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Police confirm ‘no further action’ over Kneecap’s ‘kill your MP’ comments

One of the band’s members, Mo Chara, is set to return to court next month to face terror charges over a separate incident

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June 30, 2025 13:35

The Met Police has confirmed that 'no further action' will be taken against Kneecap over allegations that one of the band's members told fans to 'kill your MP' at a 2023 concert (Image: Getty)

Twelve days of war: what did Israel achieve?

Israel decapitated the Iranian regime’s leadership and destroyed its most prized assets, but the ayatollahs remain in place

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June 30, 2025 09:29

This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 22, 2025, shows Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom, after US strikes on the site. President Donald Trump said US air strikes early on June 22 "totally obliterated" Iran's main nuclear sites, as Washington joined Israel's war with Tehran in a flashpoint moment for the Middle East. (Photo by Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ SATELLITE IMAGE ©2025 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - THE WATERMARK MAY NOT BE REMOVED/CROPPED

End of Life Bill

I’m pleased the End of Life Bill didn’t exist when Mum had terminal cancer

It is time the government put more funding into palliative care

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June 23, 2025 19:13

Theatre

Intimate Apparel review: ‘Beautifully performed revival’ ★★★

The suppressed passion between black seamstress Esther and immigrant Jew Mr Marks makes this plot feel freshly hatched

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June 30, 2025 16:03

Samira Wiley and Nicola Hughes in Intimate Apparel (Photo: Helen Murray)

Glastonbury Festival

Group facing a terror ban takes to the ‘Shangri La’ stage – now that really is peak Glastonbury

Activists handed out free keffiyehs and Palestine Action got platformed twice in an event suffused with anti-Israel activism

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June 30, 2025 15:08

A presenter on the Shangri La stage welcomes Palestine Action to the platform (Image: YouTube)

Israel

Hamas tortured Israeli hostage to death over claim he was IDF pilot

Itzik Elgarat, 68, was murdered in Gaza after his captors interrogated him for information, according to his family

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June 30, 2025 16:19

Danny Elgarat, brother of Danish-Israeli Itzik Elgarat, kisses his coffin during a private funeral ceremony held by friends and family at his house in kibbutz Nir Oz On March 3, 2025. (Getty Images)

Boulder attack

82-year-old Jewish woman dies from injuries sustained in Boulder attack on pro-Israel event

District Attorney Michael Dougherty described Diamond as “an innocent person who was beloved by her family and friends”.

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June 30, 2025 19:12

A memorial vigil for the victims of the June 1 attack in Boulder Colorado (getty)

egg recipe

Griddled spring onion tortilla

This traditional Spanish treat – with a twist — makes a perfect warm weather supper

July 1, 2025 09:08

Cook time: 30 minutes

Gaza war

IDF ‘reviewing’ strike on Gaza seafront cafe after reports of civilian casualties

It comes after the military confirmed that 'inaccurate’ artillery fire led to the deaths of around 30 Gazans near humanitarian aid sites in the southern part of the Strip.

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July 1, 2025 10:23

The IDF has confirmed it is investigating a strike on a seafront cafe in Gaza City (Image: Getty)

BIKE4KEF

Hundreds cycle in heatwave to raise funds for Kef

Other charities, including Hand in Hand, Norwood and Kisharon Langdon, also organised bike rides

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July 1, 2025 10:52

Kef cyclists celebrate making it to the finish line (Photo: Daniel Morris Photography)

Glastonbury Festival

Jewish artists wowed at Glasto, it’s shame they won’t be the focus

So much Jewish talent at the UK’s most beloved music festival

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July 1, 2025 11:04

The self-dubbed "Jewish Ed Sheeran," Noah Kahan, performs on Glastonbury's largest stage (Photo: Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images)

The door opened by October 7 directly led to Glastonbury platforming hate

The taboo around antisemitism that has existed since 1945, appears to be breaking down

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July 1, 2025 11:28

To the backdrop of a Palestinian flag, Bobby Vylan of British duo Bob Vylan performs on the West Holts Stage on the fourth day of the Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm in the village of Pilton in Somerset, south-west England, on June 28, 2025. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

United Nations

Head of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation accuses UN of thwarting efforts to deliver aid

‘I'm surprised that something so simple as feeding people has become so controversial,’ GHF chairman Johnnie Moore said

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July 1, 2025 12:44

Johnnie Moore defended his foundation, saying 'most of the aid coming into the Gaza Strip right now is from us'. (Photo: Shannon Finney/Getty Images/Jewish News Syndicate)

Iran nuclear program

Iran trying to regain access to bombed Fordow nuclear site

New satellite photos show an excavator operating near one of the craters, as well as a sand conveyor removing soil from the site.

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July 1, 2025 13:47

New satellite images purportedly show Iranian officials attempting to clear the entrance to the Fordow nuclear facility that was damaged in US airstrikes last week (Image: Maxar Technologies)

If a ceasefire leaves Hamas in power, they’ll kill Gazans like me

Hamas has imprisoned and tortured me for protesting against them – any ceasefire deal must remove them

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July 1, 2025 14:28

Palestinians chant slogans during an anti-Hamas protest (Getty)

Amid tensions with China, Israel eyes stronger India ties

As Beijing-Jerusalem relations sour, experts say New Delhi's growing partnership offers the Jewish state strategic and economic alternatives.

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July 1, 2025 14:37

Israel could eye stronger relations with India as it seeks to diversify its critical infrastructure trade away from the increasingly threatening China (Pictured: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018; Image: Getty)

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