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Palestine recognition: the principle the EU has been stuck on for decades
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels September 4, 2025

Europe’s ability to help bring peace to the Middle East has long come under question, with Spain’s PM this week saying it had failed on GazaEurope live – latest updatesIn 1980 when Leonid Brezhnev ruled the Soviet Union and Donald Trump was a property …

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The Voice of Hind Rajab review – docufiction is fierce, vehement and heart-shattering
ByPeter Bradshaw September 4, 2025

In an audacious move, director Kaouther Ben Hania reconstructs the killing of the five-year-old in Gaza using her real voice as she is bombarded by the Israeli armyThere can be no doubt about which movie has set the Venice film festival ablaze – it is …

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Israel’s president to visit London next Thursday for expected talks with ministers
ByJessica Elgot Deputy political editor September 4, 2025

Exclusive: Isaac Herzog will make trip just weeks before UK is planning to recognise statehood of PalestineIsrael’s president will visit London next Thursday just weeks before the UK is expected to recognise the state of Palestine at the UN general ass…

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Starmer must not meet Israeli president during UK visit, say Labour MPs
ByJessica Elgot Deputy political editor September 4, 2025September 5, 2025

Exclusive: Isaac Herzog to visit London for expected talks with ministers, with UK on brink of recognising Palestinian statehoodUK politics live – latest updatesThe president of Israel will travel to London next week amid outcry from Labour MPs who hav…

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Israeli military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters
ByEmma Graham-Harrison and Yuval Abraham in Jerusalem September 4, 2025

Elderly woman with Alzheimer’s, medical workers and children among 6,000 Palestinians heldOnly one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters by Israel’s military intelligence, classified data indicates, with civilians making up the vast ma…

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Israeli military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters
ByEmma Graham-Harrison and Yuval Abraham in Jerusalem September 4, 2025

Elderly woman with Alzheimer’s, medical workers and children among 6,000 Palestinians heldOnly one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters by Israel’s military intelligence, classified data indicates, with civilians making up the vast ma…

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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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Democrats blast state department for lack of ‘basic oversight’ of controversial Gaza food organization
ByAndrew Roth in Washington September 3, 2025

Letter by senior Democrats asks state department to reveal details behind financing of Gaza Humanitarian FoundationSenior Democratic senators have called on the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, to reve…

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Gaza is becoming ‘graveyard of international humanitarian law’, says Unrwa boss – Middle East crisis live
ByAmy Sedghi September 3, 2025

Philippe Lazzarini says Unrwa has been ‘sounding alarm bells for months’ over famine and violence in Gaza but law has been ‘blatantly disregarded’Europe and the west’s double standards over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza threaten to undermine its global …

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