Israel is reported to have blocked ceasefire agreements on seven occasions during the conflict, with Netanyahu chiefly responsible

About 200 US troops are being deployed in a support role but will not enter Gaza

Israel and Hamas sign off on first phase of the plan to bring release of all hostages, alive and dead, ‘very soon’

One of the most controversial elements of Trump’s plan for Gaza concerns the role of the former British prime minister

Binyamin Netanyahu says he hopes to announce release of all hostages in ‘coming days’

Gaza envisaged as ‘deradicalized terror-free zone’, no governance role for Hamas – yet little detail on execution of key points

Many questions remain, not least the key issue of whether Hamas leadership had been privy to the full contents of the plan in advance

US president hails draft deal as ‘potentially one of the great days ever in civilisation’

Hamas to disengage politically and militarily from Gaza, with Blair set to play a key role in implementing this agenda

As Labour heads into a fractious party conference, the Manchester mayor has made his leadership ambitions clear. But some party insiders believe he might have ‘over-reached’

Trump administration wants former British prime minister to be involved in transitional postwar arrangement

Stephen Walker’s book doesn’t attempt a deep psychological explanation, but offers a reminder of the scale of Trimble’s achievement

Britain’s PM facing fresh crisis over appointment he was warned against, with sacking coming just six days before Trump visit

New revelations about his closeness to Epstein proved too much, forcing Mandelson into his extraordinary third resignation

Britain’s former prime minister is said to have worked for months on a plan for territory

Philip Stephens describes the record of British political leaders with regard to Ireland as one of ‘insouciant neglect’

She also thought Tony Blair ‘should be much tougher with IRA’, friend told British prime minister’s chief of staff

Newly released UK records show PM intended to stop short of an apology but express regret for miscarriage of justice

White House official put forward the idea to the British in 2000, documents show

Treatment of the so-called ‘on-the-runs’ later became a major controversy