As pressure grows on Israel to avoid civilian deaths, IDF believes killing leaders will collapse organisation Israel-Hamas war – live updates The Israeli military’s coming push into southern Gaza is driven by the belief that intelligence gleaned from hundreds of militants captured during the fighting in the north will allow […]
Month: December 2023
UK prime minister attacked for inconsistency after allowing more gas and oil exploration in the North Sea Rishi Sunak has been accused of hypocrisy on the international stage after pushing for a phase-out of fossil fuels at the UN Cop28 climate summit in Dubai – weeks after backing more oil […]
Human rights groups record alarming rise in number of prisoners put to death by Tehran regime since 7 October The Iranian regime has executed more than 127 people, including women and children, since the Hamas attacks of 7 October, according to human rights groups. According to data collected by Iran […]
Police arrest 26-year-old man, who was on French intelligence watchlist, after passersby attacked near Eiffel Tower One person was killed and two others injured after a man attacked tourists in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, the French interior minister said on Saturday. Police quickly arrested the 26-year-old man, a […]
Police say the explosion at Mindanao State University gymnasium in Marawi could be revenge by pro-Islamic State militants Three people were killed and nine wounded when an explosion ripped through a university gymnasium during Catholic mass in the southern Philippines. The authorities are investigating the blast at Mindanao State University […]
PM attracts cross-party criticism with claim that ‘climate politics is at breaking point’ during combative summit visit Rishi Sunak has been accused of “shrinking and retreating” from global leadership as he used the Cop28 summit to claim that “climate politics is at breaking point” because of the costs of net […]
Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate southern city of Khan Younis, where it says Hamas leadership is based Israel-Hamas war – live updates Israel has signalled that it is preparing to launch a ground assault in southern Gaza in a significant escalation of the war, as it attacked the Strip on […]
Actor called critics ‘paedophiles’ after they labelled him ‘racist’ following his call for boycott of Sainsbury’s over Black History Month stance The actor and politician Laurence Fox has been accused of “insulting the intelligence of everyone present” during a libel trial at the high court over an argument on social […]
Scottish fire and rescue confirm explosion in cities south-west as police advise people to avoid the area Two people have been rescued from a home in Scotland after an explosion in residential Edinburgh. Police Scotland confirmed reports were received of an eruption at an address on Baberton Mains Avenue at […]
Ramblers criticise appointment of Robbie Douglas-Miller to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs No 10 has appointed a wealthy Scottish landowner accused by ramblers of restricting public access to his estate as a new environment minister by making him a peer. The government made the surprise announcement on Friday […]