Andy Burnham indisputably proved that he has mastered the art of making a party conference speech yesterday. It has taken him a very long time to do so, but he’s got there. That was the good news of t...

<article data-history-node-id="448576" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-journalist-killed-israeli-drone-strike" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-journalist-killed-israeli-drone-strike" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli drone strike</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A Palestinian journalist has been killed by an Israeli drone strike in Gaza.</p> <p>The Nasser Medical Complex said&nbsp;Mohammed al-Najja was killed in the al-Mawasi area north of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Adam Idah scored in the politically-charged Republic of Ireland v Israel game where he was allegedly subject to racism that UEFA won't review

Green party leader’s comments to MEE will pile pressure on the Labour government not to comply with Israel’s order to close the consulate

In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel's AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously'. By Carole Cadwalladr

<article data-history-node-id="448571" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hundreds-jewish-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hundreds-jewish-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hundreds of Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Islamic Waqf says roughly 700 Israeli settlers stormed Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque&nbsp; this morning, marking another provocation at the religious site.&nbsp;</p> <p>The body, which manages the site in occupied East Jerusalem, reported the incursion on Sukkot’s fifth day, a Jewish holiday.</p> </div> </div> </article>

A legal team says the justice minister's decision is irrational and discriminatory, with 26 more cases in the pipeline

Influential cleric urges Iraqis to file legal claims over two decades of 'occupation'

UK companies, JCB and Greenkote, feature on the updated list of firms benefitting from Israel's war crimes

The arrests came as protesters called on Burnham to break with the previous government’s approach to Palestine Action

<article data-history-node-id="448460" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/araghchi-meet-mediators-us-amid-efforts-reopen-hormuz" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/araghchi-meet-mediators-us-amid-efforts-reopen-hormuz" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Araghchi to meet mediators in talks with US amid efforts to reopen Hormuz</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iran’s ISNA news agency reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and a delegation will meet with mediators involved in talks with the United States on Monday morning.</p> <p>The latest proposals and views on the situation will be discussed during the talks, ISNA said.&nbsp;</p> <p>A Qatari delegation has been in the United States and presented Washington with an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for economic relief.</p> <p>Iran's Tasnim news agency said there were no plans for direct talks between Iranian and US officials.&nbsp;</p> <p>The meetings come as Washington and Tehran continue to trade proposals over the strategic waterway amid increased tensions.</p> </div> </div> </article>

The North of Ireland is being promoted to white Britons by far-right figures using racist violence and ethnic cleansing as selling points

<article data-history-node-id="448414" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-revokes-credentials-dutch-diplomats-ramallah-over-west-bank-trade" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-revokes-credentials-dutch-diplomats-ramallah-over-west-bank-trade" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel revokes credentials of Dutch diplomats in Ramallah over West Bank trade ban</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>i Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Sunday that Israel had revoked the credentials of Dutch diplomats in Ramallah in response to the Netherlands’ ban on goods from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/tags/israeli-settlements" target="_blank">Israeli settlements</a>.</p> <p>"We informed the Dutch Embassy in Israel this evening that Dutch diplomats operating in Ramallah must return their Israeli-issued diplomatic documentation within seven days,"&nbsp;Sa’ar said in a post on X, adding that&nbsp;after this period, the diplomatic privileges and immunities granted to them will expire.</p> <p>"If the Netherlands wishes to continue representing its interests with the Palestinians, it may do so from Palestinian Authority territory, rather than from the territory of the State of Israel," Sa'ar said.</p> <p>The announcement came after the Netherlands began enforcing a national ban on 22 September on the import, purchase and sale of goods from illegal Israeli settlements amid escalating violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-revokes-credentials-dutch-diplomats-ramallah-over-west-bank-trade-ban">Israel revokes credentials of Dutch diplomats in Ramallah over West Bank trade ban</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="An Israeli soldier stands guard against the backdrop of a newly established Israeli settlement outpost in Beit Sahur, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank on 14 August 2026 (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1d7ecfbf-ba81-4f0f-976b-9b938b073b74" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/An%20Israeli%20soldier%20stands%20guard%20against%20the%20backdrop%20of%20newly%20established%20Israeli%20settlement%20outpost%20in%20Beit%20Sahur%2C%20south%20of%20Bethlehem%2C%20in%20the%20occupied%20West%20Bank%20on%20August%2014%2C%202026.%20AFP.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="An Israeli soldier stands guard against the backdrop of a newly established Israeli settlement outpost in Beit Sahur, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank on 14 August 2026 (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>An Israeli soldier stands guard against the backdrop of a newly established Israeli settlement outpost in Beit Sahur, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank on 14 August 2026 (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

A Swiss private equity firm and UK investor have bought a 1,570-bed student housing portfolio for £165m.

