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Germany halts arms exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza as global outcry grows
ByDeborah Cole in Berlin and Lisa O’Carroll in London August 8, 2025August 8, 2025

Friedrich Merz announces policy amid international outrage over Israel’s expansion of offensiveMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe German chancellor has indicated a significant shift in Berlin’s staunch support for Israel by stopping the export of mil…

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Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia
ByDavid Pegg August 7, 2025

When Ian Foxley found evidence of corruption while working at a British company in Riyadh, he alerted the MoD. He didn’t know he’d stumbled upon one of its most closely guarded secretsThree days before he fled Saudi Arabia, Ian Foxley was summoned to h…

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Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia
ByDavid Pegg August 7, 2025

When Ian Foxley found evidence of corruption while working at a British company in Riyadh, he alerted the MoD. He didn’t know he’d stumbled upon one of its most closely guarded secretsThree days before he fled Saudi Arabia, Ian Foxley was summoned to h…

Read More Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia
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European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza
ByJuliette Garside, Manisha Ganguly and Ariane Lavrilleux July 17, 2025

Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UKEurope’s largest missiles maker, MBDA, is selling key components for bombs t…

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European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza
ByJuliette Garside, Manisha Ganguly and Ariane Lavrilleux July 17, 2025

Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UKEurope’s largest missiles maker, MBDA, is selling key components for bombs t…

Read More European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza
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How EU’s largest missile maker is selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza – video
ByJuliette Garside, Harrison Taylor, Mathilde Poncet and Sarah Bertram July 17, 2025

Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UK. The bombs have been shipped in their thousands to Israel and used in airst…

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Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out | Juliet Stevenson
ByJuliet Stevenson June 30, 2025

We have laws to deal with crimes linked to protest. What this is really about is a government complicit in the Gaza atrocities seeking to silence dissentJuliet Stevenson is an award-winning actorStrongly worded emails are not doing it. Appeals to MPs a…

Read More Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out | Juliet Stevenson
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Palestine Action is part of Britain’s proud history of protest. Proscribing it is an assault on democracy | Suresh Grover
BySuresh Grover June 29, 2025

Through decades of anti-racist campaigning, I have seen that peaceful, direct action can be the only way to get results Suresh Grover is founder of the Southall Monitoring Group and has led campaigns to help the families of Stephen Lawrence, Zahid Mub…

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Conquering Soccer and Arming Warlords
ByDeclan Walsh and Tariq Panja June 29, 2025June 29, 2025

The Emirati vice president is best known as the owner of Manchester City, a top English soccer team. Behind the scenes, he has been described as the “handler” guiding his country’s secret foreign wars.

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Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
BySally Rooney June 22, 2025

If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speechOn 20 June, in what has now become an appallingly familiar story, Israeli forces once …

Read More Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney