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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced today that he is resigning as leader of the governing Labour Party and will leave office within weeks. This move comes around two years after he was elected in a landslide victory. He is the sixth prime minister to resign in the past decade. Andy Burnham, the outgoing mayor of Manchester, England, is likely to be his successor.

• 🎧 Part of Starmer’s challenge was his failure to connect with people and to deliver the real change he promised after 14 years of austerity under the previous Conservative rule, NPR’s Lauren Frayer tells Up First. In recent weeks, Starmer’s own Labour lawmakers and parliamentary party began to turn against him. Burnham is viewed as more folksy and could be more relatable with voters in a way Starmer was not. He is also likely slightly to the left of Starmer and more inclined to robustly defend the welfare state. Burnham will face the same challenges that Starmer did, including rising global energy prices and strained public finances. Frayer says this shift represents more of a change in personality rather than policy, given that they belong to the same party.

The first round of high-level negotiations between the U.S. and Iran wrapped up early today in Switzerland. Both sides agreed to “a roadmap” aimed at finalizing a deal within 60 days and establishing a communication line to prevent incidents in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a statement by mediators from Qatar and Pakistan. The joint statement said that the U.S. and Iran will form a committee to address issues such as nuclear monitoring and sanctions. They also outlined a framework to cease military operations in Lebanon. Vice President Vance traveled to a Swiss resort over the weekend to work on the details of this tentative peace plan between the U.S. and Iran.

• 🎧 President Trump is struggling to sell the memorandum of understanding that the U.S. and Iran signed last week, as he is encountering criticism from both wings of his party, NPR’s Mara Liasson says. Critics have highlighted that the president’s objectives in the war have not been achieved. There has been no regime change in Iran and the country has no restrictions on enriching uranium yet. Liasson says the deal is significant to the president due to its implications for the economy. That economic pressure over the Strait appears to have influenced Trump to pursue this framework. Trump is keen on avoiding the perception that he is responsible for an economic downturn or rising inflation. He’s signaling to his opponents that his pain point is the price of gasoline, which has reached $4 per gallon. With the midterm elections approaching and his party struggling, Trump is eager to distance himself from the war.