# data[].attributes.body
unemployment rates have been rising since the pandemic

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
UK unemployment rate rises slightly to 5.1%

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Unemployment rises slightly as job vacancies flatline in a “subdued labour market”

# data[].attributes.body
Trump has had 6 lawsuits against news channels jn the past 3 years.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Trump sues BBC for defamation over Panorama speech edit

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The US president has requested $5bn (£3.7bn) in damages, according to court documents filed in Florida.

# data[].attributes.body
Trump claims that the BBC altered his speech which occurred on the 6th of January, 2021. If Trump sues in Florida, he'll need evidence that panorama was shown in the US.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The US president indicates he will go ahead with a lawsuit against the BBC over how his speech was presented by Panorama.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Reform UK pulls out of BBC film over Trump edit row

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The party is withdrawing its co-operation from a documentary which was due to air in January.

# data[].attributes.body
"This 'climate change' - it's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world," President Trump said in September.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Do UN climate talks have a point any more?

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The US president is notably absent from these UN climate talks, as are other world leaders, all of which prompts questions about the purpose of COP today.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Trump threatens legal action against BBC as chairman apologises for ‘error of judgement’ on speech edit

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The BBC says it will respond “in due course” to the letter from the US president.

# data[].attributes.body
Conservative shadow justice secretary said that Lammy has "got to get a grip" describing the situation as "total shambles"

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
David Lammy under pressure after two prisoners released by mistake

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The justice secretary had promised new checks to prevent more prisoners being released in error.

# data[].attributes.body
Mamdani's win has drawn criticism from Trump and many republican figures. Before entering politics, he worked as a housing counsellor, helping low-income residents fight eviction.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
What to know about Zohran Mamdani and what he wants to do in NYC

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The 34-year-old state assemblyman from Queens has risen from obscurity to national prominence with a bold, left-wing platform.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Starmer to face Badenoch at PMQs with government under pressure over China spy row

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Opposition parties are calling on ministers to publish evidence relating to the collapsed case of two men accused of spying for Beijing.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Downing Street said Monday's summit would involve a "signing ceremony" for the peace plan, "marking a historic turning point for the region after two years of conflict and bloodshed".

Sir Keir will thank Egypt, Qatar and Turkey for "bringing us to this point" as well as Trump, before calling for continued coordination to secure "swift progress towards phase two" of the truce.

No 10 added in its statement: "He will offer the UK's steadfast support and engagement with international partners as we look to secure the ceasefire, get urgently needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza and secure a basis for a lasting peace and security."

French President Emmanuel Macron will also attend, the Elysee Palace confirmed on Saturday, where he will "express his full support for the implementation of the agreement".

Confirming the summit late on Saturday, a spokesperson for Egypt's presidency said it was intended to "end the war in the Gaza Strip, strengthen peace and stability efforts in the Middle East, and open a new page in regional security and stability".

Trump had told reporters at the White House on Friday that he would be travelling to the region on Monday, addressing Israel's parliament the Knesset, before heading to Egypt.

He said: "We have a lot of leaders from all over the world coming too, they've been invited."

Egypt's foreign ministry had also said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed arrangements for the summit with Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.

The ceasefire came into effect after the Israeli government approved the first phase of Trump's ceasefire and hostage return deal on Thursday, following three days of indirect talks in Egypt.

The Israeli military said it had partially withdrawn troops from parts of Gaza and pulled back to an agreed position within the territory - though troops still occupy half of the Strip.

Speaking on BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the ceasefire marked " a massive step forward".

When asked whether the UK had a role in the peace plan, she added: "We do have a role, but of course the role of the US has been critical in this - we can all recognise that."

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said the prime minister's visit to Egypt for the Sharm El-Sheikh summit would be a "photo opportunity" and the government has "had no role whatsoever" in the Gaza ceasefire.

