The captives were handed over in staged ceremonies that the Red Cross and Israel have condemned as cruel and disrespectful.

Sir Keir Starmer will condemn the “dangerous right-wing politics” of Reform UK with the Prime Minister to insist that Nigel Farage’s party are “not the answer for Britain”.

The M4 near Bristol is “fully closed” on Saturday night after a dead body was found on the carriageway, police have said. Avon and Somerset Police said a section of the motorway in south ...