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BREAKING: Israel will face diplomatic and economic sanctions from a league of countries
Nine nations have unveiled a raft of measures to punish the country for its conduct in Palestine
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BREAKING: Asked if she regrets her choice of words in saying she "detests the Tories", First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said: "No."
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BREAKING: The Scottish Government has confirmed it opposes Labour's plans to introduce compulsory Digital ID
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BREAKING: Lush has closed all of its UK stores in protest at Israel’s genocide in Palestine
The cosmetic giant has also closed down its factories and website for the day
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EXCL: The BBC has edited out multiple calls for a ceasefire in Gaza from the Scottish Bafta Awards ceremony
Winners and presenters used their speeches to voice solidarity with Palestinians during the event in Glasgow on Sunday and noticed edits on the BBC iPlayer's coverage
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A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰
How genocide happened
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NEW: Hundreds of students have walked out of classes and joined an encampment for Gaza outside the University of Glasgow
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🚨Keir Starmer is specifically named in a new UN report on complicity with Israel's genocide in Gaza.
The UK Government is also alleged to have sent spy planes over Gaza for reasons that go 'beyond' official claims of looking only for hostages held by Hamas
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BREAKING: Letters of no confidence in Liz Truss are already coming in, according to reports
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NEW: Tommy Robinson has spread disinformation about a stabbing in Stirling, claiming the attacker was an "alleged Muslim".
On Sunday, Police Scotland confirmed a white man local to the area had been arrested in connection with the crime.
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UPDATE: The Palestinian MP interviewed on TalkTV by Julia Hartley-Brewer has called her 'unprofessional' and 'racist'
It comes as the station faces calls to fire the host
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Today's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
Our front page has caused a stir online, prompting anger from Donald Trump's supporters. So, we want to ask: which part is factually inaccurate? 🤔
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We know our Photoshop team are very talented, so just to confirm: this is 100% real 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🏴🏴🏴
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LATEST: Scottish rock band Garbage have joined a growing coalition of artists standing against what they describe as censorship of pro-Palestine views in the industry thenational.scot/news/253268…
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BREAKING: Award-winning Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty has been arrested after wearing a T-shirt reading 'Genocide in Palestine, time to take action'
Police arrested the I, Daniel Blake writer in Edinburgh this morning
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NEW: Trans women cannot use single-sex female toilets, changing rooms or compete in women’s sports, in light of a Supreme Court ruling, the head of Britain’s equalities watchdog said
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Good luck! Molta sort! Our final front page before Catalonia decides ... and we have the world exclusive final poll that predicts a Yes win
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Our viral front page today was very simple. We told the facts about Donald Trump, a man who doesn't like the facts 👇 thenational.scot/news/253414…
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Watch as police confiscate and advertising van displaying an image of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein 👇
Journalists on the scene were reportedly held and questioned for 30 minutes whilst the van, operated by campaign group People vs Elon, was driven away
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🚨Rishi Sunak has been reported to Westminster's sleaze watchdog over his £1000 Rwanda bet with Piers Morgan
The bet is said to be a 'clear breach' of the ministerial code
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Fans of domestic abuser and singer Chris Brown are disappointed after he cancelled his Glasgow gig
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BREAKING: The first children coming to Scotland from Gaza for medical treatment have arrived.
The Health Secretary confirmed they had landed safely along with their families
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Alan Cumming has handed back his OBE.
The Scottish actor won the award in 2009 for his activism in LGBT rights but said recent conversations around the history of the British Empire has 'opened my eyes' .
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Watch as Stephen Flynn slams Keir Starmer for welcoming Israeli president Isaac Herzog in the UK while children starve in Gaza
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BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn has passed a major hurdle on the path to beginning a Chilcot-style inquiry into the UK’s complicity in the Gaza genocide
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BREAKING: Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, has ordered an immediate ban on new drilling in the North Sea
More to follow
Community note
The Government's Department of Energy Security and Net Zero has denied these claims.
thenational.scot/news/24445188.
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Mhairi Black told the House of Commons that the UK is 'sleepwalking' towards fascism in a speech that's gone viral on social media
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BREAKING: Humza Yousaf has called on the English Defence League to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation following last night's riot in Southport.
He has written to the Home Secretary, calling on her to deal with Britain's 'far-right problem'.
