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The leader of the Green Party of England and Wales has slammed the British government over the Israeli president’s visit to London this week and said he should be arrested. Zack Polanski, who was elected party leader last week with 85 percent of the members’ vote, told Middle East Eye on Tuesday morning that Isaac Herzog must be arrested when he arrives in Britain. He described Herzog’s visit as a “brutal insult” to those mourning the “innocent lost” in Gaza. The Israeli president is expected to arrive in London on Wednesday and meet ministers and senior political figures, although his itinerary…

Amid pressure from the US, the government of Lebanon has increased its efforts to disarm Hezbollah, the Shia political party and militant group. Often described as a “state within the state”, Hezbollah is formally distinct from the Lebanese government. It has had an armed presence within the country since emerging as a resistance movement to the Israeli invasion of 1982. Tension between Hezbollah and Israel increased after 8 October 2023, although confrontations between the two armies have occurred for decades.  The most serious escalation came in September 2024, when Israel mounted an extensive bombing campaign over Lebanon, which was preceded by the…

It was the irrefutable event of Venice 2025; the most talked about movie of the festival despite the 82nd edition of the world’s oldest film fair being a largely lacklustre affair. The Voice of Hind Rajab, the seventh feature by two-time Oscar nominee Kaouther Ben Hania, was always going to stir debate. Except that in September 2025, it did not face the type of resistance that greeted the Oscar-winning No Other Land when it premiered in Berlin in February 2024.  By this time last year, the global public had largely converted to the Palestinian cause.  Millions could no longer justify…

England captain Harry Kane has responded to Michael Owen’s claim that the striker was “nuts” for joining Bayern Munich two years ago when he had the Premier League goalscoring record in view.Kane has been one of many victims of an outspoken Owen who made the statement during an interview with Rio Ferdinand, but the former Tottenham Hotspur striker took a diplomatic view, insisting his move to Germany was also about playing at the highest level.”I heard it. Everyone is entitled to their opinion,” Kane said. “I’ve spent a bit of time with him [Owen] but don’t know him well. Obviously…

Pro-Palestine protesters, who were among the almost 900 people arrested in central London over the weekend, have claimed that police were massively overstretched by the scale of the operation, with detainees left in police vans for hours and police stranded far from home after 20-hour shifts. More than 1,000 people took part in Saturday’s protest at Parliament Square in Westminster, where they carried placards reading: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” The UK’s Labour government proscribed Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act in July after its members broke into the Royal Air Force Brize Norton base and spray-painted two planes they said…

An arrest warrant is being sought for Israeli President Isaac Herzog ahead of his planned trip to London this week. The president is expected to arrive on Wednesday and meet ministers and senior political figures, although his itinerary has not been confirmed.  News of the visit has sparked outrage since the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is wanted for alleged war crimes by the International Criminal Court and Herzog himself has backed the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Pro-Palestine campaign group Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) has instructed a legal team to apply for an arrest warrant to be issued for Herzog on “charges of aiding, abetting…

Evangelos Marinakis has spent the last week deciding if his relationship with Nuno Espirito Santo could be resurrected, before taking the decision to replace him with Ange Postecoglou. Sky Sports News has been told that the Forest owner was deeply hurt and angered by his manager twice speaking out against him, and the club, in public, in the space of seven days. In his pre-match interviews before the opening game of the season – which Forest won 3-0 – Nuno was openly critical of the senior figures at Forest overseeing their transfer strategy, saying his squad was “unbalanced” and “very,…

ESPNSep 9, 2025, 05:32 AM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsAlexander Isak has said people don’t have the “full picture” on the details of his move from Newcastle United to Liverpool.Isak joined Liverpool in a British-record £125 million ($170 million) deal on transfer deadline day following a long-running battle with Newcastle to let him leave.He was not involved in preseason with Eddie Howe’s side. In August, he released a statement saying promises had been broken and his trust in Newcastle had been lost.Speaking while on international duty with Sweden this week, Isak said people did not have the full story.”Not everyone has the…

When Keinan Davis was weighing up his options in summer of 2023, the striker was leaning towards a move to the Championship. It was a conversation with his former coach at Biggleswade United that persuaded him to plump for Udinese instead.”Dave Northfield is someone who is very important to me and I listen to him,” Davis tells Sky Sports. “When I was feeling a little bit apprehensive, he was just like, ‘you cannot turn down an opportunity to play against Inter at the San Siro’ and stuff like that.” On the last day of August in 2025 came spectacular vindication.…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The United Nations is issuing an emergency appeal for nearly $140 million in desperately needed funding to help nearly a half-million people affected by the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.Afghan authorities have said the 6.0 magnitude quake on Aug. 31 and ensuing aftershocks killed more than 2,200 people in the country’s mountainous and rugged east. Many of the most severely affected areas have been particularly difficult to get to, with some reachable only by helicopter.The U.N. said in a statement Tuesday that the $139.6 million, four-month emergency response plan would allow humanitarian organizations to help the…