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  • NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns

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    More patients than promised in NHS England’s recovery plan are still waiting more than six weeks for an X-ray or scan. Photograph: Lankowsky/Alamy

    Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment

    The NHS has failed to cut waiting times as promised in its recovery plan despite billions of pounds in investment, the public accounts committee (PAC) has warned.

    The influential parliamentary committee’s verdict raises serious doubts over whether Labour can fulfil its key pledge to voters to “fix the NHS” by ensuring that patients can once again get hospital care within 18 weeks by 2029.

    In a scathing report, the cross-party PAC warns that improvements in providing faster tests and treatment have “stalled”. And it criticises Keir Starmer and the health secretary, Wes Streeting, for ordering a costly, unplanned reorganisation of the NHS in England. It said this could damage care and was reminiscent of the shambles surrounding the HS2 rail project.

    Far more patients than promised still have to wait more than 18 weeks for non-urgent hospital care – sometimes for more than a year – and more than six weeks for an X-ray or scan, it found. “Progress in reducing waiting times appears to have stalled, with the total elective care waiting list standing at 7.4m clinical pathways,” the report says – about 220,000 fewer than when Labour took power in July 2024.

    The PAC’s conclusions will alarm ministers, who are keenly aware that the public’s top priority is to see NHS waiting times fall, and that Reform UK has recently supplanted Labour as the party that voters see as having the best policies on healthcare.

    Its gloomy verdict contrasts sharply with the upbeat picture of progress in the NHS during Labour’s 16 months in power that Streeting painted last week.

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    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/19/nhs-failing-waiting-times-recovery-plan-pac-report

    … Reform UK has recently supplanted Labour as the party that voters see as having the best policies on healthcare. …

    ??? It’s remarkable that the electorate is so poorly informed …

    Keir Starmer confirms that he's proud to be a red Tory continuing austerity and targeting poor and disabled scum.
    Keir Starmer confirms that he’s proud to be a red Tory continuing austerity and targeting poor and disabled scum.
    Nigel Farage attacks the NHS
    Nigel Farage attacks the NHS
    Nigel Farage reminds you that he's the man that brought you Brexit and asks what could possibly go wrong.
    Nigel Farage reminds you that he’s the man that brought you Brexit and asks what could possibly go wrong.

  • Israeli army detains 100 Palestinians in West Bank raid

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    Israeli settlers graze their sheep on Palestinian land under the protection of Israeli forces after an attack that left one Palestinian injured in the village of Umm al-Khair near Hebron, West Bank on November 9, 2025. [Mamoun Wazwaz – Anadolu Agency]

    The Israeli army detained about 100 Palestinians in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, after sealing all of the town’s entrances early Wednesday, Anadolu reports.

    The operation came hours after an Israeli settler was killed and three others were wounded, one critically, in a ramming and stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction in the southern West Bank. The attack was carried out by two Palestinians, one of them from Beit Ummar, who were shot dead by Israeli forces.

    On Tuesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said the Palestinian Civil Affairs Authority — the official liaison with Israel — notified it that Imran al-Atrash from Hebron and Walid Mohammed Sabarneh from Beit Ummar were killed by Israeli fire near Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

    Israeli forces stormed Beit Ummar early Wednesday and raided dozens of homes, including the Sabarneh family’s house, damaging its contents, witnesses told Anadolu.

    They said the army launched a broad arrest campaign in the town, detaining about 100 people.

    READ: Israel plans to take 4,600 dunams in northern West Bank, citing archaeology protection

    According to the witnesses, the army turned the municipal stadium into a makeshift holding and interrogation site.

    Videos circulating online showed Israeli soldiers escorting bound Palestinians inside the town.

    Residents said the army sealed all entrances to Beit Ummar with dirt mounds and iron gates, restricting movement in and out of the area.

    The Israeli army has escalated its attacks in the West Bank since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.

    More than 1,076 Palestinians have since been killed, and 10,700 others injured in attacks by the army and illegal settlers in the occupied territory. More than 20,500 people have also been arrested.

    In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

    READ: Israeli security warns government weakened army against settlers as West Bank tensions rise

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    Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government's support for Israel's Gaza genocide and the UK government and military's active participation in genocide.
    Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide and the UK government and military’s active participation in genocide.
    Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
    Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
    Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
    Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.

