Culture news Keir Starmer vs Kneecap: Will the band still perform at Glastonbury? Controversial Belfast rap trio Kneecap responded as British PM Keir Starmer and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch call for a ban of their upcoming Glastonbury set. Will their comments lead to a last-minute cancellation of the band's set this weekend? 23/06/2025
Europe News UK police searching for pro-Palestinian activists over RAF jet damage The two suspects sprayed red paint into the planes' turbine engines with repurposed fire extinguishers and caused further damage with crowbars, the group claiming to behind the attack said. 20/06/2025
Gaza At least 51 killed in Gaza near aid distribution point, hospitals say Local hospitals reported that Israeli forces carried out an air strike on a nearby home before opening fire toward the crowd in the southern city of Khan Younis. 17/06/2025
Egypt Egypt stops activists marching to Gaza to draw attention to aid crisis Egypt says its side of the Rafah crossing remains open, but access to the Strip has been blocked since Israel seized the Palestinian side as part of its war with Hamas. 12/06/2025
Culture news Entertainment world reacts to interception of ‘Freedom Flotilla' Israeli forces seized the Gaza-bound Madleen early on Monday morning. The entertainment world has responded to the action, which saw activists including Greta Thunberg attempt to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis. 10/06/2025
Tunisia Convoy sets off for Gaza from Tunisia to protest Israeli blockade The convoy of buses and cars plans to traverse Tunisia, Libya and Egypt before reaching Rafah, the border crossing with Egypt that has remained largely closed since Israel's military took control of the Gaza side in May 2024. 09/06/2025
Europe News Left Party MP expelled from German parliament over Palestine t-shirt Bundestag president Julia Klöckner explained that political statements expressed through clothing are not allowed, before asking Köktürk to leave. 04/06/2025
Gaza Aid group halts deliveries in Gaza after shootings near aid sites The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation did not give out any aid on Wednesday after dozens of Palestinians looking for aid were reportedly killed this week. 04/06/2025
EuroVerify What we know about the shootings near Gaza aid distribution sites EuroVerify takes a look at the facts to build up a timeline of the deadly incidents to determine what we know so far. 04/06/2025
Europe News Exclusive: Israel to join EU meeting despite cooling relations Israel will participate in a meeting with the EU’s southern neighbours in Brussels this month regardless of the bloc’s hardening stance over its actions in Gaza, according to several Israeli and EU officials. 04/06/2025
Europe News Spain cancels contract for anti-tank missiles built by Israeli company The systems would have been developed in Spain by Pap Tecnos, a Madrid-based subsidiary of Israel's Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, local media said. 03/06/2025
Culture news Israeli soldiers bar West Bank tour organized by Oscar winners The directors of 'No Other Land' said they had invited journalists to interview residents about increasing settler violence in the area. Israeli soldiers prevented them from doing so. "It's clear they don't want the world to see what is happening here.” 03/06/2025
Gaza Israel accepts US ceasefire proposal, Hamas considers the draft It comes after Middle East envoy Witkoff said earlier this week that he was optimistic about brokering an agreement to end more than 19 months of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. 30/05/2025
West Bank Israel approves construction of 22 new West Bank settlements The expansion will include the legalisation of outposts already established by Israeli settlers without official Israeli government approval. 29/05/2025
Culture news Five arrested over pro-Palestine protests at Gal Gadot filming in UK Five protesters have been arrested after they allegedly targeted the filming of Gal Gadot's new movie in central London. 29/05/2025
Israel Hamas chief Mohammed Sinwar 'eliminated' by Israel, Netanyahu says Mohammed Sinwar was the brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel who was killed last year. 28/05/2025
Culture news Member of Irish rap trio Kneecap charged with a terror offense in UK Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh - who performs under the stage name Mo Chara - will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court next month, the Metropolitan Police says. 22/05/2025
Europe News Kallas asks for probe after IDF fires near foreign diplomats in Jenin The Israeli military said in a statement that while the visit had been approved, the delegation “deviated from the approved route” and Israeli soldiers fired warning shots into the air to distance them from the area. 21/05/2025
Israel Israel 'completely rejects' EU decision to review cooperation deal Israeli foreign ministry has denounced the European Union's move to review a pact governing trade ties with Israel over its conduct of the war in Gaza. 21/05/2025
Europe News UK suspends trade talks with Israel and sanctions West Bank settlers UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced on Tuesday the suspension of free trade negotiations with Israel and new sanctions on West Bank settlements. 20/05/2025