Month: November 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said Israel plans to appeal against the International Criminal Court’s recent decision to issue arrest warrants against him and his former defence minister over alleged crimes against humanity in Gaza. The International Criminal Court (ICC) last week issued the arrest warrants, accusing Mr Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant of war crimes for actions during Israel’s war in Gaza. The court said there […]

Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released, the White House said. The three were named as Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung. “Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years,” the White House said in a statement. All three had been designated by the US government as wrongfully detained. Swidan had been facing a death sentence […]

Sir Keir Starmer has sidestepped calls to repeat Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pledge of no more borrowing or tax rises following the Budget. The Prime Minister said he was “not going to write the next five years of budgets” at the despatch box in the House of Commons when challenged by Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch. In a series of tetchy exchanges between the pair, Mrs Badenoch also pressed Sir Keir […]

A second man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an eight-year-old girl was seriously hurt in a shooting. The child was injured along with her 34-year-old father after a gunman opened fire into their car in Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove, west London, at around 5.30pm on Sunday. The Metropolitan Police said a 32-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of a firearm and […]

A man has been arrested by police investigating viral videos of women taken on nights out. The 27-year-old man from Bradford is being questioned after he was arrested on suspicion of stalking and harassment on Wednesday morning, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said. The force said it launched an investigation following reports of women being followed, filmed and harassed in Manchester city centre and has since uncovered content, accessible […]

The MP behind the assisted dying Bill has insisted it is taking “absolutely the right route” through Parliament after it was criticised as an “utterly inadequate” way to deal with the controversial issue. Kim Leadbeater defended the level of scrutiny her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will get after a group of MPs mounted a bid to halt the plans going through the Commons. The Bill is due […]

Domestic abusers will face tougher restrictions from Wednesday with the launch of new court orders to keep them away from their victims. The new domestic abuse protection notices and orders (DAPNs and DAPOs), legislated for by the previous government in 2021, are set to be trialled in parts of England and Wales before being rolled out across the country. The new orders can be imposed by any court and bring together powers in […]

Major supermarkets and food industry leaders have backed calls for the Government to ban cages for egg-laying hens. In a letter to Environment Secretary Steve Reed on Wednesday, food companies urged ministers to bolster action on phasing out cages, which restrict the ability of hens to move and cause the birds to suffer high levels of stress. Waitrose, Aldi, the Co-op, M&S, Morrisons, Greggs and Mitchells & Butlers said they […]

Plans to “recover” NHS dental services will not come close to getting provision back to pre-pandemic levels, experts have said. And fewer new patients have been seen by NHS dentists since the dental recovery plan was introduced, according to a new report. The National Audit Office (NAO) said that plan to help boost dentistry services in England, set out by the previous government in February, will not achieve the ambition […]