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Apple News urged to remove pro-Hamas, conspiracy theory articles by Palestinian-born commentator

Apple urged to ‘exercise basic quality control over the news content it curates’ over pieces by Abdel Bari Atwan

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Abdel Bari Atwan on his YouTube channel (Youtube)

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan speaks at SXSW London 2026 at The Truman Brewery on June 02, 2026 (Getty Images)

Met chief says London will be ‘less safe’ after Khan blocks Palantir police contract amid pressure over IDF links

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Police officers stand guard at the Synagoge Agudas Achim in Zurich, on March 3, 2024, after an Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed, late on March 2, 2024 (Photo by ARND WIEGMANN/AFP via Getty Images)

Swiss teen to go on trial over brutal stabbing of Orthodox man

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Celebrated Berlin bakery closes saying staff suffered ‘constant abuse’ since October 7

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BBC radio host sacked after blasting refusal to call Hamas ‘terrorists’ loses tribunal

Radio Lancashire’s Sean McGinty had claimed unfair dismissal

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June 8, 2026 17:11

Former BBC journalist Sean McGinty (LinkedIn)

Wizz Air suspends flights to Israel

Airline cancels trips between Luton and Tel Aviv until Wednesday

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June 8, 2026 13:04

A Wizz Air jet at the Ben Gurion International Airport. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash 90)

Only ‘ignorance or stupidity’ will prevent Iran peace deal, claims Trump

The US president has been openly critical of Benjamin Netanyahu in recent days, insisting that Jerusalem will have ‘no choice’ but to accept a ceasefire with the Islamic Republic

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June 8, 2026 12:48

US President Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on June 5, 2026 (Getty Images)

The Strokes’ Jewish guitarist takes ‘break’ after singer’s comments on privilege of ‘American Zionists’

Nick Valensi is stepping back from the iconic indie band as it embarks on a world tour

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May 21, 2026 16:00

Guitarist Nick Valensi from the Strokes on the Coachella stage in April (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty)

Slovenia’s expected change of prime minister set to improve relations with Israel

Eastern European state has taken critical stance in recent years over war in Gaza

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May 21, 2026 15:12

Some watermelon slice symbols are examples of extremism, says German intelligence

The fruit symbol is antisemitic when used in the shape of Israel and the Palestinian territories, the agency said

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May 18, 2026 16:38

A protester in Berlin holds up an image of a watermelon slice in the shape of Israel plus the Palestinian territories (Photo by BABAK BORDBAR/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

US arrests IRGC-linked commander who ‘plotted Golders Green attack’

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi is accused of planning 18 attacks across north America and Europe

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May 18, 2026 15:34

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, right, pictured with Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian military commander killed in a US strike in 2020 (Image: US department of Justice)

The Indian princess who rescued Jews from the Holocaust

A pendant in a London exhibition sheds new light on the humanity of Catherine Duleep Singh

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March 12, 2026 13:17

Catherine Duleep Singh (By Lafayette Studio - Poddar, Abhishek; Gaskell, Nathaniel; Pramod Kumar, K. G; Museum of Art & Photography (Bangalore, India)

Police ban London pro-Iran march over ‘extreme tensions’

Authorities say the rare order reflects security concerns and volatile Middle East conflict

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March 11, 2026 09:45

People take part in a march to mark Al Quds Day in London on April 5, 2024. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing on the part of any individual pictured (Getty Images)

Suspected gunmen with explosives arrested close to Oslo Synagogue

Police said the location of the arrests could have been ‘coincidental’

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March 10, 2026 15:37

Norwegian Muslims create a human "peace ring" around the synagogue in Oslo on February 21, 2015 after a terror attack on the shul (Fredrik Varfjell/AFP via Getty Images)

Fears that Iran may have activated ‘sleeper cells’ around the world

US law enforcement agencies have received an alert regarding suspected trigger messages of Iranian origin

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March 9, 2026 18:08

A US counterterrorism police officer (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran’s new supreme leader will be driven by revenge against Israel, says expert

The killing of father, wife and one of his children in airstrikes will make Mojtaba Khamenei even more hardline, a close follower of the regime says

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March 9, 2026 16:47

Mojtaba Khamenei (C), the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, on May 31, 2019 (Getty Images)

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Mark Wood

Latest from Mark Wood

Apple News urged to remove pro-Hamas, conspiracy theory articles by Palestinian-born commentator

Met chief says London will be ‘less safe’ after Khan blocks Palantir police contract amid pressure over IDF links

Swiss teen to go on trial over brutal stabbing of Orthodox man

Celebrated Berlin bakery closes saying staff suffered ‘constant abuse’ since October 7

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