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Lorin Bell-Cross

Lorin Bell-Cross

Political Correspondent

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Glastonbury Festival

Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

The culture secretary also said that ‘violence, hate speech or antisemitism’ was not art

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Lisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’

A group of MPs have written to the home secretary to ask that she establish a refugee scheme for Gazans to come to the UK, similar to that offered to Ukrainians after Russia's invasion in 2022 (Image: Getty)

Government refuses to back MPs call for ‘Ukraine-style’ Gaza refugee scheme

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street (Image: Getty).

On welfare reform, as on Israel, is Starmer being bossed around by his backbenchers?

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Angela Rayner (Image: Parliament TV).

Angela Rayner refuses to call Gaza war a ‘genocide’ despite pressure from Corbyn

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British Medical Association condemned for making Jewish doctors feel ‘unsafe’ with disproportionate focus on Israel

All motions passed by the conference’s international section related to Gaza

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June 26, 2025 09:16

A British Medical Association flag outside Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

MPs turn on Zarah Sultana who declares ‘we are all Palestine Action’

Parliamentarians expressed shock over the suspended Labour MP’s comments

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June 24, 2025 16:29

Zarah Sultana at an anti-Israel protest in 2023 (Abdullah Bailey/Alamy Live News)

Yair Lapid defends Netanyahu decision to strike against ‘existential’ threat from Iran

‘We saw the intelligence that tells us that Iran is rushing to a bomb’, the Israeli opposition leader tells Parliament’s foreign affairs committee

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June 24, 2025 11:26

Yair Lapid speaking before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Image: Parliament TV)

Lammy confirms one Brit injured by Iran strikes; Brits finally evacuated from Israel

Government continues to emphasise Britain’s lack of involvement in Iran attacks

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June 24, 2025 10:20

David Lammy speaking in Parliament (Image: Parliament TV).

Counter-terror police investigate RAF Brize Norton break in as Home Secretary confirms proscription

RAF base attack latest in ‘long history of unacceptable criminal damage’ by pro-Palestine group

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June 23, 2025 15:43

Protesters marching behind a Palestine Action banner chanting 'Intifada' last year (Image: X)

Labour’s shoddy politics on Israel risks feeding dangerous sectarianism, says Northern Irish MP

The DUP’s Sammy Wilson on what he sees as Labour’s misguided approach to Israel and his rapport with the Gaza independents

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June 23, 2025 15:21

Democratic Unionist Party MP Sammy Wilson in front of pro-Gaza independent MP Iqbal Mohamed (rear). Image: Parliament TV.

Prime minister Keir Starmer says Kneecap should not play at Glastonbury

The prime minister said it was ‘not appropriate’ that the contrversial band headline Britain’s largest music festival

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June 22, 2025 12:36

DJ Provai from Irish Hip Hop trio Kneecap (Image:Getty)

UK Government to arrange flights for Brits stranded in Israel ‘early next week’

The Foreign Office has been criticised for their slow handling of the situation

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June 22, 2025 10:42

Ben Gurion Airport (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Ministers say UK wasn’t involved in Iran attacks and urge return to diplomacy to stop nuclear programme

Business secretary ‘very’ concerned about Iranian backed terrorism in the UK

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June 22, 2025 10:27

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds speaking on Sky News (Image: Youtube)

‘Zero tolerance for terrorism’: Jewish communal groups welcome Palestine Action ban

CST said they had been urging the government to take action for some time

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June 22, 2025 09:00

Protest: Palestinian flag flies below as activist brandishes a hammer on Thales factory roof (PALESTINE ACTION SCOTLAND)

Calls to treat Palestine Action as terrorists after activists damage planes at RAF Brize Norton

Kemi Badenoch: ‘This is not lawful protest, it is politically-motivated criminality’

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June 20, 2025 11:10

Video posted by Palestine Action appearing to show an aircraft in RAF Brize Norton (Image: X)

Foreign Office ‘dullards’ slammed for treatment of Brits stranded in Israel

The department is accused of failing to learn from the mistakes of Covid-era repatriation efforts

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June 19, 2025 12:39

A nurse carries medical supplies past a building with smoke billowing out at Soroka Hospital following an Iranian missile attack in Beersheba (Image: Getty)

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