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Ukrainians queue at the railway station in Przemysl, Poland, to depart for Ukraine, amid a reversal in migration patterns

May 12, 2026, 1:03 pm

Government reportedly blocks donation for welfare of Ukrainian refugee children in Israel

The proposed donation, by an individual sanctioned by the British government, saw the element specifically earmarked for Ukrainian children still in Ukraine accepted

By JN Reporter

Al-Quds Day demonstration in support of the Iranian regime

March 17, 2026, 7:45 pm

Here is how the government should target Iranian regime activity in the UK

The latest Al Quds protest should force us to examine the very real threat the Iranian regime poses to this country

By Mark Sewards MP

People taking part in a protest in Whitehall, central London, to show solidarity with the protests in Iran. Picture date: Sunday January 11, 2026.

January 14, 2026, 12:06 pm

Iran is bleeding – and the West must act now

As death tolls soar and protests spread nationwide, Western hesitation risks abandoning a historic chance to break the Islamic Republic

By Jeremy Havardi

A slide showing British and British-connected hostages, shown during a Limmud session on legal efforts to secure their release.

January 2, 2026, 3:00 pm

Starmer gave ‘absolute’ pledge to widen Hamas-linked sanctions, lawyers reveal

At Limmud, hostage families’ lawyers detail PM pledge on wider sanctions and how pressure shaped policy

By Annabel Sinclair

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene

October 30, 2025, 11:16 am

UK imposes sanctions on Iranian banker accused of giving financial support to Revolutionary Guard

EXCLUSIVE: Sanction targets Aliakbar Ansari for his role in financially supporting the activities of the IRGC

By Lee Harpin

$From left to right: European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and US Secretary of State John Kerry pose for a group picture at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, diplomats Tuesday declared that world powers and Iran had struck a landmark deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions, an agreement designed to avert the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and another U.S. military intervention in the Muslim world. (Joe Klamar/Pool Photo via AP)$