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Briton jailed in Iran given extra two-year sentence, family says

Craig Foreman and his wife, Lindsay, were each handed prison sentences after being convicted of espionage, charges they both deny.

Evening Standard

Foreign Office appoints first special envoy for Britons detained overseas

Alistair Burt will bring diplomatic clout to complex cases involving human rights violations and arbitrary detention

The Guardian - UK

Former minister issues extraordinary apology for trusting Israel over killing of Palestine’s ‘angel of mercy’

Exclusive: Alistair Burt admits he ‘should have been more bold’ in calling out Israel over the death of a 21-year-old paramedic, who was shot dead near the Israel-Gaza border while rushing to treat a wounded man

The Independent UK

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Starmer inspired by Northern Ireland to launch project for peace in Israel-Gaza

Sir Keir Starmer has announced Britain will lead an international initiative to bring peace to the Middle East

The Independent UK

Voices: Middle East peace talks may seem impossible – but we cannot afford another ‘next time’

COMMENT: The prime minister is right to commit to an international fund to help the Middle East, write former MPs Alistair Burt and Wayne David. We need to invest in both top-down and bottom-up peace-making initiatives

The Independent UK

Top Tories fuelled riots with ‘divisive language’ on immigration, say party grandees

Veteran Conservatives on the party’s liberal wing have criticised the rightwards shift by some senior figures

The Guardian - UK

Corrupt, discredited: could a reformed Palestinian Authority run Gaza?

The west’s preferred vehicle to govern a Gaza shorn of Hamas is a body whose authority has been undermined by all sides

The Guardian - UK

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‘Failed to be a critical friend’: UK accused of taking eye off Israel-Palestine crisis

Critics say government shies away from standing up to Netanyahu in tilt to Indo-Pacific and pursuit of Middle East trade deals

The Guardian - UK

The danger of leaving things be: how the world ‘failed miserably’ in the Middle East

Amid Israel’s turn to the right and the resurgence of armed groups in the Palestinian territories, recent horrific events highlight the dangers of diplomatic inaction

The Guardian - UK

A Conservative party at war with itself? It’s not a winning formula

Tory pressure groups are peddling the politics of grievance – and inviting electoral failure, says David Cameron’s culture secretary

The Guardian - UK

Zaghari-Ratcliffe: MPs to hold inquiry into delay over Iran debt payment

Foreign affairs committee inquiry could help determine why it took six years to secure release

The Guardian - UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: ex-Tory MP urges inquiry into why Iran debt went unpaid

Alistair Burt, previously a Foreign Office minister, queries delay to payment of cash that freed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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