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Did the home secretary provoke far-right protests in London?
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has blamed the Home Secretary for the unrest, saying Suella Braverman’s comments had made the police’s job much harder. Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has called for her to resign – saying she had emboldened the far-right. She hasn’t commented.
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Massive London march for Palestinians as far-right protest turn violent
They were branded “hate marchers” by the Home Secretary. But a controversial pro-Palestinian march through London went ahead and drew hundreds of thousands of protesters, in one of the largest demonstrations the capital has seen in years. The ‘vast majority’ of arrests were from Far-Right counter protestors who clashed with police. But Michael Gove needed…
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Co-creator of Israeli action series Fauda on writing about conflict, and storylines coming true
Fauda – the Hebrew and Arabic word for chaos – is a hit Netflix drama series based around a group of undercover Israeli agents – which has been hailed for featuring both Palestinians and Israelis as human beings caught up in conflict.
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UK economy avoids slipping into recession
Britain’s economy failed to grow in the third quarter of the year – but that was better than the drop which had been predicted, and means the country has avoided slipping into recession.
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Suella Braverman expresses “full backing” for Met ahead of pro-Palestine protests
The Home Secretary Suella Braverman has expressed her “full backing” for the police at a meeting with the Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley – amid the growing row over her article in the Times which criticised the policing of pro-Palestinian protests.
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Irish national trapped in Gaza says his family all sleep together “in case anything bad happens”
We spoke to Ibrahim Alagha. He is an Irish national who was visiting family members in Gaza and is now trapped there with his wife and three children.
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‘I cannot leave the injured patients’, says MSF doctor
We spoke by phone to Dr Mohammed Obeid, a surgeon working for the MSF Doctors Without Borders charity at the Al Shifa hospital. We asked him what was happening there.
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Israeli soldiers close in on Gaza City, panic at hospitals where thousands had taken shelter
The Red Cross has warned that the destruction facing hospitals in Gaza has become ‘unbearable’ – warning that the enclave’s entire health care system is on the edge of collapse.
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ActionAid CEO Halima Begum on siding with humanity in Israel-Gaza war and the West’s ‘moral responsibility’ to humanitarian aid
Action Aid UK’s CEO Halima Begum tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about her journey from youth activism to NGO work, the West’s ‘moral responsibility’ to humanitarian aid and the need for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine war, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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Rapper Killer Mike talks new music, Black Lives Matter and US politics
The rap musician and activist Killer Mike has taken to the stage in London, for a series of shows – his first in the UK for more than a decade.
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Minute by Minute: Israeli killing in West Bank visual investigation
As Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza intensifies, violence in the West Bank has also increased with more than 170 Palestinians reportedly killed since Hamas’s attack on October 7th.
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Introduce PAVA spray or ‘there will be a murder and death in youth custody prisons’, says Prison Officers Association
Prison officers are demanding the government immediately introduces so-called PAVA spray to be used on violent young offenders – warning that further delays will end in tragedy.
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Trump’s rival Republican presidential hopefuls stage third primary debate
Donald Trump was conspicuous by his absence, as his rival Republican presidential hopefuls staged their third primary debate, discussing everything from Russia’s war in Ukraine to abortion rights.
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Backlog for hospital treatment now stands at 7.8 million in England
The number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England has hit another record high, with the backlog for treatment now standing at 7.8 million. That backlog has increased every month since January – when the prime minister promised to reduce it.
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Questions over Home Secretary’s future after article accusing police of bias
The future of the Home Secretary Suella Braverman is under question – after Number 10 said they had NOT given their agreement to her article accusing the Metropolitan police of bias.