Hamas has formally rejected Israel’s latest ceasefire offer, saying it is prepared to immediately negotiate a deal that would see the release of all remaining hostages in return for an end to the war and the release of Palestinian prisoners. In a video statement, Hamas’ chief negotiator, Khalil al-Hayya, said: “We will not accept partial...
Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent EPA Armed members of Hamas’s military wing took part in hostage handover ceremonies during the recent ceasefire Hamas is said to have rejected an Israeli proposal for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza which called for the armed group to give up its weapons. A senior Palestinian...
Harvard University has rejected a list of sweeping demands sent by the White House that asked the university to change many of its policies or risk losing billions of dollars in federal funding. “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” the university wrote on its X account on Monday. The...
Paul Seddon Political reporter PA Media Nigel Farage has dismissed a suggestion from Kemi Badenoch that Reform UK and Tory councillors could enter into coalitions after next month’s local elections. Speaking earlier, Tory leader Badenoch told the BBC her party’s local leaders would be free to share power with Reform if it was required to...
Downing Street has declined to officially back a “buy British” campaign in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs. The prime minister’s spokesman said the UK was “an open-trading nation” and the government was “not going to tell people where they buy their stuff”. Chancellor Rachel Reeves told MPs such a campaign would be “inward looking” and...
I’m not sure what President Trump’s precise tariff plans are at this point but the general goal seems to be to renegotiate trade deals with countries around the world in ways that made trade more favorable to the US. Here’s what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said yesterday on Meet the Press. ...
Council planners have rejected an application for a livestock processing facility in Torridge over concerns about neighbouring land being contaminated. Torridge District Council’s planning committee said there was a lack of information on how foul water would be stored and how surrounding farmland and property would be protected. The applicant wanted to convert an agricultural...
Angel Gomes rejects West Ham approach, Arsenal keen on Moise Kean, Manchester United chase striking pair, while Liverpool target Julian Alvarez not for sale. Lille and England midfielder Angel Gomes, 24, has rejected an approach by West Ham, despite the Premier League club offering him £100,000-a-week contract to join when his contract expires this summer....
Devon County Council’s plan to postpone the May 2025 local elections has failed alongside its application to join the government’s fast-track devolution priority programme. Secretary of State Angela Rayner announced the decision in a House of Commons statement today. County council leader James McInnes wrote to the government to apply to join the fast-track devolution...