More than a third of MPs have signed a letter to Sir Keir Starmer calling for the UK to recognise a Palestinian state. Some 220 MPs from nine political parties have backed the call - more than half of them Labour - arguing that UK recognition would send a "powerful" message and a vital step toward a two-state solution.

As starvation grips Gaza, more than 200 UK lawmakers urge Prime Minister Keir Starmer to recognise Palestinian state.

Mr Strarmer is facing pressure from inside the Cabinet, senior ministers, and the French President Emmanuel Macron. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing pressure to recognise a Palestinian state just as France has.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday the British government would recognise a Palestinian state only as part of a negotiated peace deal, disappointing many in his Labour Party who want him to follow France in taking swifter action.

"We want Palestinian statehood, we desire it, and we want to make sure the circumstances can exist where that kind of long-term political solution can have the space to evolve," B