“British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to decide soon whether he will step down from his position or face a leadership challenge from a political rival, Andy Burnham, who represents the country’s Labour Party,” CBS News reports.

“Starmer has publicly vowed to stay in the post, but pressure is building as more and more Labour Party colleagues conclude his time is up. Expectation is growing that he will announce a timetable for his resignation as soon as Monday. That’s the day Burnham will be sworn in as a lawmaker in the House of Commons after winning a special election last week.”

Bloomberg: UK minister says Starmer mulling ‘realities’ as Burnham returns.

“The effort by the U.S. and Iran to negotiate an end to the war has been defined by dramatic fits and starts and punctuated by missile strikes and naval blockades. Yet since a memorandum of understanding was brokered last weekend, the confusion has only grown,” NBC News reports.

CBS News Poll: “Americans do want the Iran war to end — especially those hardest hit by gas prices — and many see hope for lower prices now.”

“But an ending now also comes with views that the U.S. effort did not succeed in its strategic or economic interests and has not been worth the costs.”

“Specifically, most Americans suspect Iran’s nuclear program has not been permanently stopped, and that Iran will not stop threatening its neighbors.”

“In igniting a war against Iran on Feb. 28, President Trump billed the U.S. campaign as an unprecedented step toward transforming the Middle East and terminating the threat from what he called a ‘wicked, radical dictatorship,'” the New York Times reports.

“Roughly 100 days later, as the United States and Iran have reached a somewhat vague memorandum of understanding to end the war, skeptics are expressing bafflement over what exactly has transformed.”

“Neither the war nor the agreement ended what U.S. and Israeli officials regard as the main threats emanating from Iran. The country’s nuclear program, while heavily damaged, was not eliminated — its fate punted to future negotiation.”

“Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland on Sunday for crunch talks with Iran to build on a shaky interim deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and move towards a permanent settlement to end their more than 100-day war,” the Financial Times reports.

“The negotiations in a Swiss mountain resort will initially focus on the Israeli-Hizbollah conflict in Lebanon that has threatened to derail diplomatic efforts to implement the memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran on Wednesday.”

Bloomberg: US and Iran poised to begin Swiss talks on lasting ceasefire.

“The continuing war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah is threatening to disrupt U.S. negotiators’ plans to focus on Iran’s nuclear program, as new talks get under way Sunday in Switzerland,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

CNN: “The conflict cost the Department of Defense is about $40 billion, according to preliminary numbers from an upcoming analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.”

“The figure includes cost of munitions, destroyed equipment and damage to bases, but does not incorporate operational costs that were already factored into the department’s more than $1 trillion fiscal year 2026 budget.”

“Keir Starmer is preparing to set out a timetable for his departure from No 10 this week after Andy Burnham’s triumphant return to Westminster in the Makerfield byelection,” The Observer reports.

“The prime minister is understood to have reached the conclusion that his position is no longer tenable after conversations in recent days with cabinet ministers, Downing Street advisers, trade union leaders, and party donors.”

“Although Starmer is spending the weekend talking his future over with his wife, Victoria, at Chequers before making a final decision, senior Labour figures believe a ‘clear statement’ could come as early as Monday.”

Bloomberg: Is Andy Burnham the UK’s next Prime Minister.

“The U.S. has unleashed more than 1,000 sanctions on Iran over the last 18 months as part of its wider campaign to squeeze Tehran into submission,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Iran’s ability to withstand those sanctions so far exposes a hard fact for Washington: Economic pressure has largely failed to cow rogue regimes, as they game out more ways to sidestep U.S. restrictions.”

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni called on President Donald Trump to end his “constant, unprovoked attacks” on her character, The Wrap reports. 

Said Meloni: “President Trump, these constant, unprovoked attacks are senseless. As for my popularity, being your friend certainly has not helped it, nor does it depend on my relationship with you.”