"I think it's extraordinary that Keir Starmer is apparently going to Egypt tomorrow when we've got plenty of domestic issues that he should be resolving," she told Kuenssberg.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Starmer to attend Gaza peace summit in Egypt, No 10 says

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
President Trump will lead Monday's summit, where No 10 says the peace plan will be signed.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.authors[].name
ByJoshua Nevett, Political reporter and Harry Farley, Political correspondent

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Minister says adviser had no role in evidence for China spy case

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The Conservatives suggest Jonathan Powell’s role led to the collapse of the prosecutions against two men.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party would axe legally binding targets to cut emissions.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Keir Starmer vows to protect Jewish communities after Manchester synagogue attack

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The prime minister said Britain must defeat antisemitic hate, as the King, religious leaders and politicians issue statements.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
On the issue of deportation, he was asked by Radio 4's Today programme about the example of a Brazilian paedophile who successfully claimed he would be treated worse in a Brazilian prison than he would in a British prison.

Sir Keir said there was a difference between deporting someone to "summary execution" and sending them to somewhere with a different level of healthcare or prison conditions.

He added "we need to look again at the interpretation" of a wide range of international laws by UK courts.

He warned that laws must be "applied in the circumstances as they are now" before adding that countries were experiencing "mass migration in a way that we have not seen in previous years".

To meet this new challenge "we need to look at again at the interpretation of some of these provisions, not tear them down", he said.

He added: "I believe that those genuinely fleeing persecution should be afforded asylum and that is a compassionate act."

Pressed for details about what was blocking deportations of foreign criminals, Sir Keir cited Articles 3 and 8 of the ECHR - which ban torture and protect the right to private and family life respectively.

"But it's more than that," he said, pointing to the UN's Refugee Convention, Torture Convention and Convention on the Rights of the Child as potential barriers.

Leading human rights lawyer Shami Chakrabarti said the number of cases where the courts have ruled someone cannot be removed because of inhuman and degrading treatment, were "very very rare".

"To say that it's inhuman and degrading because the situation is worse back home than it is in the UK has never been the test that has been employed by the UK courts," she said.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
PM wants to change how international law used in asylum cases

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The UK needs to "look again" at how to tackle mass migration, but those genuinely fleeing persecution should still be given asylum, the PM says.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.authors[].name
ByTamara Kovacevic and Tom EdgingtonBBC Verify

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Was Starmer right to link Brexit to a rise in small boat crossings

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Keir Starmer has linked the rise in small boat arrivals to Brexit, describing the crossings as “Farage boats”.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Currently, migrants can apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years, giving them the right to live, study and work in the UK permanently.

Labour plans to double the period it takes to gain the status from five years to 10, and a consultation was announced in May as part of a package of plans to cut immigration.

Reform said it would replace indefinite leave to remain with visas that force migrants - including non-EU nationals who already have the status - to reapply every five years.

Labour says this would force workers who have been contributing to the UK for decades to leave their homes and families.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Reform UK's policy was "racist" and "immoral" in an interview with the BBC.

In response, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage told the Daily Express that Labour "do not believe in border controls" and said the prime minister's comments were a "desperate attack".

Zia Yusuf, Reform UK policy chief, told BBC Breakfast that people have "perfectly legitimate concerns about immigration" and "are smart enough to know if somebody is voting for a policy that Starmer calls racist, what do you think Starmer thinks of you?"

He added that the UK "should not fund benefits and welfare for foreign nationals".

Ministers are keen for migrants to prove they have integrated in the UK if they want the settlement status.

That includes meeting conditions such as making National Insurance contributions, not taking any benefits payments and giving back to their communities.

Labour says some foreign nationals could earn earlier settlement, based on their contribution or skills.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Shabana Mahmood to demand migrants earn right to settled status

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Starmer faces calls to scrap two-child benefit cap as he arrives in Liverpool | ITV News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Backbench MPs and education unions have called on the Prime Minister to put an end to the benefit cap ahead of the Labour party conference. | ITV National News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
How much trouble is Labour in - and is the PM the right man for the job?

