Israeli legal team calls South African accusation of genocidal acts in Gaza ‘a partial and deeply flawed picture’ Israel has accused South Africa of presenting a “profoundly distorted” view of hostilities, “barely distinguishable” from that of Hamas, as it presented its defence at the international court of justice in The […]
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For those living out in open, lack of clothes, blankets and firewood is exacerbated by harsh winds and rain Middle East crisis – live updates Harsh winter weather is making life even more difficult for hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Gaza, many of whom fled their homes months […]
Bombing comes after Houthis threaten retaliation and anti-ship ballistic missile is fired at vessel in Red Sea The US has carried out fresh strikes on Yemen, a day after initial strikes triggered mass protests in the country’s capital and other Middle Eastern countries voiced concern that the attacks could trigger […]
FCA to examine whether consumers have been charged inflated loan rates on new and secondhand cars What is the FCA looking into and will people get money back? Millions of drivers could be in line for a payout, it has been claimed, after the UK financial watchdog opened an investigation […]
Investigator Stephen Bradshaw admits lawyers offered lesser charges as part of company’s efforts to protect its court cases An investigator accused of acting like a “mafia gangster” when securing false convictions against post office operators has admitted softer charges were offered in exchange for silence over the culpability of the […]
Strikes follow attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza See all our Middle East crisis coverage The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) authority has posted to social media that it has received a report of a vessel […]
‘Wholly unacceptable’ Lucy Frazer did not meet leaders of Welsh broadcaster despite repeated requests It is “wholly unacceptable” that the culture secretary did not meet the chair of the Welsh-language public service broadcaster as it was engulfed in a crisis, a group of Welsh MPs have said. Senedd politicians wrote […]
A 1.3bn light year-sized ring discovered by PhD student in Lancashire appears to defy the cosmological principle assumption Astronomers have discovered a ring-shaped cosmic megastructure, the proportions of which challenge existing theories of the universe. The so-called Big Ring has a diameter of about 1.3bn light years, making it among […]
Move is designed to draw line under scandal but legal experts say it ‘must never be seen as a precedent’ Hundreds of post office operators are to have their convictions quashed by parliament within months in an unprecedented move designed to draw a line under one of the biggest miscarriages […]
Alicia Kearns’ remarks come as up to 10 Tories prepare to join Labour in voting against bill affecting public bodies A senior Conservative MP launched a scathing attack on a controversial bill banning local councils from boycotting Israel, as eight Tories voted against the proposed legislation. Alicia Kearns, the Conservative […]