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A British Surgeon Shares What She Saw in Gaza’s Hospitals

Dr. Victoria Rose spent 21 days in the territory, treating people who were shot trying to get food and children with life-changing injuries from Israeli bombs.

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Dr. Victoria Rose at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza in May, in a picture distributed by Anadolu Agency, a Turkish state news outlet. “I’ve not seen this volume and this intensity before,” she said of the traumatic injuries she treated.

The Wild Russian Plot to Burn a London Restaurant and Kidnap Its Owner

Court proceedings revealed how a criminal gang in Britain was directed to target Yevgeny Chichvarkin, a dissident Russian who owns Hide, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Mayfair.

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Hide, a Michelin-starred restaurant in London, was the target of an arson plot directed by Russian operatives.

Pro-Palestinian Activists Lose Appeal Against U.K. Government Ban

The decision means that the group called Palestine Action will be banned as a terrorist organization in Britain while its full legal challenge to the ban plays out.

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A Palestine Action activist, Lisa Luxx, outside the High Court in London on Friday.

3 Managers Arrested Over Deaths at U.K. Hospital Where Lucy Letby Worked

People who were managers when Ms. Letby was convicted of killing babies were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.

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The Cheshire police, which investigated baby deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital, said they had arrested three senior managers who worked at the hospital between 2015 and 2016.

Nonprofits Lose Legal Bid to Halt U.K. Exports of Fighter Jet Parts to Israel

A top court ruled Monday that the British government, rather than judges, should decide on the “acutely sensitive and political issue.”

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Demonstrators outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London last month, ahead of a court hearing on the British government’s supplying arms to Israel.

London Man Who Killed a Boy With a Samurai Sword Receives Life Sentence

Prosecutors said Marcos Arduini Monzo experienced a drug-induced psychosis before going on a 20-minute rampage through the residential streets of northeast London.

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A police officer cordoning off a crime scene in Hainault, northeast London, in April 2024, after a 14-year-old boy was killed.

Pro-Palestinian Activists Arrested Under Terrorism Law in U.K. Air Base Break-In

The powers used against the members of a group called Palestine Action are more usually employed in cases of planned jihadist or far-right violence.

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A demonstration in London on Monday in support of Palestine Action. The group posted footage online on June 20 showing two activists moving around an R.A.F. base on scooters before using red paint to damage two planes.

British Man Is Charged Over Attempted Mock Wedding With Girl, 9, at Disneyland Paris

The French authorities said a 39-year-old had attempted to conduct the ceremony with a minor on Saturday. The British police say he is a convicted sex offender.

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Disneyland Paris. The episode has raised questions about how a registered sex offender was able to book a private event involving a minor at one of the world’s most prominent theme parks.

U.K. to Ban Palestine Action Group as Terrorist Organization

The British government announced plans to proscribe Palestine Action after members broke into a military air base.

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A protest in support of the activist group Palestine Action in London on Monday. The government said it would formally submit a ban to Parliament next week.
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