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The Metropolitan Police said it will no longer arrest protesters despite proscription remaining in place

McSweeney resigns as PM’s top aide after Mandelson revelations as Starmer appoints new acting joint chiefs of staff

Alert comes after the UK temporarily closed the British Embassy in Tehran

The flight returned to Auckland airport out of an abundance of caution

While hundreds of miles separate Cyprus and Iran, the government’s advice has changed

Declassified records show the Foreign Office advised Tony Blair’s government on options for dealing with the former Zimbabwean president

The activist, recently released from years of Egyptian detention, had appeared to call for violence against Zionists and police in online comments

The Foreign Secretary said successive prime ministers were not briefed on tweets dating back as far as 2010 and civil servants were also unaware.

IN FOCUS: Bethany Clarke’s friend was one of six foreigners who died after drinking tainted vodka at a Laotian hotel. More than a year later, the family and friends of those killed are calling for changes to protect travellers – and justice for their deaths. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports