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Boris Johnson secretly lobbied UAE for billion-dollar private venture, leak suggests
ByTom Burgis, Harry Davies and Henry Dyer September 9, 2025

Former prime minister courted senior Abu Dhabi official he had hosted in No 10 in apparent breach of rulesIn early 2024, a vape lobbyist, a Vote Leave campaigner and a Vienna banker set out to persuade the rulers of an oil-rich Gulf emirate to give the…

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Ben Jennings on the DSEI arms fair taking place in London – cartoon
ByBen Jennings September 8, 2025

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Protests expected as 51 Israeli arms makers among exhibitors at London trade fair
ByDan Sabbagh September 8, 2025

Campaign Against Arms Trade says UK government has hit ‘peak complicity in genocide’ in allowing the firms to exhibitFifty-one Israeli arms makers and the US defence giant behind the F-35 fighters used to bomb Gaza are among the 1,600 exhibitors at the…

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Protests expected as 51 Israeli arms makers among exhibitors at London trade fair
ByDan Sabbagh September 8, 2025

Campaign Against Arms Trade says UK government has hit ‘peak complicity in genocide’ in allowing the firms to exhibitFifty-one Israeli arms makers and the US defence giant behind the F-35 fighters used to bomb Gaza are among the 1,600 exhibitors at the…

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Palestinians to ask UK to own up to ‘law violations’ between 1917 and 1948
ByHaroon Siddique and Pippa Crerar September 7, 2025

Petition, drafted by human rights lawyers, says war crimes were committed during British occupation of PalestineA group of Palestinians will serve a legal petition asking the UK to take responsibility for what they call “serial international law violat…

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Palestinians to ask UK to own up to ‘law violations’ between 1917 and 1948
ByHaroon Siddique and Pippa Crerar September 7, 2025

Petition, drafted by human rights lawyers, says war crimes were committed during British occupation of PalestineA group of Palestinians will serve a legal petition asking the UK to take responsibility for what they call “serial international law violat…

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UK ignored obligation to prevent genocide, witnesses tell Gaza tribunal
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor September 5, 2025

Independent tribunal told government did little to hold Israel to account and aimed to shield itself from scrutinyBritain is not just complicit in Israel’s breaches of humanitarian law in Gaza but a participant that has repeatedly ignored its legal obl…

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US and UN discuss Gaza reconstruction plan before general assembly
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor September 5, 2025

Talks aimed at preventing row at UN conference, where several countries plan to recognise state of Palestine A potential UN-endorsed reconstruction plan for Gaza, including a one-year technocratic government, an international stabilisation force, disar…

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US and UN discuss Gaza reconstruction plan before general assembly
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor September 5, 2025

Talks aimed at preventing row at UN conference, where several countries plan to recognise state of Palestine A potential UN-endorsed reconstruction plan for Gaza, including a one-year technocratic government, an international stabilisation force, disar…

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Isaac Herzog: Israeli president named in ICJ order who is due to visit UK
ByPeter Beaumont September 4, 2025

Herzog, who is expected to meet ministers in London next week, has been widely criticised for comments on GazaA few months into Israel’s brutal campaign in Gaza, international court of justice judges sat down to write their reply to South Africa’s comp…

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