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Ministers will attend a high-level Cobra meeting later on the Middle East, after Rishi Sunak joined calls for a humanitarian ‘pause’ in the conflict.

The city was chosen to host the competition in May 2023 after last year’s winner Ukraine was unable to hold it due to the Russian invasion.

The Government’s current business case for reform of the asylum system is ‘incomplete and unrealistic’, according to the Public Accounts Committee.

The latest yellow weather warning for rain covers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee, and Perth and Kinross.

The Israel-Hamas conflict is at the top of the news agenda on Thursday.

Rishi Sunak has said temporary breaks in the violence could allow British nationals and hostages to be freed and aid to be provided to the Gaza Strip.

One of the houses is said to pay homages to Scotland’s baronial castles, broch and tower houses.

The ruling comes at a sensitive time for NatWest, which is due to announce quarterly results on Friday.

Hundreds of people demanded that the Metropolitan Police change its policy on hate crime and public order offences.

The Met Office has issued another yellow weather warning for rain covering much of eastern Scotland.

Video of the incident outside Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey, showed a pupil being assaulted while her attackers were egged on by adults.

Pulped Fiction consists of 1,000 limited edition copies of George Orwell’s dystopian novel made from second-hand copies of The Da Vinci Code.

The session with the the Conservative 1922 Committee was arranged in July as part of regular discussions with parliamentarians, the corporation said.

Tory former cabinet minister Kit Malthouse had sought to remove the prohibition from the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill.

The Commons approved the sanction against the MP for Wellingborough, who is sitting as an independent after losing the Tory whip.

Lance Serjeant Robert Brand, of the 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, was buried in Belgium on Wednesday.

The Labour leader is now calling for ‘humanitarian pauses’.

Chris Heaton-Harris told peers he would not comment publicly on any talks with the EU.

The average weekly listenership of local stations has slipped by 20% since 2021.

Sean Zeisz is alleged to have been part of a plot to kill Miss Dale’s partner Lee Harrison in Liverpool.