Prince William intervenes in Gaza crisis

Good evening. The Prince of Wales has called for an end to the fighting in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages.

Elsewhere, Twitter has been forced to react after Alexi Navalny’s widow had her account suspended.

Prince William calling for end to fighting in Gaza

The Prince of Wales warned that “too many have been killed” in the conflict.

The Prince, 41, who will meet aid workers involved in the humanitarian effort, attracted criticism for his comments that will be considered a significant intervention in the conflict.

Nigel Farage claimed he should “stick to the Baftas” rather than intervene in the Middle East crisis.

Twitter restores Navalny’s widow’s account

Twitter has restored the account of Alexei Navalny’s widow following a torrent of criticism.

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, had her account on X, formerly known as Twitter, reinstated after a brief suspension.

Responding to a wave of online criticism following her suspension, the social network owned by Elon Musk said its defence mechanism “mistakenly flagged” her account as “violating our rules”.

Sunak and Starmer approval gap widest ever after Tory by-election defeats

Rishi Sunak’s approval rating has plummeted in the wake of the Conservatives’ by-election defeats, with the gap between the Prime Minister and Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, now the widest it has ever been.

A survey conducted by Deltapoll gave Mr Sunak a net approval rating of minus 43, with 26 per cent of respondents saying he was doing well and 68 per cent saying he was doing badly.

Sir Keir recorded a net approval rating of minus two, with 43 per cent saying he was doing well and 45 per cent saying he was doing badly.

Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines

Gaza | The United States has vetoed a resolution at the UN Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Business | The Body Shop to shut almost 100 stores after falling into administration

Birmingham | Labour council increases tax by 21pc – but slashes bin collections and dims streetlights

Leicester | Missing two-year-old’s fall into Leicester river captured on CCTV

Russia | American woman arrested by FSB on suspicion of ‘high treason’

London | Body of Abdul Ezedi found in River Thames, police say

Comment and analysis

Tom Harris | Useless politicians have doomed Britain to managed decline

Miriam Cates | Social media is destroying a generation, and China knows it

Michael Deacon | If these ‘pro-Palestinian’ marches aren’t anti-Semitic, answer me this

Edward Stringer | Trump is right. defenceless Europe can no longer freeload off America

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Russia is losing the economic war: the West must not lose its nerve now

World news: Biden could send new longer-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine

Powerful new long-range ballistic missiles, complete with cluster bombs, will reportedly form part of the aid package if passed.

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Business news: Wind-powered oil tanker sets sail in landmark voyage

An oil tanker equipped with sails has embarked on a landmark voyage from Rotterdam to test the potential of wind power in the shipping industry.

The Dutch-owned MT Chemical Challenger, which weighs 16,000 tonnes, has been fitted with rigid aluminium “sails” that are designed to cut fuel consumption by up to 20pc.

Live markets news: German offices suffer biggest slump in value across eurozone – latest updates