Rishi Sunak is facing calls for the UK to recognise the state of Palestine, on the day that Ireland, Spain and Norway officially do so. The Scottish first minister and Scottish National Party (SNP) leader John Swinney has written to both the prime minister and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer urging them to "do the right thing" and "immediately" recognise a Palestinian state. He said the SNP would force a binding vote at Westminster after the general election if they failed to do so. Mr Swinney said recognition would offer "hope" that a "durable political solution" was possible between Israel...