Tensions have escalated in the Middle East as Israel launched airstrikes on southern Lebanon following the killing of two soldiers and an attack on Hezbollah’s leader, prompting international concerns over potential regional conflict.

The i reveals that Labour’s Jas Athwal has founded a nursery firm, which is now facing allegations of child safety breaches.

Huw Edwards has been given a suspended six-month prison sentence for accessing indecent images of children as young as seven, will be on the sex offenders’ register for seven years, and must attend 40 days of treatment.

Keir Starmer is considering an Italy-style migration deal with Albania to process asylum claims overseas, aiming to tackle the crisis of small boat crossings in the Channel.