Israel and Hamas are making progress toward a six-week cease-fire and hostage-release deal, officials have said. Negotiations have continued as Israel threatened to expand its offensive into Rafah, on Gaza’s southern edge.... Read more »
Eyewitness: Pain and anguish of British families four months after hostages taken By Sarah Hajibagheri, field news editor The families of the British hostages Eli Sharabi and Oded Lifshitz passionately appealed for... Read more »
Analysis: Little evidence joint airstrikes are removing the Houthi threat in the Red Sea By Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor Airstrikes by the UK and the US are doubtless degrading the... Read more »
Analysis: Little evidence joint airstrikes are removing the Houthi threat in the Red Sea By Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor Airstrikes by the UK and the US are doubtless degrading the... Read more »
By Ivor Bennett, news correspondent Some might have thought that support for these marches would have waned by now. They’ve been going for nearly four months and this is the eighth one.... Read more »
By Dominic Waghorn, international affairs editor It’s not surprising the British and Americans have had another go at striking the Houthis in Yemen. But it’s just not necessarily all that clever. Allied... Read more »
By military analyst Sean Bell It is now 100 days since Hamas attacked Israel in a heinous act that shocked the world with its brutality. On that fateful day on 7 October,... Read more »
Anyone chanting ‘jihad’ at protest should be arrested, UK government adviser says Pro-Palestinian protesters who chant “jihad” during today’s demonstration should be arrested, the government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption... Read more »
The Communities Secretary said it was “wholly wrong” for local authorities to suggest celebration of religious festivals could be provocative, as the conflict between Hamas and Israel continues. Havering Borough Council in... Read more »