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Ahead of Labour’s annual conference, Laura Kuenssberg asks if the PM is the right man for the job.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Starmer says Labour shied away from illegal immigration concerns

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The prime minister is expected to announce plans for a compulsory UK-wide digital ID scheme.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
101 MPs urge Reeves to hike gambling taxes and scrap two child benefit limit | ITV News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
A group of Labour MPs have thrown their weight behind a call for the government to hike taxes on betting companies in order to tackle child poverty. | ITV National News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
On BBC Radio Manchester, Burnham was asked whether a bid for the leadership would be the biggest gamble of his political career.

In reply, he said: "Whenever Westminster has gone into a moment I've somehow been drawn into it."

He added: "People have been getting in touch with me. And obviously I've said to them, it's not a matter for me.

"This is ultimately a matter for the party in Westminster to decide. I'm here to support the party in whatever way I can."

Earlier Steve Reed, the housing secretary, said Burnham was entitled "to make his case" but pointed out he had previously promised to serve a full term as mayor.

Reed suggested Burnham had been taking "potshots" at the prime minister and dismissed discussion of the Labour Party's leadership as "tittle tattle".

The housing secretary said Sir Keir had "picked this party up off the floor and led us through a record general election victory".

"Our job now is to talk to the country, not ourselves about how we're going to change the things they care about," Reed said.

Burnham's critics have also pointed out Burnham, a former culture and health secretary, tried and failed twice to become Labour leader when he was an MP.

In previous leadership campaigns, Burnham lost out to Ed Miliband in 2010 and Jeremy Corbyn in 2015.

Burnham came fourth in 2010, and second in 2015, losing out by a wide margin to Corbyn, who won with almost 60% of the vote.

Burnham's latest interview comes ahead of Labour's autumn conference, and after Sir Keir faced pressure from some MPs following the resignation of his deputy Angela Rayner and his sacking of Peter Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US.

There has been disquiet among Labour MPs over the government's performance and the rise of Reform UK in national opinion polls.

The mayor also told the Telegraph that Number 10 had created a "climate of fear" among some MPs.

Setting out policies he said would "turn the country around", Burnham called for higher council tax on expensive homes in London and the South East; £40bn of borrowing to build council houses; income tax cuts for lower earners; and a 50p rate for the highest-paid.

His comments in the Telegraph come after his interview with the New Statesman, which was seen as a pitch for a Labour leadership bid.

In that interview, he criticised the prime minister's approach, saying there needed to be "wholesale change" to see off an "existential" threat to Labour.

Outlining his vision for the country, Burnham described his politics as "aspirational socialism".

His main policy ideas involved more public control of housing, energy, water and rail.

One of Burnham's most prominent policies as mayor of Greater Manchester was taking buses back into public control.

Burnham told the New Statesman he was ready to work with anybody with a "plan to turn the country around" - including the Liberal Democrats and Corbyn, who is in the proces of setting up a new left-wing party.

Labour MP Callum Anderson accused Burnham of "wishful thinking" on economic policy, for saying in his New Statesman interview the government has to "get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets".

Anderson, who is a parliamentary private secretary to the cabinet minister Liz Kendall, wrote on X: "To lead a Labour government - and a Labour Treasury - you can't just dismiss the bond markets.

"Every pound spent on schools, hospitals and infrastructure depends on credibility with those who lend to the UK. Real change requires fiscal discipline, not wishful thinking."

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Labour leadership up to the party, says Andy Burnham

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Andy Burnham tells the BBC Labour MPs have privately urged him to challenge Sir Keir Starmer to be PM.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Ed Davey sensationally claims Farage would ‘unleash mass shootings in Britain’

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
NIGEL Farage would unleash mass school shootings on Britain, Sir Ed Davey has sensationally claimed. The Lib Dem buffoon told his Bournemouth conference Mr Farage was a “British Trump” who would sc…

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Tories call for inquiry into Labour Together support for Starmer

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Kevin Hollinrake alleges the PM failed to declare polling and speechwriting help from the think tank.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Tylenol: Trust doctors over Trump on paracetamol, Wes Streeting says

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
He tells expectant mothers to ignore Trump’s claims of a link between use of the painkiller and autism.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
We’ll stop Farage turning UK into Trump’s America, says Ed Davey

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The Liberal Democrat leader attacks Nigel Farage in a speech to his party’s autumn conference.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
More charities cut ties with Sarah Ferguson over message to Jeffrey Epstein

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Teenage Cancer Trust and children’s hospice among those to distance themselves after duchess called Epstein a ‘supreme friend’

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage said the UK should not be "the world's food bank".

