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World Service,12 May 2026,49 mins

UK PM Starmer says he won't quit

Outside Source

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Sir Keir Starmer is under increasing pressure to quit as UK Prime Minister. Government ministers have resigned and over 80 Labour MPs have urged the Prime Minister to quit immediately, or draw up a timetable to leave. Meanwhile more than 100 MPs are understood to have signed a statement backing the PM. So what's going on? We get the latest and speak to correspondents from news organisations from around the world who are here reporting on the story. One year after the Sudanese military finally retook the capital, Khartoum, my colleague Mohanad Hashim returned home to see how life is slowly returning to the battered city. He explains what he saw. And Japan's baseball governing body has adopted a rule change to punish dangerous swings, after an umpire was hit in the head by a bat. We speak to people in the game about the decision. Outside Source presenter: Rahul Tandon. (Photo: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer giving a speech at the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre in Waterloo, London, as he sets out the next steps he is taking in his plan to build a stronger, fairer Britain. Picture date: Monday May 11, 2026. Credit: James Manning/PA Wire)

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