3 h. ago An Airbnb in a war zone? Global holiday rental giant facing legal action over offering stays in 100s of homes in illegal Israeli settlements

According to a complaint, Airbnb have breached UK anti-money laundering laws by listing more than 300 holiday rentals in illegal Israeli settlements across the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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5 h. ago First evacuation flight takes off as 1,000 Britons seek escape Israel war zone

Foreign secretary tells MPs the Middle East faces a ‘perilous moment’

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5 h. ago First evacuation flight takes off as 1,000 Britons seek escape from Israel war zone

Foreign secretary tells MPs the Middle East faces a ‘perilous moment’

Politics

7 h. ago First evacuation flight takes off as 1,000 Brits hope to escape Israeli warzone

Around 1,000 British nationals have requested seats on evacuation flights out of Israel as Lammy warned the Middle East faces a ‘perilous moment’

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7 h. ago Flight evacuating British nationals from Israel has departed, says Foreign Office – UK politics live

Foreign secretary David Lammy says further flights will follow in the coming daysBy the way, if you actually wanted to read the Modern Industrial Strategy document published by the government today, you can find it here.The government has just pushed out a joint statement from business leaders welcoming it, which says:The Industrial Strategy launched today marks a significant step forward and a valuable opportunity for the business community to rally behind a new vision for the UK – boosting confidence, sentiment, and enthusiasm for investment.From start-ups and small businesses to large corporates, businesses need a more attractive, stable environment that enables faster, easier, and more certain investment decisions.For too long high electricity costs have held back British businesses, as a result of our reliance on gas sold on volatile international markets.As part of our modern industrial strategy we’re unlocking the potential of British industry by slashing industrial electrici...

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7 h. ago Briton injured in Iran missile attacks as first evacuation flight from Israel takes off

Around 1,000 British nationals have requested seats on evacuation flights out of Israel as Lammy warned the Middle East faces a ‘perilous moment’

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8 h. ago British national injured in Israel after wave of strikes in Middle East, David Lammy says

Foreign Secretary David Lammy also told MPs the first RAF evacuation flight of 63 vulnerable British nationals left Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport for Cyprus earlier on Monday

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3 d. ago UK working to set up charter flights for Brits escaping Israel

The Government is working with Israeli authorities to begin charter flights from Tel Aviv in Israel when the airspace reopens

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4 d. ago TUI flight evacuated in panic after 'bomb threat note' discovered in toilet

The TUI flight from Cardiff to the Canary Islands was evacuated by bomb squad officials after a threatening note was found on the aircraft in Spain.

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4 d. ago From Beersheba to Babylon: Netanyahu casts himself as liberator of Iran

Speaking at a hospital hit by an Iranian missile, the Israeli prime minister invoked ancient Persia as he hinted at a historic missionIt was in the Beersheba, about a thousand kilometers and 2,500 years from Babylon, that Benjamin Netanyahu suggested on Thursday that the time had come for the Jews to repay their ancient debt to Cyrus the Great and bring liberation to Iran.The Israeli prime minister had just made a tour of Beersheba’s Soroka hospital which a few hours earlier had sustained a direct hit from an Iranian ballistic missile on one of its buildings. It was for that reason the scene of an escape which was already being dubbed miraculous by Israel’s leaders. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘What if the strikes hit us on the highway?’: Thousands flee Tehran amid bombardment

Fearful residents endure fraught journeys out of Iranian capital as Israel issues evacuation order Middle East crisis – live updatesThe Israel-Iran war in maps, videos and satellite imagesAs Farhad* and his friends left Tehran, they had plenty of time to survey the destruction. Smoke billowed from rooftops and flames flickered behind them as they inched their way through miles-long traffic to escape Israel’s bombardment of Iran’s capital city.Despite leaving early on Tuesday morning, it took Farhad six hours to reach his ancestral village, a journey that usually would take no more than two-and-a-half hours. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The 'abandoned' Brits trapped in Israel: Pressure on Foreign Office to evacuate UK nationals who say they are stranded in Middle East war zone while other countries rush to bring citizens home

Tens of thousands of UK nationals are believed to be stranded after Israel shut its airspace amid the escalating conflict with Iran .

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8 d. ago Thousands of Brits trapped in Middle East war zone: Israel admits evacuation flights are impossible while bombardment of Iranian missiles and drones continues

Tens of thousands of British citizens were trapped in a war zone tonight as officials admitted an evacuation from Israel is currently impossible.

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8 d. ago British man stranded in Israel considers desert escape after Iranian missile strikes

James Eden considering ‘risky’ journey through the desert to Egypt after outbound flights from Israel were suspended

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8 d. ago Blasts heard in Tel Aviv and Tehran left looking 'like a war zone' as Iran and Israel exchange airstrikes for third day

Blasts have been heard in Israel's Tel Aviv while Iran's capital city Tehran has been left looking like a war zone, as the countries entered the third day of massively escalating tit-for-tat strikes

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8 d. ago Blitz on Tehran: Iranian capital is left looking like 'a war zone' after being rocked by dozens of huge explosions as Israel strikes back

Iran's capital city has been left looking like a war zone, following dozens of Israeli missile strikes that came as part of a set of massively escalating tit-for-tat strikes against each other

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8 d. ago The night Rangers refused to play in Russian war zone as defiant David Murray risked a mega UEFA ban

Rangers refused to go for safety reason as Dagestan

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8 d. ago British man weighs 'risky' desert escape from Israel amid Iranian missile strikes

James Eden, 72, is planning a four-hour bus journey through the Negev Desert to escape Iranian bombardment

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8 d. ago British man stuck in Israel 'may have to escape through desert'

Grandfather James Eden is in Jerusalem

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8 d. ago British man weighs desert escape from Israel amid Iranian missile strikes

James Eden, 72, is planning a four-hour bus journey through the Negev Desert to escape Iranian bombardment.

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