Story to follow.
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NEW: Tommy Robinson is hiding out in a luxury 5-star resort abroad as far-right mobs terrorise parts of England and Northern Ireland.
The National tracked down the far-right figure through an OSINT analysis of his social media posts.
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BREAKING: Prince Andrew has been reported to the police after court documents linked to the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein were made public
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They've done it! Congratulations from Scotland! thenational.scot/news/156243…
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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn explains why he's at The Hague today as nine nations take co-ordinated action against Israel.
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BREAKING: The Scottish Government has confirmed that Nicola Sturgeon intends to attend COP27 after Rishi Sunak pulled out of the climate summit
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NEW: Fiona Bruce took issue with former trader Gary Stevenson suggesting she was getting richer on Question Time last night.
The BBC host's salary rose by £10k last year, official figures show
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Tomorrow's front page: This is where we would have reported on Theresa May's visit to Scotland. We were barred from her press conference with the other newspapers, so we have refused to cover it.
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This week JK Rowling launched an attack on The National, describing us as an 'anti-woman newspaper'. At The National we deal in truth, and will not be cowed by a billionaire trying to control media output to fit her own worldview, writes our editor Laura Webster✍️
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BREAKING: A pro-Israel group of Westminster MPs and peers has refused to reveal how it is funded.
Parliament’s standards watchdog has been asked to step in amid mounting questions about its finances
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🎥 Nicola Sturgeon told Douglas Ross to "get off his phone" as a serious issue was being discussed during First Minister's Questions
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BREAKING: An arrest warrant has been sought for Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar during his secret visit to the UK
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BREAKING: The UK Supreme Court has granted the SNP permission to intervene in the case on Scotland's right to hold an independence referendum
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Watch as legendary filmmaker Ken Loach, aged 89, joins an Edinburgh demonstration against the proscription of Palestine Action.
The award-winning director stood with activists wearing shirts reading: "Genocide in Palestine, time to take action.'
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GB NEWS presenter Dan Wooton was mocked so mercilessly over a clip where he was filmed laying a floral tribute to the Queen that he deleted the Tweet
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NEW: The Palestinian flag is being flown in front of St Andrew's House in Edinburgh
John Swinney said it was done 'as an indication of Scotland’s solidarity with the people of Palestine'
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BREAKING: The SNP have confirmed they will press ahead with their bill to formally recognise the state of Palestine
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Tomorrow's front page of The National.
We publish a timeline of a year of Israel's bombardment of Gaza. It's all here in black and white - the war crimes, murdered journalists, flattened hospitals, orphaned children. 7567 words, 42,000 deaths. Don't look away.
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A Palestinian expert called out Sky News's Israel and Gaza coverage live on air on Monday morning ⬇️
🗣️'Where are the pictures of the thousands of Palestinian families who’ve lost everything?'
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NEW: The UK Government has systemically edited documents or suppressed evidence of war crimes so it can continue selling weapons to Israel, a former Foreign Office official has said in a series of bombshell allegations
Read the full story: thenational.scot/news/249222…
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NEW: Coca-Cola products will no longer be sold at a Glasgow cinema following a staff boycott over Israel ties
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The BBC is coming under fresh pressure over its coverage of Reform UK after a university study found it featured in a quarter of News at Ten bulletins over six months thenational.scot/news/254613…
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BREAKING: SNP members have voted for the Scottish Government to review all business and procurement ties with Israel and end the purchase of goods and services from companies profiting from the genocide
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BREAKING: The Scottish Greens have called on David Cameron to resign over his 'complicity in Israeli war crimes'
The ICC announced today it would be seeking an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant
Full story to follow
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BREAKING: Scotland's First Minister John Swinney has condemned Donald Trump's plan for ethnic cleansing in Gaza
“Any suggestion Palestinians should be removed from their home is unacceptable and dangerous,” he said
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EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government is accused of trying to 'cover up complicity in genocide' after refusing to publish documents linked to a secret meeting with a top Israel minister
This is the fourth time they have refused to release the documents
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BREAKING: The Scottish Government has announced a range of measures against Israel amid its genocide in Gaza
It includes the news that Scotland will stop providing public funds to firms arming Israel
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Here's a look at tomorrow's newspaper🗞️
Ian Blackford kicked out of the House of Commons after saying Boris Johnson 'misled' parliament
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Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page 📰
UK spy plane 'over Gaza as Israel killed journalists'
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BREAKING: Prestwick Airport will no longer do business with the Israeli Air Force after hosting a military plane
The Scottish Government said the airport would host no more Israeli military flights after major backlash over public assets playing part in a 'campaign of genocide'
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🚨 BREAKING: Stephen Flynn angrily eviscerates Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, who is absent as MPs debate his move to accept Labour's Gaza motion.
