Government follows example of US after allegations that staff took part in attacks on Israel last year Middle East crisis – live updates The decision by the US, UK and other western nations to freeze ­funding for the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees will significantly worsen the humanitarian crisis in […]

Business secretary Kemi Badenoch tells Henry Staunton he is to be replaced, feeling ‘a need for new leadership’ The chair of the Post Office has been dismissed by the government as the state-owned company reels from the Horizon IT scandal. Henry Staunton was this weekend told by the business secretary, […]

Corporation reviews episode featuring a product alleging to have treated chronic fatigue syndrome, which has no known cure The BBC has removed an episode of Dragons’ Den from iPlayer after concerns were raised over a myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) product. Giselle Boxer secured an investment from the entrepreneur and podcaster Steven […]