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Two Labour MPs have been refused entry to Israel and detained by Israeli authorities, the foreign office said. Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang were denied entry because they intended to spread “hateful rhetoric” against Israel, the Israeli population and immigration authority said in a statement reported by Israeli media. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the … Read more
Watch: The Palestinian Red Crescent said this video was found on the phone of a paramedic who was killed Israel’s army has admitted its soldiers made mistakes over the killing of 15 emergency workers in southern Gaza on 23 March – but says some of them were linked to Hamas. The convoy of Palestinian Red … Read more
Robin Levinson King in Boston, Jenna Moon in Washington DC & Bernd Debusmann Jr in Florida BBC News Getty Images Thousands of people turned out for a protest in Washington DC. Crowds of liberal protesters have amassed in cities across the US to denounce Donald Trump’s presidency, in the largest nationwide show of opposition since … Read more
The US began collecting a 10% “baseline” tariff on all imports on Saturday as President Donald Trump urged Americans to “hang tough” after market turmoil. The UK and France are among hundreds of countries impacted and its leaders have said nothing is off the table. While China, which has been hit the hardest by President … Read more
A 9-year-old boy in Kentucky was swept away by flood waters on Friday, one of at least nine people to die in a series of dramatic storms that continue to pummel the US. High winds and heavy rain continued to batter states including Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky on Saturday, delaying recovery efforts. Forecasters at the … Read more
Two chemical industry groups are asking President Trump for a complete exemption to free their factories from new limits on hazardous air pollution. Under a new rule finalized by the Biden administration last year, chemical plants would soon be required to monitor and reduce emissions of toxic pollutants, like ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing ingredient used … Read more
Tasnim News Agency State media released a picture of Shahram Dabiri and his wife, superimposing a marker on the name of the ship to the South Pole, Plancius Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has fired one of his deputies for taking a “lavish” trip to Antarctica with his wife during Nowruz, the Persian new year. The … Read more
Mobile phone footage has emerged that appears to contradict Israel’s account of why soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck on March 23, killing 15 rescue workers. The video was published by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), which said it was obtained from the phone of a paramedic who … Read more
A storm bringing torrential rain, dozens of tornadoes and dangerous flooding has swept across the central United States for days, and is expected to continue battering the region on Saturday, forecasters say. Officials are preparing for rain, high winds, hail and potential flash flooding from East Texas and Louisiana up through the Ohio Valley to … Read more
A storm bringing torrential rain, dozens of tornadoes and dangerous flooding has swept across the central United States for days, and is expected to continue battering the region on Saturday, forecasters say. Officials are preparing for rain, high winds, hail and potential flash flooding from East Texas and Louisiana up through the Ohio Valley to … Read more