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Calls for UK PM Starmer to quit

Sir Keir Starmer is under increasing pressure, with some Labour MPs urging him to resign.

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? Our correspondent explains.

There is "no sign" of a larger hantavirus outbreak after the evacuation of the last passengers from a disease-stricken cruise ship, the head of the UN health agency has said. We speak to journalists around the world about how their governments are responding.

And Eurovision starts tonight, with some countries boycotting the song contest over Israel's participation. We speak to our correspondent and have a conversation with some of the contestants.

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. PA Photo. Credit: James Manning/PA Wire)

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