13 h. ago Labour MPs urge Keir Starmer not to meet Israeli president during visit to London

Isaac Herzog is understood to be visiting London next week

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17 h. ago Starmer must not meet the Israeli President when he visits the UK, Labour MPs say

Isaac Herzog is expected in the UK on Wednesday and Thursday for talks with ministers, with the government on the verge of recognising an independent Palestinian state.

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22 h. ago Ministers urged not to meet Israeli president during UK visit

Isaac Herzog is understood to be visiting London next week.

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30 h. ago Israel’s president to visit London next Thursday for expected talks with ministers

Exclusive: Isaac Herzog will make trip just weeks before UK is planning to recognise statehood of PalestineIsrael’s president will visit London next Thursday just weeks before the UK is expected to recognise the state of Palestine at the UN general assembly, the Guardian understands.Two sources have confirmed Isaac Herzog is expected to meet UK ministers and senior political figures – the first time a senior Israeli leader has been in Britain since the foreign secretary, David Lammy, met his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Sa’ar, on an unannounced visit in the spring. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago VP Vance to meet with families of schoolchildren after church shooting in Minneapolis

Vice President JD Vance plans to visit Minneapolis on Wednesday to meet with families affected by a recent church shooting

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55 h. ago German foreign minister seeks India's help to bring ally Russia into Ukraine peace talks

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has urged India to press its close ally Russia to return to peace talks over the war in Ukraine

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3 d. ago UK still ploughing millions into Putin's war chest through loophole, PM warned

Ministers have been urged by the Lib Dems to close loopholes which analysts say create hundreds of millions of pounds of tax revenue for the Kremlin

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4 d. ago Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say

Almost 90% of leading academics on subject back resolution stating that Israel’s actions meet legal definition An overwhelming majority of members of the world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has backed a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime.Eighty-six percent of those who voted in the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) supported the motion. The resolution states that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in article II of the United Nations convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide (1948).” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago End scandal of indefinite jail terms, Britain’s probation chief urges Starmer

Exclusive: Martin Jones said it will be an ‘affront to justice’ if people are still trapped on IPP jail terms for minor crimes in 20 years as he urged ministers to consider new proposals

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5 d. ago Benefit fraudsters claiming £500million a year from abroad: Ministers urged to get a grip after Mail probe reveals abuse

Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) data shows that £423 million in benefits was claimed by fraudsters living outside the UK in 2024/25.

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6 d. ago Mallorca president Andy Kohlberg: ‘We’ve made it about the club belonging to the island’

Mallorca’s owner talks America, the appeal of La Liga’s ‘unique market’ and Saturday’s visit to the Bernabéu“Most of the other owners and presidents I talk to say it’s the worst two hours of the week,” Andy Kohlberg says. And is it? “Probably, yeah.” And with that, the former professional tennis player, minority owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball franchise and president of Real Mallorca starts laughing. On Saturday, the New York born 66-year-old travels to see his football team at the Santiago Bernabéu, where they last won in 2009, since when they have been down to the third tier and back, and even if they do secure a first victory there in his decade at the club he won’t be able to celebrate.It’s the little differences. “It’s certainly unusual for Americans: I tell them I have lunch with the Madrid president and they can’t wrap their heads around it,” Kohlberg says, sitting under the Son Moix stand, rain falling on the pitch outside. “In the NBA you might say hello, shake hands, ...

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8 d. ago Government must ‘go further and faster’ to prevent repeat of Afghan data breach

Ministers have been urged to implement all recommendations of a 2023 review into public sector data leaks, published for the first time on Thursday.

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9 d. ago Israel's military calls Gaza City evacuation ‘inevitable’ as Washington hosts talks on post

Israeli and American officials are preparing to meet in Washington to discuss postwar Gaza

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1 week ago Botswana’s president declares health emergency over supply shortages

Duma Boko announces urgent funding package for medicines to be distributed with military oversightBotswana’s president has declared a public health emergency due to shortages of essential medicines and equipment, as a downturn in the global diamond market and US aid cuts take a toll on the country’s finances.The announcement came after the Ministry of Health suspended non-urgent surgeries on 4 August, stating that the country was short of medicines to treat hypertension, diabetes, cancer, asthma and eye conditions, as well as supplies including bandages and sutures and those for sexual and reproductive health. Continue reading...

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1 week ago London mayor rolls out campaign to tackle ‘nuisance’ headphone dodgers

Both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives have urged ministers to take action

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1 week ago Palace staff expose what Queen Elizabeth 'really thought' about President Trump

Nearly three years on after her death, it has been revealed that some staff at Buckingham Palace were less than impressed at the backlash for President Trump's visit to the Queen

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1 week ago Trump’s hand makeup has returned after questions about president’s health over swollen ankle sightings

A large patch of what appeared to be foundation, in a lighter shade than his skin, was clearly visible on his hand during President Trump’s visit to an exhibit at the People’s House museum

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1 week ago Lord Blunkett says Starmer should suspend ECHR to deport thousands of rejected asylum seekers and 'get a grip' on migrant crisis

The ex-Labour home secretary urged ministers to take the 'radical' step as fury grows over the use of nearly 200 hotels to house 32,000 asylum seekers at taxpayers' expense

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1 week ago Minister urges families to use £3 bus fare cap to visit attractions

Minister for local transport Simon Lightwood urged people to plan days out by bus ‘without worrying’ about the cost of travel.

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2 w. ago Former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested over UK visit

This marks the first arrest of a former Sri Lankan president

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