8 h. ago Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages as it accepts part of Trump’s plan

Palestinian militant group issues response to US president’s stipulations, but seeks further negotiations on many termsHamas said on Friday that it approved parts of Donald Trump’s ultimatum to end the war in Gaza, agreeing to a hostage exchange and to surrender governing power in the Gaza strip, but insisted on further negotiations over aspects of the plan.The group did not say whether it would lay down its arms – a key part of Trump’s proposal – and kept its response vague to other parts of the 20-part proposal unveiled on Monday. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Britain was wrong to let Jews settle in Palestine and is responsible for decades of ethnic violence including the Gaza war, Labour conference told

Dr Victor Kattan claimed that the current bloody conflict in Gaza was 'made in Britain' as he campaigned for the UK to apologise and make 'reparations' to Palestinian Arabs.

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9 d. ago Britain is 'ready to act' after Trump backed shooting down Russian planes that challenge Nato, Yvette Cooper warns

Yvette Cooper said the military alliance 'stands firm' following a series of 'provocative' violations of airspace by Vladimir Putin's forces.

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1 week ago Russia risking ‘direct armed confrontation’ with Nato, warns Cooper

Yvette Cooper addressed the UN Security Council for the first time as Foreign Secretary.

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1 week ago Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu vows retaliation for Palestinian statehood push at UN

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper urged Israel's Prime Minister not to retaliate for the statehood push by annexing more of the West Bank - after the UK and other Western allies mounted a coordinated effort to back Palestinian statehood

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1 week ago Israeli ministers call for annexing of West Bank after UK recognises Palestinian state

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has warned Israel not to retaliate

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1 week ago UK warns Israel not to retaliate in response to Palestine recognition

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says Israel ‘must not’ expand settlements in the West Bank in retaliation at Palestine state recognition

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1 week ago Cooper warns Israel not to retaliate in response to Palestine recognition

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the decision was ‘the best way to respect the security for Israel as well as the security for Palestinians’.

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2 w. ago Gaza genocide report sparks horror warning with 'no end in sight to Israel's violence'

A UN commission of inquiry has found that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza against Palestinians, but an expert has issued a bleak warning in response to the devastating findings

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3 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson's stark warning to Kaleb Cooper as he talks major career U

Despite his growing fame, Kaleb Cooper stays grounded in the Cotswolds, continuing to manage Diddly Squat Farm alongside Jeremy Clarkson on the hit series Clarkson's Farm

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3 w. ago Palestinians to ask UK to own up to ‘law violations’ between 1917 and 1948

Petition, drafted by human rights lawyers, says war crimes were committed during British occupation of PalestineA group of Palestinians will serve a legal petition asking the UK to take responsibility for what they call “serial international law violations”, including war crimes committed during the British occupation of Palestine from 1917 to 1948, the consequences of which it says still reverberate today.The 400-plus page document, drafted by human rights KCs, details “incontrovertible evidence” of the UK’s unlawful legacy. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Tommy Cooper ITV compilation is hit with woke trigger warning over 'adult humour and outdated attitudes'

The broadcaster has warned that some sketches by the fez-wearing comic, who was well known for his calamitous attempts at magic tricks, may be offensive.

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