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Car rams barricade near Israel embassy in Tokyo
A man crashed a car into a barricade near the entrance of the Israeli embassy in Tokyo on Thursday, injuring a police officer.
Police arrested the 53-year-old at the scene, local media reported.
An official at the Israeli embassy said the matter was under police investigation and declined further comment.
The incident happened at an area near the embassy which has been the site of a handful of pro-Palestinian demonstrations against Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip in recent weeks.
German police raids suspected pro-Hezbollah group
Germany’s interior minister on Thursday announced raids in seven of the country’s regions on an Islamist association suspected of links to Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah group.
“At a time when numerous Jews feel particularly threatened” Germany will “not tolerate neither Islamist propaganda nor anti-Semitist incitement hostile to Israel,” Nancy Faeser said, adding that the police raids targeted the Hamburg Islamic Centre and five affiliated groups.
‘Deep unity’ in Labour party despite conflict over ceasefire
Shadow defence secretary John Healey said there is a “deeper unity” in the Labour Party despite frontbenchers defying Sir Keir Starmer to back a Commons vote calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Mr Healey told BBC Breakfast: “I do understand why backbench MPs want to be able to respond to their constituents and call for an immediate ceasefire.
“Now we all want to see an end to the killing and relief for the Palestinian suffering, but the vast majority of Labour MPs backed the most practical step which is the work that we’re doing and the calls we’re making alongside international allies for a humanitarian pause that allows us to get more aid in, get more hostages out and build the confidence to see further diplomacy in the future.
He added: “On the front benches a small number had to resign while the vast majority backed humanitarian pauses – the best way in these circumstances now trying to relieve the suffering – but the deeper unity of the Labour Party was clear last month.
“At the Labour Party conference you saw us totally unified and determined in solidarity with Ukraine, behind a plan to help people with the cost of living and in getting rid of an infighting, failing 13 years of Conservative Government.”
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