Business Secretary Peter Kyle said on Sunday he has no reason to believe Prime Minister Starmer plans to announce a resignation on Monday. Kyle said he held a candid conversation with Starmer on Friday. The Observer had reported Starmer was expected to resign on Monday and unveil a departure timetable; a government source said Starmer remains focused on carrying out his duties.

On June 20, Pakistan's foreign ministry said that, under follow-up arrangements to the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, technical-level talks will be held in Switzerland on June 21. Pakistan and Qatar will participate as mediators.

Israeli finance minister and far-right politician Bezalel Smotrich told a June 20 broadcast interview that a Palestinian state would be "Gaza expanded 20-fold" and "more dangerous than Iran" and must be prevented. He said Gaza should remain under Israeli military control and reiterated his long-standing opposition to a two-state solution. The international community broadly regards a two-state outcome as the only viable path to Israeli-Palestinian peace; Israel’s far right remains strongly opposed.