Launching the new policies Farage said: "It is not for us to provide welfare for people coming in from all over the world."

Under the current system, migrants can apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years, giving the right to live, study and work in the UK permanently.

It is a key route to gaining British citizenship and allows people to claim benefits.

Reform said it would replace ILR with visas that force migrants to reapply every five years. That includes hundreds of thousands of migrants currently in the UK.

Applicants would also have to meet certain criteria, including a higher salary threshold and standard of English.

The government is currently consulting on plans to double the average wait for migrants to apply for ILR from five years to 10.

The announcement launches Reform's fresh assault on what they brand the "Boriswave" - 3.8 million people who entered the UK after Brexit under looser rules brought in by Boris Johnson's administration.

Speaking at a press conference, Farage said the "main reason" for the policy was to "wake everybody up to the Boris wave".

Hundreds of thousands of these migrants, who have come to the UK since 2021, will soon qualify for permanent residence under the ILR scheme.

Reform said the changes would not apply to EU nationals whose settled status is protected under the European Union Withdrawal Agreement - and who make up the majority of benefit claimants by people with ILR.

But EU nationals not benefiting from the provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement will be subject to the new system.

According to a report published on Monday, Reform said it would replace IRL with an increase in the number of entrepreneur and investor routes for migration "supporting founders, innovators, and those willing to commit significant capital to our economy".

Reform will also introduce a new scheme called Acute Skills Shortage Visas (ASSV) for jobs in crisis. Under the scheme, firms can hire one worker from abroad only if they train one at home.

Reform will also raise the average wait for UK citizenship from six years to seven.

It is usually possible for someone to apply for ILR if they have worked in the UK for five years, although it can be two or three years if they came to UK on particular visas.

Applicants must usually meet English language requirements, have no serious criminal record and may have to pass the Life in the UK test.

A person can currently apply for British citizenship 12 months after they have been granted indefinite leave to remain.

Reform policy chief Zia Yusuf argued the changes would lead to "hundreds of thousands of people having to apply and ultimately losing their settled status in the UK".

"Many of those who will lose their leave to remain are entirely dependent on the welfare state and will leave voluntarily upon losing access to benefits," he said.

"Those that don't will be subject to immigration enforcement as part of our mass deportation programme."

Reform say their policy is designed to bring Britain into line with other countries such as the US and United Arab Emirates (UAE) and save the UK more than £234bn over what it calls the "lifetime of the average migrant".

Labour has noted the figure came from a report by the Centre for Policy Studies, a Thatcher-founded think tank, which later said the cost estimates "should no longer be used" after a challenge by the Office for Budget Responsibility.

But Farage said the "exact figure" was not known due to gaps in publicly available data but argued the £234bn figure "is without doubt too low".

The Chancellor said: "The numbers that Reform have come out with overnight have already begun to disassemble.

"I want to bring down illegal migration. This government is bringing down migration.

"We have sent a record number of people who have no right to be in our country home. We're reducing the use of hotels for asylum seekers and we've made an agreement with France to send people back who come over on small boats.

"Those are all steps towards our ambitions to get a grip of this situation that we inherited."

Conservative shadow housing secretary James Cleverly said Reform were "catching up" with his party's plans to ban migrants from settling indefinitely in the UK if they claim benefits.

Speaking on BBC Two's Politics Live programme, Cleverly said he was "far from convinced that the savings are where Nigel Farage said they're going to be".

The Liberal Democrats said Reforms proposals were "not serious".

