It’s the dramatic rise of China with its burgeoning economy that has put the Trump administration into a frenzy – with major implications both at home and abroad, argues MICHAEL BURKE

THE vast movement of solidarity with the Palestinian people rolls forward, filling the public square and forcing reaction onto the back foot.
Sustained, angry, broad, militant, apparently indefatigable, refreshed by every new outrage from the genocide in Gaza and undeterred by the threats of the Establishment, it has finally forced the government to abandon its opposition to an immediate ceasefire.
The movement can be proud of what it has achieved and can anticipate further victories ahead.

Corbyn and Sultana commit to launching new socialist party

If Labour MPs who rebelled over the welfare reforms expected to be listened to, they shouldn’t have underestimated the vindictiveness of the Starmer regime. But a new left party that might rehome them is yet to be established, writes ANDREW MURRAY

Starmer doubles down on witch hunt by suspending the whip from Diane Abbott