A second man has been charged in connection with arson attacks on properties connected to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The Metropolitan Police said Stanislav Carpiuc, a 26-year-old Romanian national, had been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life following a series of fires in north London.

Hemmed in by his red lines, Keir Starmer has somehow managed to negotiate a new deal with the European Union. Once more, there were late night talks, with the EU playing hardball until the last. Admittedly,

Sir Keir Starmer joined the French and Canadian leaders to call on the Israeli government to "stop its military operations" and "immediately allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza". Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by saying the three leaders had offered a "huge prize" for Hamas in the Gaza war.

Sir Keir Starmer claimed on Monday that he had moved on from the “stale old debates and political fights” of the Brexit era. He is about to find out whether that is true. The reaction to his “reset” of EU-UK relations was grimly reminiscent of the arguments over Brexit,