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Starmer Under Siege, Iran Ceasefire On ‘Life Support’, EU Chief Faces Backlash
Starmer Under Siege, Iran Ceasefire On ‘Life Support’, EU Chief Faces Backlash
Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day. On today's podcast: (1) Keir Starmer was facing growing pressure to step down as Britain’s prime minister after dozens of members of Parliament, including Cabinet allies, joined the calls for him to set out a timetable for his departure. (2) A Schroders bond-fund manager is steering clear of UK debt on concern that political upheaval will drag yields higher in the coming months. (3) The ceasefire between the US and Iran reached a particularly precarious moment Monday as President Donald Trump said the agreement was on “massive life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest peace offer. (4) The US sanctioned a dozen entities and individuals over the sale of Iranian oil to China, stepping up economic pressure just days before President Donald Trump meets his counterpart Xi Jinping. (5) Michael Burry, the investor made famous in The Big Short, is warning that the Nasdaq 100 Index is headed toward a dramatic reversal after a “parabolic” surge that has driven technology valuations to unsustainable heights. (6) In the time it usually takes to watch one football match, the Kospi index shed more than $300 billion in value as the gauge slumped on Tuesday. That’s a bit more than $3 billion a minute in the benchmark index alone, and the scale of the slide helped sour sentiment across Asia. (7) On the 13th floor of the Berlaymont building in Brussels, Ursula von der Leyen has built a presidential operation that exerts control over every aspect of what goes on inside the European Commission
May 12, 2026