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Bank of England Governor explains decision not to lower interest rates
Inflation is finally set to drop back to the government’s target of 2% – possibly within a few months.
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US announces sanctions against Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank
While the billions of dollars which the United States promised to Ukraine have been blocked by political infighting, the White House is busy focusing on the Middle East, including the promised retaliation for drone strikes in Jordan which killed three US service members, and new sanctions against Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
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Ukraine-Russia war: Putin ‘banking on fatigue in the West’, says foreign policy expert
A top NATO official has warned Europe to be prepared for all out conflict with Russia within the next 20 years. But the “second army of the world” which boasted of taking Kyiv in 3 days is said to have suffered more than 300,000 casualties since the full scale invasion of Ukraine.
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‘A 6 percent council tax increase is not enough’ to avoid bankruptcy, says Labour Cllr Shaun Davies
We spoke to the Local Government Association chair, and Labour councillor, Shaun Davies.
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‘These young people are being failed’: Inside the councils at risk of bankruptcy and services being cut
Councils have warned that many are still at risk of going bankrupt – despite £64 billion in funding for English local authorities which ministers have just announced for next year. Michael Gove said it represented a “real terms increase” of almost 6.5%.
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Israeli tanks push further south in Gaza as Palestinians launch general strike in West Bank
Israel’s tanks are pushing further into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, searching for Hamas leaders, warning residents to flee from the city centre.
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‘There is no one to protect us in the West Bank. All the time we are under attack’, says director of Jenin Freedom Theatre
We spoke to Mustafa Sheta who’s director of the freedom theatre in Jenin. I asked him first for his reaction to Israel’s latest incursion into the West Bank.
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Israeli troops raid West Bank, as Gaza ceasefire talks continue
Two more freed hostages are on their way back to Israel – amid hopes that the truce in Gaza will be extended. Around 161 people are still thought to be held captive by Hamas, which the UK designates as a proscribed terrorist organisation.
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Inside the Occupied West Bank with Israeli settlers
Our foreign affairs correspondent Secunder Kermani has been to the West Bank to speak to those, whose presence on land internationally recognised as Palestinian, is a fundamental obstacle to a two state solution.
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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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Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud and money laundering
The man who once ran one of the world’s biggest crypto currency companies has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering.
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UN says as many as 120 Palestinians killed in West Bank since October 7th
While the world’s focus has been on Gaza, the UN says as many as 120 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 7th and the United States has warned Israel to rein in “extremist” settlers, saying violence against innocent residents in the occupied territory was “totally unacceptable”.
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Inside the occupied West Bank as violence soars
While the eyes of the world are on what’s happening in Gaza, violence has been flaring in the occupied West Bank.
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Thousands protest in West Bank following Gaza hospital blast
Thousands of people have been out on the streets throughout the occupied West Bank calling for the overthrow of President Mahmoud Abbas and clashing with Palestinian Authority security forces. The protests were sparked by the immediate outrage over the hospital blast, but also the harsh crackdown by Israeli forces throughout the territory – as we’ve…
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West Bank receives destitute and desperate Gazans expelled by Israel after Hamas attack
In recent times it’s been the violent confrontations between Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank, not Gaza, that has occupied the headlines. Now the West Bank is playing host to Gazans expelled from Israel, destitute and desperate about the safety of their families back home.
