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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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Former BBC journalist Sean McGinty (LinkedIn)

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

Wizz Air suspends flights to Israel

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

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

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

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

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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 16:12

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 17:38

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 16:34

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)

Iran’s next supreme leader owns properties overlooking Israeli embassy in London

Mojtaba Khamenei is also reported to own 11 properties on The Bishops Avenue, also known as ‘Billionaire’s Row’

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March 6, 2026 16:45

Mojtaba Khamenei (centre), new Supreme Leader after death of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Rouzbeh Fouladi / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

The Iran war has been a showcase for new weapons systems – from Lucas drones to Blue Sparrow

It is thought that Israel used the Blue Sparrow to kill the ayatollah

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March 6, 2026 14:18

An Israeli F-16 fighter jet (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran appears to be running out of ballistic missiles, say experts

Several Gulf countries, as well as Israel, are reporting a sharp drop in incoming fire

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March 5, 2026 18:01

Intercepted missiles are seen in the night sky above Tel Aviv on March 1, 2026 (Photo by Erik Marmor/Getty Images)

UK Jewish student pushed down stairs and others faced ‘genocide’ questions, chaplaincy group reveals

University Jewish Chaplaincy said they were just two examples out of hundreds of incidents that it has logged over the past year

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January 19, 2026 17:31

A student protester outside King's College London on October 7 2025 (Image: Getty)

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Mark Wood

Latest from Mark Wood

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

Wizz Air suspends flights to Israel

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

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

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

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