"Businesses would be thrown into disarray, and the UK would lose billions in economic growth and tax revenues," a Lib Dem spokesman said.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Reform plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The party says scrapping the scheme and restricting migrant access to benefits will save hundreds of billions of pounds.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Ed Davey says Lib Dems are the most unified party ahead of conference | ITV News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Ed Davey said the Lib Dem conference was an opportunity to ‘make sure our message gets out to people, a message of real change that no other party is saying’. | ITV National News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
What is the ‘one in one out’ asylum deal between UK and France? | ITV News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Five southern European countries have written a letter objecting to the proposal due to be discussed by Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron this week. | ITV National News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Starmer set to announce recognition of Palestinian state today - follow live

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
“Now is the time to stand up for” a two-state solution, Deputy Prime Minister tells the BBC ahead of the announcement.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Key takeaways from the Trump-Starmer press conference

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The US and UK leaders fielded questions on Ukraine, migration, free speech and Mandelson among other issues.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
"It destroys countries from within and we're actually now removing a lot of the people that came into our country."

Since his return to the White House in January, Trump has stepped up deportations of illegal immigrants and cracked down on unlawful border crossings.

In two days of pomp and pageantry, the US president was hosted at Windsor Castle by King Charles and the Royal Family, and attended a state banquet on Wednesday before his political talks with the prime minister on Thursday.

The President and First Lady Melania Trump departed the UK from Stansted Airport on Air Force One shortly after the news conference.

In a wide-ranging Q&A with UK and US journalists, the leaders were also asked about Palestinian statehood, free speech, the war in Ukraine, energy and other topics.

The pair touted the "special relationship" between the UK and the US, and announced a new tech deal Trump said would help the allies "dominate" in the world of artificial intelligence (AI).

The tech prosperity deal signed at Chequers will see US firms invest in the UK and boost co-operation on AI, quantum and other emerging technologies.

Trump and Sir Keir skirted around several contentious matters, including accusations of free speech being under attack in Britain, and the sacking of Peter Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US last week.

"I don't know him actually," Trump said, when asked about whether he had sympathy with Lord Mandelson.

In what could have been an awkward moment, Trump defused the question by handing over to Sir Keir, who fired Lord Mandelson over his links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Trump suggests Starmer could use military to control UK borders

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The US president says illegal migration "destroys countries from within", as his two-day state visit to the UK comes to a close.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Trump to meet King Charles in Windsor Castle on first full day of UK state visit

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The US president said his relationship with the UK “is very good” after arriving in London with First Lady Melania.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Trump departs Washington for historic second state visit to the UK | ITV News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Trump became the first US president to be invited for a second state UK visit. | ITV National News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Former Conservative minister Maria Caulfield defects to Reform

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Caulfield lost her seat at last year’s general election, after nearly nine years as the MP for Lewes.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Mandelson red flags were missed or ignored, senior Labour MP says

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Emily Thornberry says “something went very wrong”, in an emergency debate about the peer’s appointment.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Starmer aide made sexually explicit remarks about Abbott, leaked messages show | ITV News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Paul Ovenden has now resigned as the No 10 Director of Strategy after admitting to discussing Ms Abbott in derogatory sexual terms in messages seen by ITV News | ITV National News

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Conservative MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform – UK politics live

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Nigel Farage announces defection of MP for East Wiltshire and puts him in charge of preparing party for government

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Starmer vows to ‘never surrender’ the Union Jack after hard right demo

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The Prime Minister broke his silence this afternoon, saying the country ‘will not stand’ for assaults on police officers after 26 were injured - four seriously - in clashes with right wing protesters.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Starmer ‘knew Mandelson had strong relationship with Epstein’

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Peter Kyle said that Lord Mandelson’s potential ability to handle President Trump meant it was ‘worth the risk’ of appointing him.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Authorities asked for help in the manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer. A father’s intuition led to an arrest | CNN

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Like thousands of Americans captivated by the manhunt for the shooter who killed conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, a Utah father had seen the photos and video footage of the suspect released by authorities.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Trump issues an ultimatum for NATO countries on Russia sanctions | CNN Politics

