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Flag bearer ‘removed for his safety’ from protest, police say

The Met Police said officers will continue to have an ‘enhanced visible presence’ on the streets of London to reassure the public

Human Rights Watch terms Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant’s call for a ‘complete siege’ on Gaza a ‘war crime’.

Eighteen Thais are feared dead based on reports from employers, while the numbers of those injured and abducted stand at 9 and 11 in the fourth day of the latest Israel-Hamas war

‘The waving of a particular flag is not, in itself, a specific criminal offence unless it relates to a proscribed organisation,’ police says in statement

Israel laid “total siege” to the Gaza Strip on Monday, vowing to cut off food, water and electricity supplies to the impoverished enclave as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory in retaliation for a brazen and bloody incursion that caught Israel’s vaunted security apparatus completely off guard.

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The families of some 130 Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are anxiously waiting to find out if their loved ones are safe

 Over 1,100 people were killed and thousands more were injured on both sides.