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London mayor announces funding to tackle antisemitism, extremism amid rising hate crimes

“There's absolutely no place for hate crime in our capital and I'm committed to working with partners to help tackle this scourge,” Sadiq Khan stated in the press release on Tuesday.

MAYOR OF London Sadiq Khan arrives for a photo-call with supporters the day before voters go to the polls in the London Mayoral elections in London, Britain May 1, 2024.
Jailed Fatah member Marwan Barghouti 311

Marvel stars join campaign to free Barghouti, but ignore his victims - opinion

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, accused of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988, is shown in this Alexandria Sheriff's Office photograph taken in Alexandria, Virginia on December 11, 2022.

Trial for alleged builder of bomb in 1988 Lockerbie attack postponed by US judge days before start

A cyber warrior at a computer

UK energy chiefs briefed after Iran-linked cyber attack forces British power generator offline


UK court hears Jewish anti-Zionist activist invited support for Hamas after Oct. 7

During the hearing, lawyers detailed the posts, including one in which Greenstein allegedly wrote, "Please share. Full support for the Gaza ghetto uprising."

A general view of the Crown Court ahead of the trial for Australian football star Sam Kerr's racial harassment case on February 3, 2025 in Kingston upon Thames, England; illustrative

UK Green Party members discussed 'killing Zionists' in leaked WhatsApp messages

The WhatsApp group, which members and activists used to coordinate party campaigning, conference motions, and foreign policy discussions, also contained remarks targeting British Jews.

A SIGN supporting the Green Party political party is displayed in a residential street on the eve of local and mayoral elections in England and devolved parliamentary elections in Wales and Scotland on May 7, in London, Britain, May 6, 2026.

UK Prime Minister Burnham messaged someone posing as White House chief of staff - report

The British embassy in Washington raised the incident with the White House out of concern that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' phone had been hacked for a second time.

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks during an interview with BBC journalist Laura Kuenssberg at No 10 North at Heron House, in Manchester, Britain, July 24, 2026.

Ireland is green with envy against Israel - opinion

Their relations have gone from bad to worse, and in the years since October 7, the Irish have launched a tirade of invective against the State of Israel and its leaders.

PROTESTERS CALL on the Irish government to impose sanctions on Israel, in Dublin, last month. Over the years, Ireland has taken a more anti-Israel position than most European or Western nations, states the writer.

Netanyahu brands UK ‘Islamic Republic of Britain’ as tensions grow over Iran war

Netanyahu also recalled a phrase someone had said that "the first Islamic republic with nuclear weapons will be the Islamic Republic of Britain."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

Netanyahu's ‘Islamic Republic of Britain’ remark reveals how Israel views Europe - analysis

Was this comment diplomatic? Obviously not. Was it a sweeping exaggeration? Certainly. Does it reflect Netanyahu’s view of Britain? Probably far more accurately than the usual diplomatic niceties do.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state ceremony reburying Shimon and Rivka Herzl, the grandparents of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism, alongside their grandson on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, August 05, 2026; Illustrative.

UK Dept Ed. reviewing Muslim schools run by Al-Khair Foundation following reports of Hamas ties

This examination follows the arrest of an individual employed by Al-Khair Foundation, who was extradited to the US and charged with conspiring to provide material support to Hamas.

The Department for Education sign is seen outside their building in Whitehall on October 15, 2024 in London, United Kingdom.

Jason Arday, professor at center of Cambridge plagiarism scandal, found dead at 41

Arday resigned on August 5 after a former Cambridge researcher accused him of plagiarism in his PhD thesis. He denied the allegation but acknowledged making mistakes.

A person walks past Jesus College, where black academic Jason Arday was a Fellow, at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, eastern England on August 15, 2026.

London man sentenced to 6.5 years for stabbing Jewish building superintendent in antisemitic attack

The 51-year-old attacker called the Jewish superintendent a "Jewish terrorist" before stabbing him in the back in July 2025.

Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty at Wembley Stadium in London on August 15, 2024.

Mystery donor leaves gold coins under altar, saving a medieval English church from closure - report

A week after the coins were found, the Times of London learned that the mystery benefactor is believed to be a leather-clad biker.

St. Wilfrid's Church in Melling, Lancashire, England..