“Where on earth is the Speaker of the Commons and how can we bring him to this House?”
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A new Banksy artwork at the Royal Courts of Justice has been quickly covered up by authorities.
The piece showed a judge attacking a protester with a gavel – and appeared just two days after almost 900 Palestine activists were arrested in London
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WATCH: Nicola Sturgeon DESTROYS the claim Scotland must join the euro to get into the EU in a fiery clash with Douglas Ross 🔥🔥
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🚨This year, Michelle Mone put The National on 'legal notice' - but you'd never guess why.
We're revealing the full details of what happened 👇
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NEW: A fire engine donated to Palestine by Scottish firefighters has been impounded by Israel for over six months 🚒
The fire engine is stocked with lifesaving equipment including firefighting kit and PPE, breathing apparatus and medical supplies
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Tomorrow's front page: 'You can't have our Clara!' Scotland sends a message to Spain on day of incredible support for Catalan academic with nearly £200k in legal fees raised 😀👍🏴
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BREAKING: The official TV ratings for the Queen's funeral are in - figures suggest more people watched last year's Euro final and Princess Diana's funeral
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BREAKING: A new poll has shown that a majority of Scots want Prince Andrew to be stripped of his Scottish title
Read the full story here: thenational.scot/news/232682…
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NEW: St Andrews University rector Stella Maris has won her appeal against a decision to remove her from the governing body after she called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
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BREAKING: The UK Government has sent a spy plane over Gaza at the same time a ship carrying vital aid is under threat from Israel
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EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government has refused to publish any files relating to a secret meeting held with a top Israeli minister, saying that the documents could 'be open to misinterpretation, which would damage our relationship with Israel'
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BREAKING: Most Scots back cancelling Donald Trump's state visit to the UK, The National can reveal
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WATCH: Scottish fans drown out God Save the King with boos at Hampden Park ahead of the 150th anniversary match ⚽️
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Our front page: Hello, Catalonia! Historic day as Catalan Parliament declares the birth of a new independent European republic
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NEW: Brian Cox and Paul Laverty have joined more than 1400 filmmakers in a pledge to end their industry's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza 👇
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BREAKING: Nicola Sturgeon proposes a Scottish independence referendum be held on October 19 2023
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NEW: Stephen Flynn has ruled out meeting Donald Trump during the US president’s upcoming visit to Scotland, joking that he’ll be 'washing his hair' instead
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This was the powerful closing statement in South Africa's genocide case against Israel.
Senior advocate Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh addressed the International Court of Justice on day one of the hearing.
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NEW: Humza Yousaf has said that pro-Palestinian marches in London on Armistice Day should go ahead.
He added that describing them as 'hate marches' is 'unacceptable' and that he was 'beyond angry' at the UK Government's response to the planned demonstrations.
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Should Israel be banned from UEFA? Have your say in our poll 👇
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BREAKING: BBC head office has been daubed in 'blood-red paint' in protest at its coverage of Palestine.
Story to follow
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NEW: Lindsay Hoyle has intervened to block the release of emails he sent to Israeli politicians
🗣️ 'The Speaker of the House of Commons ... has formed the reasonable opinion that disclosure of the information would be likely to prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs'
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NEW: Support for the monarchy has fallen under 50% for the first time in the UK, a new poll has found
The Savanta research, described as 'huge' by Republic, shows the monarchy is losing support fast
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A majority of Scots want to see an independent Scotland become a republic with an elected head of state, according to a new poll
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
'Stomach churning': Reaction as Starmer welcomes Herzog to Downing Street
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BREAKING: Support for Scottish independence is at its second-highest level ever recorded. 🏴
A brand new poll, commissioned exclusively for The National, puts support for Yes at 54%, and No at 46%.
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