Lemma Shehadi

4 days ago | thenationalnews.com | Lemma Shehadi

Palestine Action has rejected "baseless claims" it is being funded by Iran and called an investigation by the UK Home Office a "sham". The group, which broke into RAF Brize Norton airbase last week and damaged two planes, could be designated as a terrorist organisation if MPs approve a UK government plan next week. The Home Office is said to be investigating the group's funding and potential links to Iran, according to unnamed sources, The Times reported.

5 days ago | thenationalnews.com | Lemma Shehadi

No obstacles are in the way of the UK and GCC negotiations for a free-trade agreement, according to Britain's chief negotiator who said the two sides are "hard at work" on bringing the deal into place. Tom Wintle was speaking at the Arab-British Economic Summit in London on Monday. Three years of deliberations have convinced Tim Reid, chief executive of UK Export Finance, that there are "real opportunities" for more UK collaboration with the Arab world.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Lemma Shehadi

There is little to connect the Cornish towns of Penryn and Falmouth with the horrors of Gaza - apart from the killing of an aid worker from the close-knit community. Outside the centre of Penryn, next to a rugby pitch, is a boxing gym that opened last summer and is dedicated to the memory of Jim Henderson. He was killed by Israeli missiles that hit a World Central Kitchen aid convoy in Gaza.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Lemma Shehadi

The UK is working to charter flights to evacuate British nationals from Israel, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Friday, days after other major European countries began their own evacuations. Thousands of foreign nationals have been fleeing Israel and Iran across borders into neighbouring countries, after the escalating conflict led to the closure of airspaces in both countries. The UK government told its nationals requiring evacuation from Israel to register at the British embassy.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Lemma Shehadi

The International Maritime Organisation has said there were no indications of any increased threat to shipping in the Arabian Gulf, despite Iranian calls for international measures to prevent escalation in the Strait of Hormuz. Fears over a move to close the waterway after Israel's targeting of Iran's nuclear infrastructure are rising. Closure of the strait would disrupt global supply chains, as a fifth of global oil shipments pass through the channel that connects the Gulf to the Arabian Sea.