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UK's Starmer seeks greater powers to regulate online access

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said new powers are needed to regulate internet access and protect children from fast-evolving digital risks, including AI tools and social media.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2026.
 MEMBERS OF the Palestine Action Group gather in Sydney, in May.

The Palestine Action ruling leaves Britain’s Jewish community exposed - comment

London, England, General view of the British Museum with visitors, Bloomsbury, March 2025.

British Museum removes the term Palestine from certain Middle East exhibits

Rare Roman vehicle ornament depicting a panther with its paws atop a bearded man’s severed head discovered in Essex in 2024.

'Nothing quite like it': UK Treasure Act names Roman carriage ornament Essex's first 'treasure'


Pnimeet: Community workshop putting Jerusalem back on bikes

Pnimeet teaches Jerusalemites how to fix their own bikes, cutting costs, reducing waste, and easing daily life in a car-clogged city.

Pnimeet volunteers help Jerusalemite cyclists keep their own wheels turning.

Accredited Muslim preachers may help the West confront radical Islam - opinion

Proposal to accredit Muslim preachers aims to stop radical Islam and promote values that respect Western ideals.

An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.

The Epstein scandals and the collapse of moral restraint - opinion

Trust in today's world feels increasingly fragile, and Judaism offers hope that societies can recover not by lowering standards to match disappointment, but by reaffirming religious values.

 US financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

Starmer apologizes for appointing Mandelson amid Epstein revelations

Starmer is under huge pressure, including from lawmakers in his own Labour Party, over the decision to make Mandelson Britain's envoy to Washington in December 2024.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street for Prime Minister's Questions in London, Britain, February 4, 2026.

UK quietly repatriates 'ISIS brides,' children from Syria's Al-Roj detention camp - report

Reports of the returns, which have not been addressed by government officials, came amid turmoil over control of detention sites as the SDF and Damascus battle for territory and custody arrangements.

Women and children queue in the rain during a joint security operation by Syria's Kurdish Internal Security Police Force, and the Kurdish-led SDF at Camp Roj where foreign relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held, April 5, 2025.

US seeks to prevent further Iranian harrasment of ships in Gulf - analysis

Iranian harassment of US ships prompts military reaction, increasing already-strained tensions between the two countries.

An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean August 10, 2024.

UK jury clears six Palestine Action members in Elbit Systems burglary case

The six defendants hugged in the dock and waved to supporters in the public gallery, who cheered loudly after the judge had left the court.

File photo: A protestor is arrested as activists from Palestine Action protest at the HQ of Elbit, an Israeli owned company that makes drones for use by the Israeli military and other foreign powers on May 15, 2022 in Bristol, England.

Ex jihadi fighter Shahid Butt launches bid for Birmingham council seat

Butt was convicted in 1999 for his alleged involvement in a plot targeting the British consulate, a church, and a hotel in Aden, Yemen.

Shahid Butt, a former jihadi convicted of terrorism offences in Yemen, has announced he will run as an independent candidate in Birmingham’s upcoming local elections.

Why Washington shifts from Syria’s Kurds to Sharaa - opinion

Trump’s military and political backing for the SDF as the central anti‑ISIS instrument has now evolved to a policy where they are a problem that needs solving.

US President Donald Trump meets Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa in the White House, Washington, DC, November 10, 2025

Former UK minister Mandelson quits Labour after new Epstein revelations - report

Peter Mandelson, who was fired by UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer as Britain's ambassador to the United States last year after previous revelations about his connections to Epstein.

British Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson walks on the day British Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss Iran , in London, Britain, June 18, 2025.