  • Hamas warns of “slow-motion execution” of its leading prisoners in Israeli jails

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    Palestinian Abdullah Barghouti, a leading commander for the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas in the West Bank, is escorted by Israeli police into the Magistrate’s Court for a hearing in Jerusalem on June 20, 2012. [MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images]

    Hamas has warned of a “slow-motion execution” being carried out on its senior Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails.

    In a press statement received by Quds Press on Tuesday, senior Hamas leader Abdulrahman Shedeed said that the treatment of their brave prisoners — including torture, ill-treatment and the denial of even the most basic rights — is a stain on humanity and a disgrace for every self-proclaimed human-rights defender.

    Shedeed specifically condemned the repeated, brutal beatings and deliberate ill-treatment of the imprisoned leader Abdullah al-Barghouti in Gilboa prison, calling it a politically directed attempt at slow execution. He argued that this is a direct echo of threats made by extremist far-right figure Ben Gvir, who has spoken of executing prisoners and targeting their leaders.

    He also raised alarm over al-Barghouti’s health and that of other prisoners, accusing the Israeli prison authorities of systemic medical neglect and denying prisoners access to treatment. According to Shedeed, this reflects a calculated campaign to break the will of the prison movement and undermine its resilience.

    READ: Hamas rejects UN Security Council decision on Gaza

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    Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government's support for Israel's Gaza genocide and the UK government and military's active participation in genocide.
    Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide and the UK government and military’s active participation in genocide.
    Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
    Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
    Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
    Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.

  • Al-Aqsa Mosque imam appears before Israeli court on charges, including tribute Haniyeh

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    Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque and President of the Jerusalem High Islamic Council, Ekrima Sa’id Sabri arrives at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court to attend the hearing of his trial on charges of “inciting terrorism” and “provocation” in Jerusalem on November 18, 2025. [Mostafa Alkharouf – Anadolu Agency]

    Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the Imam of al-Aqsa Mosque, appeared before the Israeli Magistrate’s Court over alleged charges linked to terrorism.

    Residents of Jerusalem gathered around Sheikh Sabri as he arrived at the court in a wheelchair. He is 86 years old and faces accusations of incitement to terrorism, including for offering condolences for the late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

    On Tuesday, his lawyer Khaled Zabarqa said the Israeli court session would be “procedural”, stressing that the case formed part of what he described as a “systematic political pursuit”.

    Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Zabarqa, who represents Sheikh Sabri, added: “The Israeli Magistrate’s Court in Jerusalem will today read out the indictment, and we will request further evidence from the court, which we believe is necessary to refute these charges.”

    He continued: “We will take the indictment and will not respond to it immediately. We will request another date from the court to present our reply. Therefore, this session is procedural rather than substantive.”

    READ: Pakistan condemns Israeli settlers’ raid on al-Aqsa mosque

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    Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government's support for Israel's Gaza genocide and the UK government and military's active participation in genocide.
    Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide and the UK government and military’s active participation in genocide.
    Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
    Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
    Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
    Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.

  • Pakistan condemns Israeli settlers’ raid on al-Aqsa mosque

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    Fanatical Jewish settlers continue to raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located in East Jerusalem, within the “Sukkot Holiday” (Feast of Tabernacles) in Jerusalem on October 12, 2025. [Gazi Samad – Anadolu Agency]

    Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the raid carried out by Israeli settlers at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday in occupied East Jerusalem.

    In a statement, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said the settlers’ entry into Al-Aqsa Mosque was a “clear violation” of international law and relevant UN resolutions.

    The statement stressed the need to protect holy sites in line with international law and the current historical status.

    Pakistan called on the international community to take urgent and effective steps to ensure the protection of holy sites, prevent further violence and attacks by settlers, and uphold UN resolutions.

    According to an official statement, 198 Israeli settlers entered Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday, while 974 tourists also entered the site.

    Data from the Palestinian government’s Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, updated to 5 October, indicates that settlers carried out 7,154 attacks in the West Bank during the two years of the Israeli war on Gaza. These attacks led to the killing of 33 Palestinians and the displacement of 33 communities.

    READ: UN chief condemns Israeli settlers attack on mosque in West Bank

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    Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government's support for Israel's Gaza genocide and the UK government and military's active participation in genocide.
    Genocide denying UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that UK is suspending 30 of 350 arms licences to Israel. He also confirms the UK government’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide and the UK government and military’s active participation in genocide.
    Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
    Orcas discuss Genocide-supporting and complicit Zionists. Donald Trump, Keith Starmer, David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are acknowledged as evil genocide-complicit and supporting cnuts.
    Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
    Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.