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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will convene a meeting of the government’s COBRA emergency response committee on Monday to discuss the domestic security risk from the Israel-Hamas conflict. Antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents have surged in Britain since a deadly rampage by Hamas gunmen in Israel on Oct. 7 sparked retaliatory attacks on Gaza. Massive pro-Palestinian demonstrations …

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(Reuters) – Liverpool were “fighting for Luis Diaz” in their 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the Premier League at home on Sunday, manager Juergen Klopp said, as authorities in Colombia search for Diaz’s kidnapped father. Kidnappers tried to seize both of Diaz’s parents near their home in Colombia on Saturday but his mother, Cilenis …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s jobs market is showing more signs of cooling with online vacancies and pay offers falling, according to data from job search website Adzuna which will be noted by the Bank of England before this week’s interest rate decision. Online job adverts fell by 1.6% in September from August, bucking the usual …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s most senior police officer said on Sunday he would support a review into the legal definition of extremism in response to criticism of the way his officers handled pro-Palestinian protests in London. Antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents have surged in Britain since a deadly rampage by Hamas gunmen in Israel on Oct. …

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By Yann Tessier LONDON (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators rallied in cities in Europe, the Middle East and Asia on Saturday to show support for the Palestinians as Israel’s military widened its air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip. In one of the biggest marches, in London, aerial footage showed large crowds marching …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones topped the British music charts on Friday, securing their 14th UK No. 1 album with new record “Hackney Diamonds”. Rockers Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, who released the record last week, outsold the rest of the top 5 of the Official Albums Chart, the Official Charts Company said …

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(Reuters) – The owners of Notts County owners played down a report that they could sell the English League Two soccer club to American pop star Taylor Swift, saying in a playful social media post on Friday that they would “Shake this story off”. Owners Chris and Alex Reedtz said they were sorry to “disappoint …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Clifford Chance’s lawsuit against Societe Generale over the law firm’s representation of the French lender in a dispute over a $483 million gold deal can continue in London, the High Court ruled on Friday. Clifford Chance acted for Societe Generale between 2008 and 2017 after it sued Turkish jewellers Goldas Kuyumculuk Sanayi …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he would join television station GB News, adding another media role to his job as a columnist for the Daily Mail newspaper. “I’m going to be giving this remarkable new TV channel my unvarnished views on everything from Russia to China, the war …

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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Antisemitic and Islamaphobic incidents have almost doubled in just over a week in London, police data showed on Friday, in the wake of the attack by Hamas militants on southern Israel nearly three weeks ago and subsequent bombardment by Israel of Gaza. There have been growing tensions in Britain …

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