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‘Not enough in itself’: wary welcome in West Bank over recognition of Palestine | Palestinian territories
Abu Said, a barber, is busy. It is a weekend and though the narrow streets of al-Am’ari camp are hot and quiet, his shop is crowded. Everyone in al-Am’ari, on the outskirts of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, knows that the UK, France, Portugal and Canada have said they will recognise a Palestinian state […]
Disruption continues at Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin airports after cyber-attack | Airline industry
Hundreds of thousands of passengers at Heathrow and Berlin airports faced flight delays on Sunday after a cyber-attack hit check-in desk software, while cancellations at Brussels airport suggested that disruption for Europe’s air travel would continue into Monday. Airlines were forced to revert to slower manual check-ins from Friday night after the attack hit Collins […]
Venice police fine parents of children who played football in public square | Italy
Italy might be a football-loving country but that did not stop police in Venice from pursuing a group of unlikely targets: 14 children who fell foul for playing the game in a public square, leading to fines presented to their parents, in a move that has sparked a debate about the rights of young people […]
Broadcaster John Stapleton dies aged 79 | Television
Tributes have been made across the world of television to the “rock solid broadcaster and ultimate gentleman” John Stapleton, who has died at the age of 79 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2024. Stapleton’s agent, Jackie Gill, said on Sunday: “John had Parkinson’s disease, which was complicated by pneumonia. His son Nick and […]
Sussan Ley fights for conservative airtime as she struggles to hold together a fractured opposition | Coalition
Aside from one crude caricature distributed in the crowd, Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s name was almost entirely absent from the rightwing Conservative Political Action Conference in Brisbane. But stripping away the sideshow attractions – Pauline Hanson’s pinball machine, George Christensen’s photo booth props – the thread running through the two-day event was the challenge Ley […]
Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe’s richest man | Bernard Arnault
Europe’s richest man, the luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault, has said that a wealth tax that could cost him more than €1bn (£817m) would be deadly for France’s economy. The French founder of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said in a statement to the Sunday Times that calls for a 2% wealth tax on all […]
UK recognises Palestine as an independent state | UK news
The UK has formally recognised Palestine as an independent state, Keir Starmer has announced. The deeply symbolic move comes seven decades after the end of the British mandate in Palestine and the formation of the state of Israel. Canada and Australia on Sunday also made their own formal declarations recognising Palestine before a conference of […]
British couple released after detention in Afghanistan say they feared being executed | UK news
A British couple who were reunited with their family in the UK after being released from almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan have said they feared being executed by the Taliban. Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife, Barbie, 76, who arrived at Heathrow on Saturday, said it was never explained to them why they […]
Australia joins UK and Canada in formally recognising Palestinian state | Australian foreign policy
Australia has formally recognised Palestine as a sovereign and independent state, completing a landmark shift in foreign policy over the Israel-Gaza war. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, announced formal recognition at the United Nations in New York, in a move timed to coincide with similar declarations by prime ministers Keir Starmer of the UK and […]
Lammy hints at U-turn to allow Palestinian scholars to bring children to UK | Immigration and asylum
David Lammy has hinted that the UK government could U-turn to allow Palestinian scholars to bring their children to the UK. A group of 34 Palestinian students, including Chevening scholars, with places at British universities have been given permission to continue their studies in Britain. But nearly all have been told by the Foreign Office […]