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Meeting Trump’s demands would mark a major shift among the alliance, and there are major questions as to whether there would be collective interest in taking these steps.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Theresa May raises concern over lack of safeguards in Assisted Dying Bill

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Theresa May has opposed the Assisted Dying Bill, saying she believes it does not have the safeguards in place to prevent people from being pressured to end their lives. Speaking in the House of Lords on Friday (12 September), Baroness May said the legislation, which was debated in the Second Chamber for the first time, could result in people ending their lives “because they feel they are a burden on others”. The former prime minister said she worries about the bill’s impact on people with disabilities and mental health problems as “legalising assisted dying reinforces the dangerous notion that some lives are less worth living than others”. She said that the legislation, which would make assisted dying available to adults in England and Wales with a terminal diagnosis of less than six months to live, could also be used to “cover up mistakes made” in medical care.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Keir Starmer warned ‘time running out’ to repair faltering leadership

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
After disastrous week, some MPs predict challenge against PM likely if local and Welsh elections go badly next May

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Politics latest: Police say 110,000 at ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march in central London with counter-protesters nearby

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Roughly 110,000 protesters are in London for a ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally and ‘March against Fascism’ counter-protest. Meanwhile, local parties and trade unions can start choosing between Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell to be Labour’s new deputy leader. Follow the latest below.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Why sacking Lucy Powell might come back to haunt Starmer

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The former Commons leader has emerged as a candidate for those in the party who want a change in direction.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Several witnesses have described the violence, and the discussion that preceded it.

One student described how Kirk had taken questions on religion, and LGBT issues.

It was while he was being asked about gun violence that he was shot, the student says.

Video taken by witnesses shows the rush to flee the scene after the shooting occurred.

According to officials, Kirk was shot from about 200 yards away, on the opposite side of the quad where he was speaking.

A university spokesperson says the person who was taken into custody after the shooting has since been released, BBC's US Partner CBS reports.

Sakshi Venkatraman
US reporter

If you're just joining us, we're covering the shooting of conservative influencer and Trump ally Charlie Kirk at a college campus in Utah.
Here's what we know:

Kirk was shot in the neck during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University

A shot was fired at 12:20 local time as Kirk was taking a question from a student. Video shows him immediately collapse

He is in "critical condition" and "it doesn't look good" his colleague told CBS News, BBC's US partner

A suspect is reportedly in custody

The university says one shot was fired from about 200 yards away (182m), and the campus has been closed for the day
What we don't know:

Kirk's current condition and injuries

Details of the suspect

A motive for the shooting

Stick with us as we bring you the latest updates.

Warning: This post contains graphic descriptions of the shooting some readers may find distressing.
In videos circulating on social media of the event, Charlie Kirk can be seen sitting in a white gazebo addressing a crowd gathered at an event at Utah Valley University.

The tent features the words "The American Comeback Tour" - the name of his current speaking tour.

In one video, an audience member can be heard asking Kirk about mass shootings in America: "Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?"

Holding a microphone, Kirk responds: "Counting or not counting gang violence?"

A loud gunshot is heard and Kirk appears to jolt backwards in his seat. Blood can be seen on his neck.

People in the crowd scream and start running from the area.

We have some more photos from Utah Valley University to share with you.

They show the chaos that broke out after Charlie Kirk was shot.

US politicians are sharing their shock after the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, says she is praying for Kirk's recovery.

"Political violence has absolutely no place in our nation. All Americans should pray for Charlie Kirk's recovery and hold the entire UVU community in our hearts as they endure the trauma of this gun violence," she wrote on X.

Former US representative Gabby Giffords also posted, condemning violent responses to political differences. In 2011, Giffords was shot in the head during a meeting with constituents in a grocery store parking lot. She survived, but resigned from office due to a brain injury.

"Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence," she said.

We've just received our first image of Charlie Kirk speaking at the campus event in Utah this afternoon, before the shooting.

In another X post updating the university's 40,000-plus student body, the Utah Valley University Police reiterate that students should leave the campus.

"Campus closed, classes canceled until further notice," the post says. "Police are investigating. Leave campus immediately. Follow police instructions."

