Bulletin PM briefing: ‘Staggered’ Starmer’s struggles and will Trump’s blockade be lifted?

April 20, 2026 · The Independent

Mulberry sees sales rebound in year of ‘decisive progress’
The Somerset-based group said UK retail and online like-for-like sales jumped 13.7% higher in its final six months.
Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan, tsunami alert issued
A powerful earthquake has struck off the northern Japanese coast, prompting a tsunami alert
With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington
Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and called up the National
How daring US raid of Iranian tanker unfolded in six-hour standoff in the Strait of Hormuz
Marines stormed the ship after ‘blowing a hole in the engine room’ of the commercial vessel
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Osbourne said ‘See you at the march’ in response to Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally in the U.K.