13 Nov 2025

UK: Trump's BBC deadline, Starmer's leadership under pressure

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 13 November 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a statement, after he left the European Political Community summit (EPC), amid a reported attack in which a car was driven at pedestrians and a stabbing attack near a synagogue in north Manchester, at Copenhagen Airport, in Kastrup, Denmark, October 2, 2025. Starmer said he was "appalled" by an attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, as he cut short his attendance at a summit of European leaders. "The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more horrific," Starmer said in a statement on X. Starmer was leaving the European Political Community meeting in Copenhagen early to return to Britain to chair an emergency crisis meeting of his ministers, known as COBRA, a UK government official told AFP on condition of anonymity. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett / POOL / AFP)

Photo: AFP / Pool / Suzanne Plunkett

UK correspondent Natasha Clark joins Kathryn with the latest on the BBC fallout as Donald Trump's litigation threat deadline looms.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure over how his office has handled a threat of a possible leadership challenge, with claims his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney was leading an attack against Health Secretary Wes Streeting.

And the NHS has been given the greenlight to proceed with thousands of staff redundancies.

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