Ukraine war: EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout

The health secretary says he used a poor choice of word in a tweet, after criticism from victims’ group.

Israel’s Prime Minister also claimed Israeli hostages held in Gaza were “the only ones being deliberately starved”.

The transport secretary joins calls for Peter Hebblethwaite to quit after workers were sacked with no notice.

British Medical Association members start 14th walkout of pay dispute in England at 07:00 on Wednesday.

This was his first rally since last week’s assassination attempt, and the first with new running mate JD Vance