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British Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel speaks to The Times of Israel in the Knesset, November 25, 2025 (Office of The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP)
November 27, 2025, 1:05 pm
UK’s would-be top diplomat says Starmer failing Israel, flubbing postwar Gaza role
In Jerusalem, pro-Israel stalwart and Conservative shadow foreign minister Priti Patel accuses Labour of becoming irrelevant in Mideast, emboldening Hamas, and whiffing on antisemitism
By Lazar Berman
A protester holds flares during a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstration in London, Oct. 9, 2023, two days after Hamas terrorists carried out a massacre in Israel (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
April 10, 2025, 10:29 am
Hamas urges UK court to remove terror label, claims it is battling ‘genocide’
Senior Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk pens witness statement falsely asserting Oct. 7 onslaught was directed only at military; no immediate comment from government
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, meets refugees as he visits HTB to learn more about Holy Trinity Brompton's (HTB) work to support refugees and asylum seekers at St Luke's Church, in London, on March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
April 14, 2022, 1:45 pm
UK criticized for planning to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
The plan, referred to by the British government as an ‘economic development partnership,’ would see refugees arriving in UK flown to Rwanda while their asylum claims are processed
By Jill Lawless
A worker pumps gas at a Lukoil station in Newark, New Jersey, on March 2, 2022. (AP/Ted Shaffrey)
March 7, 2022, 10:09 am
Congress to mull ban on Russian energy imports, Pelosi says
House speaker reveals envisioned law would also aim to block Moscow from World Trade Organization; Western nations ask Interpol to boot Russia
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Metropolitan police officer on patrol, in London, October 1, 2021. (Frank Augstein/AP)
February 2, 2022, 7:54 am
London police unit sent each other racist, sexist jokes, made light of Holocaust
One officer joked about Auschwitz death camp, watchdog finds; Metropolitan Police apologizes, home secretary calls behavior ‘sickening’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a visit to Finchley Memorial Hospital, in North London, January 18, 2022. (Ian Vogler, Pool Photo via AP)
January 19, 2022, 8:39 am
UK’s Johnson, and his foes, await key report into Downing Street lockdown parties
Civil servant is investigating allegations of alcohol-fueled gatherings but may not return with the clear findings that British PM’s allies and enemies are hoping for
By Jill Lawless
Children talk with masked members of the military wing of Hamas, while marching along the streets of Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, May 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
November 26, 2021, 6:46 pm
UK officially bans Hamas in its entirety as a terrorist group
In move announced last week and hailed by Israel, Britain says members of Hamas or those who support it could be jailed for up to 14 years
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on October 19, 2019 (Tolga AKMEN / AFP)
November 21, 2021, 9:18 am
Shin Bet intel instrumental in UK’s terror designation of Hamas – report
Officials from Israel’s domestic spy agency said to have met with British counterparts, provided intelligence on key figures and funding mechanisms to Gaza-based group
By ToI Staff
Palestinian boys line up to register for a summer camp organized by Hamas's military wing, the Iz-Ad Din Al-Qassam Brigades, in Gaza City, on June 14, 2021. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
November 19, 2021, 9:38 pm
UK’s ban on Hamas said to be significant blow to funding for terror group
Hamas slams move as ‘a new crime committed by Britain against our Palestinian people’; decision reportedly formalized during talks between Bennett and Johnson in Glasgow
By ToI Staff
(L) Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, background and Home Secretary Priti Patel in Guildford, England, on July 27, 2021; (R) Foreign Miinister Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on November 3, 2021. (Yui Mok/Pool via AP; Marc Israel Sellem/Pool via Flash90)
November 19, 2021, 10:54 am
Israel cheers as UK says it will designate Hamas as terror group
British home secretary announces intent to remove distinction between military and political wings; ban will be sent to Parliament for approval next week
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Home Secretary Priti Patel arrives for a regional cabinet meeting at Rolls Royce in Bristol, England, October 15, 2021. (Steve Parsons/Pool via AP)
November 19, 2021, 8:46 am
UK to designate entire Hamas a terror group, outlaw support
British home secretary set to announce new policy, which will no longer distinguish between military and political wings; Hamas backers in UK could face up to 10 years in prison
By ToI Staff
Police forensics officers working outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool on November 15, 2021, the scene of a taxi explosion a day earlier. (Paul ELLIS / AFP)
November 16, 2021, 2:20 am
UK police name suspected Liverpool suicide bomber, may have targeted Cathedral
Authorities believe 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen built device; reports say he had converted to Christianity and previously been arrested with large knife after failed asylum bid
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An armed police officer holds a breaching shotgun, used to blast the hinges off a door, at an address in Rutland Avenue in Sefton Park, after an explosion at the Liverpool Women's Hospital in Liverpool, England, November 15, 2021. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
November 15, 2021, 5:57 pm
UK raises terror threat to ‘severe’ following deadly Liverpool taxi explosion
4 ‘associates’ of dead passenger arrested in connection to incident; mayor says cab driver ‘heroically’ locked vehicle’s doors, preventing ‘awful disaster’ at nearby hospital
By Jill Lawless
A note is seen on a photograph showing slain member of Parliament David Amess, right, placed by a floral tribute near the scene where Amess was killed in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, October 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
October 17, 2021, 2:58 pm
UK to beef up lawmakers’ security after terrorist murder of MP David Amess
Home secretary orders review of parliamentarians’ security measures, and says police and authorities to implement ‘immediate changes and measures’
By Tolga AKMEN and Anna MALPAS
Well-wishers turn on their phone torches as they gather at a band-stand where a planned vigil in honor of murder victim Sarah Everard was cancelled after police outlawed it due to Covid-19 restrictions, on Clapham Common, south London on March 13, 2021 (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
March 14, 2021, 2:47 pm
UK police under pressure over clashes at vigil for woman allegedly killed by cop
Minister describes scenes as ‘upsetting,’ demands full report on police scuffles with demonstrators at protest held, despite virus restrictions, over murder of Sarah Everard
By AP
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