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Peter Kyle backs tough Ofcom action on X over AI abuse of Holocaust survivor’s descendant

Business secretary says perpetrators must be ‘brought to justice’ and signals he would not oppose a ban on the platform altogether if recommended by the regulator

4 min read

January 12, 2026 14:33

Secretary of State for Business and Trade Peter Kyle (Getty Images)

IRGC

UK Government rejects calls to proscribe IRGC

Business Secretary Peter Kyle insisted that ministers had extended sanctions against Tehran ‘to the full extent we can’

2 min read

January 12, 2026 14:11

A protestor at a rally in central London supporting the protests in Iran on January 11, 2026 (Elliott Franks)

Israel

Government to revisit paused Israel arms licenses after Phase Two of Gaza ceasefire

Licenses could be ‘unblocked’ after implementation of next stage of peace deal, Peter Kyle tells JC

3 min read

January 12, 2026 14:11

Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle in conversation with Jane Prinsley at the Jewish Labour Movement annual conference on Sunday

Film

Hamnet review: ‘needs a middle ground between modern and Elizabethan English’ ★★★

The film’s climax is stunning, but producers Steven Spielberg and especially Sam Mendes have directed enough Shakespeare on stage to make the archaic language accessible to a contemporary audience

2 min read

January 12, 2026 13:14

Grieving process: Jessie Buckley as Agnes Shakespeare (centre) in Hamnet

Misan Harriman and the moral collapse of progressives over Iran and Israel

If your oppressors are murderous theocrats but your supporters include the ‘wrong’ people – that is Zionists – many on the left may cancel your cry for freedom

3 min read

January 12, 2026 12:56

Obituary

The Jewish woman selected by Goebbels as the ‘perfect Aryan baby’

Hessy Levinsons Taft, whose photograph appeared without her parents’ knowledge in a Nazi propaganda magazine, has died aged 91

1 min read

January 12, 2026 12:42

A six-month-old Hessy Levinsons Taft, dubbed the 'perfect Aryan baby', on the cover of a Nazi propaganda magazine in 1935 (Yad Vashem)

Iran protests 2026

‘We won’t forget who stood by us,’ Iranian dissidents tell Jewish allies as thousands attend London rally

The rally was organised by Jewish campaign group Stop The Hate in collaboration with Iranian Committee for Freedom

2 min read

January 12, 2026 12:10

Thousands gathered outside Downing Street protesting against the IRGC (Image: Elliott Franks)

Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan urges Londoners to stop ‘globalise the intifada’ chants

The mayor of London highlighted the ‘heightened fear among Jewish people’ following a series of antisemitic terror attacks across the world

1 min read

January 12, 2026 12:09

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan during the Labour Conference 2025 in Liverpool on September 28, 2025 (Getty Images)

Awards

Timothée Chalamet wins Golden Globe for Marty Supreme

The Jewish actor is charting course for an Oscar win after beating Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney for a gong on Sunday

1 min read

January 12, 2026 11:53

French-US actor Timothee Chalamet poses in the press room with the Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for "Marty Supreme" during the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel

New Israeli ambassador to UK may be delayed after arrest over leak investigation

An indicted former aide to Prime Minister Netanyahu accused Tzachi Braverman of promising to quash the inquiry into his alleged release of classified material to the media

2 min read

January 12, 2026 11:47

Prime Minister Netanyahu's chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, walking at the Knesset on November 11, 2024 (Flash90)

Hamas

Hamas delays leadership elections amid ‘increasing’ internal divisions

The group was due to select a leader within the first ten days of the year, but is now turning its focus to advancing the ceasefire – potentially without disarming – and addressing the factionalism within

2 min read

January 12, 2026 11:41