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33-year-old Brit and 25-year-old Palestinian among aid workers killed in Gaza
Sir Keir Starmer has called for international law to be upheld as he described the deaths as “outrageous and unacceptable”.
‘It happens in war’: Benjamin Netanyahu responds to deaths of aid workers in Gaza
It has been reported that the convoy had coordinated its movements with the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), but got bombed anyway.
IDF spokesperson pulls out of LBC interview following international aid worker deaths
Seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, including a British national, have been reportedly killed in an air strike on Monday night.
Privatisation of water industry dubbed a ‘colossal scam’
"End it now. Save us money. Clean up our water."
After wettest 18 months on record, UK braces for water shortages
Feargal Sharkey blamed "greed, profiteering and a system of regulation that simply isn't up to the job" for the paradoxical anomaly.
People should not be arrested ‘just if they smell’ – Cabinet minister
Critics say the Government’s Criminal Justice Bill is drawn too widely and will criminalise homelessness.
British national among seven aid workers killed in Gaza air strike
The Israeli Defence Force says it is ‘carrying out an in-depth examination’.
Mhairi Black pledges ‘brutally honest’ look at politics in her first Fringe show
The SNP’s depute Westminster leader’s show at the Gilded Balloon is called Politics Is Not For Me.
‘Arrest me’: JK Rowling lays down the gauntlet as new hate crime laws come into effect
“Freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal", the Harry Potter author said.