<article data-history-node-id="448461" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-american-journalist-freed-after-13-days-israeli-detention" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-american-journalist-freed-after-13-days-israeli-detention" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian-American journalist freed after 13 days in Israeli detention</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Palestinian-American journalist Naqaa Hamed was released from Damon Prison after 13 days, following an Israeli court decision.</p> <p>Hamed was arrested on 15 September at the Tuqu checkpoint while returning from an assignment, was separated from her camera crew and taken to an unknown location for questioning.</p> <p>Hamed was arrested on suspicion of “cooperating with an enemy entity” and possible espionage, according to Israeli media at the time. She previously served as a correspondent for Iran’s Press TV in the occupied West Bank.</p> <p>According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, 36 Palestinian journalists, including four women, remain detained in Israeli jails, along with about 90 Palestinian women.</p> </div> </div> </article>

NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

Miliband spoke like anyone has been convicted, claiming that RAF Fairford is a "reminder of the threats our country faces". Rubbish.

Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...

<article data-history-node-id="448462" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-supreme-leader-says-us-will-be-forced-out-middle-east" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-supreme-leader-says-us-will-be-forced-out-middle-east" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iran supreme leader says US will be forced out of Middle East</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Monday the United States would be forced to leave the Middle East after suffering "painful blows", according to&nbsp;a statement carried by state television.</p> <p>Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since the start of the war in late February, made the remarks despite attempts to revive talks aimed at ending the fighting.</p> <p>"Today, having suffered painful blows at the hands of valiant fighters and the guardians of the Strait of Hormuz, they (the enemies) do not venture beyond the Arabian Sea," Khamenei said in the written statement attributed to him, without explicitly mentioning the United States.</p> <p>"Whenever they have braved this risk, they have only brought harm upon themselves. It will not be long before the Arabian Sea, too, would rid itself of their presence," he added.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Pensioners arrested for Palestine Action signs while al-Qaeda subsidiary HTS has been de-proscribed and whitewashed by the UK and US

<article data-history-node-id="448416" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ireland-players-refuse-handshakes-israelis-nations-league-match" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ireland-players-refuse-handshakes-israelis-nations-league-match" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Ireland players refuse handshakes with Israelis before Nations League match</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Ireland’s national football team refused to shake hands with Israeli players and bowed their heads during Israel’s national anthem before Sunday’s UEFA Nations League match in Debrecen, Hungary.</p> <p>The team also wore black armbands for the thousands of Palestinians killed in Israel's genocide.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Ireland team bow their heads during the Israeli national anthem. <a href="https://t.co/UTWpvtSnva">pic.twitter.com/UTWpvtSnva</a></p> — Seán O'Connor (@SeanOCSport) <a href="https://x.com/SeanOCSport/status/2104281006631252301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="448464" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-set-large-explosion-south-report-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-set-large-explosion-south-report-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli army set off large explosion in south, report says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli military set off a significant explosion in the southern Lebanese village of Mansouri on Monday, Lebanese state media and AFP reported.</p> <p>"A massive explosion rocked the town of Mansouri in the Tyre district a short while ago. The explosion was carried out by Israeli occupation forces," Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported.</p> <p>"The sound of the explosions was heard in the city of Tyre and several surrounding villages," the NNA added.</p> <p>AFP correspondents saw large clouds of smoke emerge from the largely destroyed town after the loud explosion was heard.</p> <p>The town of Mansouri, located around nine kilometres (six miles) south of Tyre and 10 kilometres north of Israel, and its surroundings were subjected to several Israeli strikes and to artillery shelling in recent weeks despite a ceasefire that took hold in June.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Hanniyeh shows smoke rising from the site of a series of Israeli controlled explosions in the nearby village of al-Mansouri on 28 September 2026 (AFP).jpg" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6b6d4b01-7701-47bd-a08e-24fdc8af4cd9" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/This%20photograph%20taken%20from%20the%20southern%20Lebanese%20village%20of%20Hanniyeh%20shows%20smoke%20rising%20from%20the%20site%20of%20a%20series%20of%20Israeli%20controlled%20explosions%20in%20the%20nearby%20village%20of%20al-Mansouri%20on%2028%20September%202026%20%28AFP%29.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Hanniyeh shows smoke rising from the site of a series of Israeli controlled explosions in the nearby village of al-Mansouri on 28 September 2026 (AFP).jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Hanniyeh shows smoke rising from the site of a series of Israeli controlled explosions in the nearby village of al-Mansouri on 28 September 2026 (Kawnat Haju / AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Editorial: Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure

Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’

While the EU is pushing for war with Russia, we should be cautious about the details surrounding incidents like that at Fairford RAF base

A panelist wanted to discourage people seeking asylum.

For the past few months, we’ve been told by people with a crystal ball that an attack on UK soil was imminent, and now it’s finally happened.

Turkey seeks a Black Sea shipping deal, but Ukrainian officials say Russia 'always asks for more'

Israeli opposition parties have supported the ban on Ra'am and Joint List, and on two candidates, which could leave Palestinian citizens without representation