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World Service,12 May 2026,49 mins

The British Prime Minister is under mounting pressure to resign

Newsday

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More than seventy Labour members of parliament have called for the Prime Minister to stand down. Several senior ministers have urged him to set a timetable for his departure. The last passengers leave the virus-hit cruise ship as authorities confirm three new positive cases of hantavirus. A former World Bank president has told the BBC that China can stop hoarding food and fertiliser to ease a global supply crisis caused by the Iran war - Nick Marsh on our Singapore Business Desk will have more on that. (Photo: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking to the media after meeting Labour Party members; Credit: Maja Smiejkowska/PA)

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