George Grylls

Supreme leader says ‘officials’ must decide response to Israeli airstrikes as Binyamin Netanyahu suggests Tehran has no appetite to continue tit-for-tat attacks

Israeli parliamentarians have voted to ban UNRWA from conducting any activity inside Israel, a move that has been condemned by the UK and other countries

Starving Gaza has no alternative to UN agency’s aid, ambassador tells Binyamin Netanyahu as food shipments plummet

As hostilities intensify in the north of the territory, hardliners sense an opportunity to expand into land that they regard as their own

Middle East Some parents looking for a safe environment to raise their children would flinch at the sound of the booming artillery on Gaza's border but to Gefen Traivits, Israel's bombardment is deeply soothing.

The chancellor defends her budget and denies it was motivated by class or ideology

The prime minister has been urged to withdraw the whip from Dawn Butler, who shared a post accusing the new Tory leader of ‘white supremacy in blackface’

Ministers have said that above-inflation pay increases for public sector workers may have to be justified by improved performance

Ignorant swipe at aspiration will kill off family businesses, entrepreneur says as backlash grows over inheritance tax reforms

A mockumentary film lampooning both the left and right of the country’s politics has become increasingly popular in recent months