Robert Mendick

London

Chief Reporter at The Telegraph

Chief reporter on The Telegraph and previously of the Evening Standard.

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George Galloway visits Moscow after picking up Hamas award

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Robert Mendick

George Galloway has appeared in Moscow for Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day celebrations, days after flying to Iran to collect an award named after a dead Hamas leader. The leader of the hard-Left Workers Party of Britain travelled to Tehran this week to collect an award in honour of Ismail Haniyeh, the assassinated political leader of Hamas, whom the former MP praised as a “martyr”. He boasted during the visit that his most “treasured” possession was Haniyeh’s passport.
George Galloway visits Moscow after picking up Hamas award

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Robert Mendick |Patrick Sawer

George Galloway has appeared in Moscow for Vladimir Putin's Victory Day celebrations, days after flying to Iran to collect an award named after a dead Hamas leader. The leader of the hard-Left Workers Party of Britain travelled to Tehran this week to collect an award in honour of Ismail Haniyeh, the assassinated political leader of Hamas, whom the former MP praised as a "martyr". He boasted during the visit that his most "treasured" possession was Haniyeh's passport.
Israeli embassy plot was attempt to derail Iran-US nuclear talks

6 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Robert Mendick

The “imminent” attack was allegedly foiled by MI5 and counter-terrorism police after a series of raids across the country - Sky NewsIran’s notorious revolutionary guard plotted the alleged terrorist attack on Israel’s embassy in London to derail nuclear peace talks with the US, insiders have told The Telegraph.
Israeli embassy plot was attempt to derail Iran-US nuclear talks

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Robert Mendick

Iran’s notorious Revolutionary Guard plotted the alleged terrorist attack on Israel’s embassy in London to derail nuclear peace talks with the US, insiders have told The Telegraph. Sources inside the regime suggested a hardline faction within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is to blame for sanctioning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Kensington, central London.
First ever American pope elected

6 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Nick Squires |Robert Mendick

In his home city of Chicago, campaigners allege that he failed to warn a Catholic elementary school that a priest who Church leaders determined had abused young boys was living in a nearby monastery. And one woman in his diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, who said she and two other women were sexually abused by two priests as girls, accused him of mishandling an investigation into the case.
Israeli embassy plot was attempt to derail Iran-US nuclear talks

6 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Robert Mendick |Martin Evans |Akhtar Mohammad Makoii

But a senior Iranian official told The Telegraph that an inquiry had been launched inside the IRGC amid concerns that a faction had gone rogue and sanctioned the alleged attack in an attempt to collapse ongoing talks between Washington and Tehran over Iran's nuclear programme. An Iranian attack on the Israel's London embassy by Iranians would have sparked international outrage and forced the US into cancelling talks.
Iranian terror suspects ‘targeted Israeli embassy in London’

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Robert Mendick

The Israeli embassy was the target of an alleged Iranian terror plot, The Telegraph understands. Five men, including four Iranian nationals, were arrested at locations across England on Saturday in what the Home Secretary described as one of the biggest counter-terror operations in recent years. It is understood that the Israeli embassy in Kensington, west London, was the target of a planned attack.
Iranian terror suspects 'targeted Israeli embassy in London'

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Robert Mendick

By Robert Mendick The Israeli embassy was the target of an alleged Iranian terror plot, The Telegraph understands. Five men, including four Iranian nationals, were arrested at locations across England on Saturday in what the Home Secretary described as one of the biggest counter-terror operations in recent years. It is understood that the Israeli embassy in Kensington, west London, was the target of an attack.
Police to spend a year building Grenfell Tower replica

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Robert Mendick

The burned-out shell of the Grenfell Tower which the Met Police plan to rebuild a replica of to help with future trials - NIKLAS HALLE'NPolice are planning to spend more than a year building a full-scale replica of part of Grenfell Tower to secure criminal convictions, The Telegraph can disclose. Scotland Yard has told grieving relatives that the full-scale model would be used to help explain to juries how the fire spread in any future trials.
Police to spend a year building Grenfell Tower replica

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Robert Mendick

Police are planning to spend more than a year building a full-scale replica of part of Grenfell Tower to secure criminal convictions, The Telegraph can disclose. Scotland Yard has told grieving relatives that the model would be used to help explain to juries how the fire spread in any future trials. But the length of time to get to trial has left families distraught and questioning whether an inquiry this complex was ever suited to a traditional police force.