British Labour Party grandee Peter Mandelson corrects the public record about his ownership of a stake in a PR firm after stating he had sold out of the business trib.al/HO6ilJQ

Ukraine latest with Ellen Milligan Courtney McBride Daryna Krasnolutska *Zelenskiy today explained in detail to Blinken and Lammy why Ukraine needs to strike military targets inside Russia *steer right now is US decision not expected this week, more likely around UNGA, though Biden may

NHS broken by £37 billion investment gap during 2010s, Darzi report finds It missed out on equivalent of 40 new hospitals, lags peers on key resources and digital technologies Cancer mortality rates higher than similar countries Via Ashleigh Furlong >> bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New: Keir Starmer wouldn’t be drawn on these “particular capabilities” when Bloomberg UK asked him on the plane to DC, but signalled detailed talks would take place… Responding to Putin’s comments today about war with NATO, Starmer hit back: “They started this conflict”

As we prepare to land in Washington tonight it’s worth reading Keir Starmer’s explanation for this trip in full. He’s meeting President Biden amid shifting landscape on weapons and uses, and as President Putin talks tough on next steps. Next 24 hours will be important:

MOD today says it shadowed four Russian vessels through the Channel and North Sea in the last week. Comes after Bloomberg UK revealed unprecedented Russian Kilo-class sub movements around the Irish Sea a few months back >>>

NEW: Russia would likely ramp up sabotage, hybrid and cyber attacks against NATO countries if the US and UK approve long-range missile strikes, American and European officials tell Alberto Nardelli Natalia Drozdiak and me — Russia could also retaliate by directly or indirectly

Hilary Benn has pulled the plug on Casement Park, the West Belfast GAA stadium earmarked for the Euros. Bloomberg, like the Times, put this story to the NIO *this morning* and was blanked... then announcement snuck out on a Friday night.

“We’ve come to a strong position,” Keir Starmer tells reporters after his Russia-Ukraine strategy meeting with Biden, without elaborating further

JUST IN: The US and UK are increasingly concerned that Russia is sharing with Iran secret atomic information and technology trib.al/H53cDky

NEW via Jenny Leonard The Biden administration remains deeply concerned by Iran’s nuclear activities, said a spox for the White House National Security Council Biden made clear he’s ready to use all elements of national power to prevent nuclear escalation by Iran, the spox said

Waheed Alli is back in the news so a reminder of our Bloomberg scoop in case you missed it first time 👇 He was Labour's link with wealthy business figures for the election campaign *and* secretly advising on who should be given plum jobs by the new govt bloomberg.com/news/articles/…