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Cautious optimism in UK on progress to secure British-Egyptian dissident’s release

ByPatrick Wintour

Writer’s mother eases hunger strike as Starmer raises Alaa Abd el-Fattah case in phone call with Egypt’s presidentThe family of Alaa Abd el-Fattah have expressed cautious optimism that progress is being made to secure the British-Egyptian dissident’s r…

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Cautious optimism in UK on progress to secure British-Egyptian dissident’s release

ByPatrick Wintour

Writer’s mother eases hunger strike as Starmer raises Alaa Abd el-Fattah case in phone call with Egypt’s presidentThe family of Alaa Abd el-Fattah have expressed cautious optimism that progress is being made to secure the British-Egyptian dissident’s r…

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Members of British Jewish body suspended after criticising Israel to launch appeal

ByHarriet Sherwood

Board of Deputies representatives hit by disciplinary action say they remain ‘deeply concerned’ about Gaza warMiddle East crisis – live updatesThirty-six elected representatives to the UK’s largest Jewish organisation are to appeal against disciplinary…

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Ministers refuse to name companies that lobbied them over foreign ownership of UK newspapers

ByMichael Savage Media editor

Revealed: Crossbench peers scrutinising proposed law change say they were told not to share companies involvedUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters are refusing to name the media companies that lobbied them over laws restricting foreign state owne…

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‘Like a trap’: NHS surgeon describes death of nephew, 16, at Gaza food point

ByGeneva Abdul

Mohammad went missing after becoming separated from his uncles. His family later found his body mutilated beyond recognitionMohammad’s family spent four days searching for him after he became separated from his uncles at a food distribution point in no…

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‘Like a trap’: NHS surgeon describes death of nephew, 16, at Gaza food point

ByGeneva Abdul

Mohammad went missing after becoming separated from his uncles. His family later found his body mutilated beyond recognitionMohammad’s family spent four days searching for him after he became separated from his uncles at a food distribution point in no…

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Five members of biggest British Jewish body suspended over Israel criticisms

ByHarriet Sherwood

Elected representatives of Board of Deputies were among signatories of open letter objecting to actions in Gaza Strip Five elected representatives to the largest body representing British Jews have been suspended for two years after criticising the Isr…

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Five members of biggest British Jewish body suspended over Israel criticisms

ByHarriet Sherwood

Elected representatives of Board of Deputies were among signatories of open letter objecting to actions in Gaza Strip Five elected representatives to the largest body representing British Jews have been suspended for two years after criticising the Isr…

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UK protest group Palestine Action denies Iran funding as it faces ban

ByHaroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Home Office to ban group under anti-terrorism laws, with officials said to be investigating whether it is funded by IranPalestine Action has condemned a briefing by Home Office officials that it could be funded by Iran as “baseless smears”.The home sec…

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Nato members willingly increasing defence spending amid rising threat from Russia, says Rutte

ByPjotr Sauer and Dan Sabbagh in The Hague

Exclusive: As alliance members arrive at The Hague summit, secretary general says Moscow capable of launching attack within three to five yearsMark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said it was “not a difficult thing” to get members to agree to raise de…