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Scottish fire engine destined for West Bank may return after 15-month Israeli seizure
ByLibby Brooks Scotland correspondent October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

Dundee firefighters request return of donated appliance to avoid Nablus officials having to pay £16,000 Ashdod holding feesA fully equipped fire engine donated by Dundee firefighters to their counterparts in the West Bank city of Nablus could be sent b…

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No kudos to Trump for peace in Gaza | Brief letters
ByGuardian staff October 13, 2025

Ceasefire credit | Trump’s Nobel | Tony Blair | Inaccessible Pinnacle | Rigour v sloth | Betting shopsDonald Trump deserves little credit for any ceasefire in Gaza (Report, 9 October). He is like a man who watches a house burn down and then wants …

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No kudos to Trump for peace in Gaza | Brief letters
ByGuardian staff October 13, 2025

Ceasefire credit | Trump’s Nobel | Tony Blair | Inaccessible Pinnacle | Rigour v sloth | Betting shopsDonald Trump deserves little credit for any ceasefire in Gaza (Report, 9 October). He is like a man who watches a house burn down and then wants …

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First group of children from Gaza arrive in UK for life-saving NHS treatment
ByNadeem Badshah September 15, 2025

Care and support package, including housing, will help 30-50 young Palestinians for an initial two yearsThe first group of children from Gaza have arrived in the UK for specialist life-saving treatment on the NHS, the Guardian understands.Yvette Cooper…

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Scotland bans arms companies that supply IDF from receiving financial aid
BySeverin Carrell Scotland editor September 3, 2025

Government says contractors seeking support must prove products will not be used by Israeli militaryThe Scottish government has banned arms companies which supply the IDF from getting grants and investment support, and will freeze support for trade wit…

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Scotland bans arms companies that supply IDF from receiving financial aid
BySeverin Carrell Scotland editor September 3, 2025September 3, 2025

Devolved government says contractors seeking support must prove products will not be used by Israeli military The Scottish government has banned arms companies which supply the IDF from getting grants and investment support, and will freeze support for…

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Scottish first minister calls Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘genocide’ for first time
ByHarry Taylor August 2, 2025August 2, 2025

John Swinney is second UK leader, after Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill, to use term in relation to Israel’s actions in GazaJohn Swinney has described for the first time Israel’s actions in Gaza as a “genocide”, with the Scottish first minister saying it …

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UK to recognise Palestinian statehood in September unless Israel agrees ceasefire and two-state solution, Starmer says – as it happened
ByAndrew Sparrow July 29, 2025July 29, 2025

UK also demands Hamas release all hostages, disarm, sign up to a ceasefire and accept that they will play no role in the government of Gaza. This live blog is closedUK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel agrees ceasefireFamine un…

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Minister says Farage’s plan to repeal Online Safety Act shows he is siding with ‘extreme pornographers’ over children – UK politics live
ByAndrew Sparrow July 29, 2025

Technology secretary Peter Kyle says Reform UK leader’s latest comments demonstrate he is ‘not on the side of children’One of the main arguments used by Reform UK yesterday to criticise the Online Safety Act highlighted the surge in people signing up w…

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Starmer defends investment in wind turbines after Trump wrongly claims it is ‘most expensive form of energy’ – as it happened
ByAndrew Sparrow and Sammy Gecsoyler July 28, 2025

UK PM meets US president at his golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, where they discuss energy, Gaza and tradeThis liveblog is now closed. Read our report on today’s developments hereIn a column for the Daily Record, John Swinney, Scotland’s first minis…

Read More Starmer defends investment in wind turbines after Trump wrongly claims it is ‘most expensive form of energy’ – as it happened