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UK, Australia, Canada and Portugal recognised Palestinian statehood on Sunday with France set to do the same Canada yesterday became the first G7 (Group of Seven) nation to officially recognise a Palestinian state. The UK quickly followed suit.Germany and Italy, meanwhile, which are also G7 members, have made it clear that they have no intention to do the same – at least for now.Recognition is largely symbolic. When the UK’s position was announced the then foreign secretary, David Lammy, said: “It will not change the position on the ground.”But it allows the UK to enter treaties with Palestine and would

Documents include letters calling for recovery of bodies and a falsified safety log that was part of a cover-upPoignant records relating to a colliery disaster in the 1930s that lay unseen for decades at the National Archives are being put on display close to the site of the mine in north Wales.Among the documents at the west London archive are petitions and emotional letters calling for the bodies trapped in the underground explosion at the pit in Gresford to be recovered. Despite the heartfelt entreaties, the vast majority remain there. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/22/records-of-deadly-1934-pit-explosion-in-wrexham-to-be-displayed-near-site Author : Steven Morris

Oscar winner’s comments come days after suspension of Jimmy Kimmel by ABC and Disney, a decision heavily criticised by major stars including Pedro Pascal and Olivia RodrigoAngelina Jolie has said “I don’t recognise my country” amid the threats to free speech in the US, saying “anything anywhere that divides or limits personal expressions and freedoms from anyone, I think, is very dangerous”.At Spain’s San Sebastián film festival on Sunday, the Oscar winning actor was asked by a journalist: “What do you fear as an artist and an American?” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/22/angelina-jolie-freedom-of-speech-usa-kimmel-response-says-dont-recognise-my-country Author : Sian Cain Publish date

Vice-president was in confessional mode as he eulogized his friend in Arizona – but speech could have political utility tooJD Vance went into confessional mode. “I was telling somebody backstage that I always felt a little uncomfortable talking about my faith in public,” he said. “As much as I love the Lord, and as much as it was an important part of my life, I have talked more about Jesus Christ in the past two weeks than I have my entire time in public life.”The crowd at rightwing political activist Charlie Kirk’s memorial service at a football stadium in Glendale,