LONDON (Reuters) -The British minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Hamish Falconer, said on Wednesday that he had spoken to diplomats who were affected by Israeli soldiers’ fire near a diplomatic delegation in the occupied West Bank, and said an investigation was needed. “Today’s events in Jenin are unacceptable. I have spoken to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Former Arsenal and Ipswich Town forward Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has pleaded guilty to orchestrating the smuggling of 60 kg of cannabis into Stansted Airport, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Wednesday. The 34-year-old, who was released by Scottish second division club Greenock Morton after being charged last year, entered his plea at …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Prominent British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon has been charged with harassment causing fear of violence to two men around the time of the nationwide riots last year, prosecutors said on Wednesday. “We have authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, 42, with harassment causing fear of violence against two men,” a Crown …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain pledged 4 million pounds ($5.4 million) in humanitarian aid to Gaza, the government said on Wednesday, as its Minister for Development Jenny Chapman visited Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. “The Israeli government’s failure to allow full humanitarian access to aid workers is abhorrent. Far too few trucks are crossing into Gaza,” …
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday signalled he was open to reversing a widely criticised cut in winter fuel payments to the elderly, weeks after a bruising set of local election results for his Labour Party. Starmer told parliament he recognised that older people were still feeling the pressure …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A Ukrainian national charged over a series of arson attacks on houses and a car linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared in a London court on Wednesday, the third man held over the incidents. Over five days earlier this month, police were called to fires at a house in north London …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes collected in Britain for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency said on Wednesday. The virus, which mostly spreads to people through mosquito bites, can cause severe, life-threatening illness in about 1 in 150 people who are infected, according to the World Health …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Four British climbers became the first to scale Mount Everest on Wednesday using Xenon gas, which helped them save several weeks that mountaineers need to get used to high altitudes, an official of their expedition organising company said. Normally climbers spend several weeks or even months on the mountain to …
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(Reuters) -Everton said they are working with Merseyside Police and the Premier League to identify those responsible for directing “threatening, racist and misogynistic abuse” at Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s wife. Calvert-Lewin’s wife Sandra had praised her husband on social media for being the third-most prolific goalscorer at Goodison Park in the Premier League era with 30 goals, …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Pay settlements granted by British employers stayed at 3% in the three months to April but many firms are now offering smaller raises, according to figures from data firm Brightmine that are likely to be welcomed by the Bank of England. Wednesday’s data marked the fifth consecutive rolling quarter of pay awards at …
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