Mike Wendling
BBC News

Charlie Kirk is one of the biggest conservative influencers in the US today.

To call him a firebrand would be somewhat understating the case - he's a staunch Trump loyalist who built a huge audience through his Turning Point organisation, which has a presence on hundreds of college campuses across the country.

Kirk and his band of young conservatives flood the zone through social media and podcasts, and his ability to draw crowds led to a key role in Donald Trump's MAGA movement.

Turning Point poured both money and people into swing states during last year's presidential election.

He's spoken at Republican conventions and last year Donald Trump repaid the favour by giving a big speech at a Turning Point conference in Arizona.

Kirk's evangelical Christian religion and family - he's married to a former Miss Arizona, with whom he has two children - are front and centre in his politics, and he's seen as both the future of conservative activism and a highly polarising figure.

BBC Verify has confirmed the authenticity of several videos of the shooting which have been posted online.

One video shows students crowded around a white tent emblazoned with the words, "THE AMERICAN COMEBACK" and "PROVE ME WRONG". Some students are watching the event from elevated structures nearby.

Charlie Kirk can be seen sitting alone under the tent with several others standing nearby.

As Kirk is speaking, a loud bang can be heard.

The video pans away. "Oh my God!" one person can be heard saying.

"Go! Run, run run!" another yells as those in the audience scatter.

A former US Congressman who was at the event with his daughter has told Fox News what happened when Kirk was shot.

"Everyone hit the deck" and "scattered", former US representative Jason Chaffetz says. He calls the violence "shocking".

"The shot came straight at him," Chaffetz says, adding he had talked to Kirk just before the event started.

Scott Trotter, senior director of Public Relations at Utah Valley University in Orem, just confirmed to the BBC that Kirk was shot and that the attacker is not in custody.

Trotter said that at 12:25 local time, "a single shot rang out in the quad near the food court on the Utah Valley University Orem Campus as Mr. Charlie Kirk began speaking at his planned rally."

"We can confirm that Mr. Kirk was shot, but we don't know his condition," Trotter said. He added that the campus is closed for the rest of the day.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at campus event in Utah, says President Trump

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Kirk - an influential ally of the president, known for holding campus debates - was at a busy outdoor event when he was shot in the neck.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Charlie Kirk shooting: An unlikely end to the 33-hour hunt for suspect

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
“We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox said after authorities apprehended Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspected of killing the conservative activist.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.authors[].name
ByKate Whannel, Politics reporter and Henry Zeffman, Chief political correspondent

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Labour MP says Starmer not ‘up to the job’ as Mandelson backlash grows

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
No 10 say Peter Mandelson was sacked as the UK’s ambassador after new information about his links to Jeffrey Epstein came to light.

# data[].attributes.headline
WAR AND HOW TRUMP IS TAKING ACTION (not majorly) 

# data[].attributes.subject
WAR AND HOW TRUMP IS TAKING ACTION (not majorly) 

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Trump faces major headache with incidents in Qatar and Poland

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Israel’s strikes in Doha and the Russian drone incursion could present major affronts to his authority.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Thornberry and Barker pull out of deputy Labour leader race

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The remaining candidates have to get support from 80 MPs by 17:00 on Thursday to progress in the contest.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Peter Mandelson sacked as US ambassador by Keir Starmer over emails to Jeffrey Epstein

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The Foreign Office says he was fired “in light of additional information”, a day after the prime minister backed him in the Commons.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Reform UK hopefuls vie to share spotlight with Farage

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The party is keen to get away from the idea that it is a one-man-band, focused too much on its leader Nigel Farage.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.authors[].name
ByChris Mason, Political editor and Becky Morton, Political reporter

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Labour deputy leadership hopefuls woo MPs as Bridget Phillipson takes early lead

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The education secretary emerges as a frontrunner in the contest to replace Angela Rayner.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Starmer to face Badenoch in first PMQs since cabinet reshuffle - follow live

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The prime minister reassigned many of his top jobs after Angela Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister last week.