A day of sharp contrasts in the headlines: in Qatar, a major explosion at the Barzan gas facility left dozens injured and others missing, with fears the industrial disaster could ripple beyond Ras Laffan into global energy markets. In Britain, politics turned deeply personal as Keir Starmer announced his resignation outside No. 10, fighting back emotion as he thanked his family and set in motion a Labour leadership contest that will decide not only his successor but the country’s next prime minister, even as he stays on during the transition. In lighter entertainment news, Universal and Illumination unveiled “Not Alone,” an animated sci-fi project pairing Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez as the voices of two space-minded leads ahead of its 2027 release. And in a sobering human-interest story, a woman from Cheshire has spoken of being given weeks to live after becoming seriously ill following a holiday in Turkey.