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The Metropolitan Police has apologised after an officer used the term “openly Jewish” to an antisemitism campaigner who was threatened with arrest. The Metropolitan Police has apologised after an officer used the term “openly Jewish” to an antisemitism campaigner who was threatened with arrest near a pro-Palestine march. Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, was wearing a kippah skull cap when he was stopped from crossing the […]

French police have detained a man at the Iranian consulate in Paris after responding to a report of a suspicious man possibly carrying a grenade and explosives vest. Officers in the capital did they did not immediately confirm finding any weapons. A Paris police official said officers are verifying the man’s identity and trying to determine whether he had weapons. The man was spotted around 11am local time (10am BST) on Friday […]

Rishi Sunak has called for “calm heads” to prevail amid reports of a retaliatory attack by Israel against Iran. The Prime Minister said it would not be right for him to speculate on the reports, but said Israel “absolutely has the right to self defence” while also warning the UK’s ally to avoid “significant escalation”. Lord David Cameron and fellow G7 foreign ministers also urged both sides to exercise restraint […]

Commercial flights began diverting their routes over western Iran after claims of an Israeli attack on the city of Isfahan. The incident comes as tensions remain high in the wider Middle East after Iran’s unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. Dubai-based carriers Emirates and FlyDubai began diverting around western Iran about 4:30am local time. They offered no explanation, though local warnings to aviators suggested the airspace may have been closed. The […]

Liverpool crashed out of the Europa League after they failed to turn around their 3-0 first-leg defeat to Atalanta. Jurgen Klopp’s men took the lead from the spot in the seventh minute through Mohamed Salah but could not find the goals needed as they fell to a 3-1 aggregate loss in the quarter-finals. West Ham were knocked out by Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen at London Stadium, also going out 3-1 […]