights groups and civic organizations have criticized the agreement for its lack of transparency and parliamentary oversight, with some challenging the legality of holding foreign nationals in prison without charge, despite Eswatini's defense of the agreement as reflecting humanitarian values. The Trump administration has also sent third-country deportees to the Central. African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Congo, among others on the continent, as it seeks destinations for migrants who cannot be repatriated directly.