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The Palestinian chief negotiator says the planned demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank amounts to “ethnic cleansing”. Saeb Erekat spoke to Sky News as Israel’s supreme court ruled the community of Khan Al Ahmar – which is home to 180 people – should be evacuated and destroyed. The decision followed years of legal wrangling.Israel says the village does not have proper building permits but the Palestinians claim the demolition is to make way for new Israeli settlements.There’s no doubt that Khan Al Ahmar is in a strategic location. It stands on the main road between Jerusalem…

Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell has lost the appeal against his court conviction for failing to provide information to The Pensions Regulator. Judge Christine Henson QC reinforced the view of the trial court that convicted him in January, as she criticised Chappell in court for being “evasive and unbelievable”.Dismissing the appeal at Hove crown court, Judge Henson said she would now re-examine the £50,000 fine issued against Chappell for the three convictions.Chappell was convicted of three charges after being found guilty of failing to disclose details to the pensions watchdog as part of its investigation into the collapse of the…

The RBS Group says it has resolved an IT problem that led to RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank customers losing access to online banking services on Friday, with many locked out of their accounts. It said in a statement: “We would like to apologise to customers who experienced issues logging into their online and mobile banking accounts this morning, this issue has now being resolved.”The problem was initially thought to be a glitch affecting only NatWest customers, but it later emerged the issue was across the entire RBS banking group, where the three brands have about eight million online and…

Gales reached 76mph overnight as Storm Bronagh arrived in the UK – bringing heavy downpours and fresh travel disruption to areas already hit by deadly Storm Ali. The second named storm of the season will continue to affect Wales and much of England on Friday, with yellow “be aware” warnings in place for both wind and rain.Winds are expected to reach up to 60mph, and the police have warned that rush-hour travellers may face delays because of fallen trees and power cables.The Met Office has also urged the public to take care, as flying debris could pose a “danger to…

Death Row Records co-founder Marion ‘Suge’ Knight will serve 28 years in jail for running a man over during a fight in Los Angeles. The rap mogul, whose label once listed Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, was charged with murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run after fleeing the scene of the altercation outside a burger stand in Compton in January 2015.Knight and Cle “Bone” Sloan, a consultant on the N.W.A biopic “Straight Outta Compton”, were involved in the fistfight that ended up with Knight clipping Mr Sloan with his pickup truck.He then ran over another man, businessman Terry Carter,…

More than 100 people have died after a ferry sunk in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, according to the country’s police chief. The MV Nyerere may have been carrying as many as 200 passengers – double its capacity – when it capsized close to the pier on Ukara Island on Thursday.Witnesses told AFP news agency the ferry sank when passengers rushed to one side to disembark as it approached the dock.Tanzania police chief Simon Sirro, cited by state radio TBC Taifa, said on Friday the number of people killed rose to more than 100.Mwanza governor John Mongella had earlier said 40 people…

The UK is facing not one but five concurrent mini housing crises – each with dramatically different consequences and solutions, research from Sky News finds. The first comprehensive mapping of the UK’s different housing problems lays bare the scale and complexity of the country’s housing issues and finds that the supply shortage most politicians and journalists commonly cite as the biggest challenge is largely confined to London and the South East.The research – carried out in conjunction with Neal Hudson, of Residential Analysts, one of the country’s leading housing economists – suggests that Downing Street may have been misdiagnosing the…

Police have arrested two boys in Kent on suspicion of preparing for terrorist acts. The pair, aged 15, were arrested at their homes in Ramsgate and are being questioned at a police station in the South East.They are being detained under section 41 of the Terrorism Act.Detective Superintendent Nigel Doak, from Counter Terrorism Policing South East, said: “I would like to reassure the local community that today’s arrests were pre-planned and intelligence-led, and there was no immediate threat to the public.”We are committed to tackling any and all ideologies which pose a threat to the public’s safety and security.”We treat…

Donald Trump suggested building a wall across the Sahara desert to solve Europe’s migration crisis, a Spanish politician has claimed. The US president made the suggestion to Spain’s foreign affairs minister Josep Borrell, according to Spanish media reports.The conversation between the two politicians is believed to have taken place when Mr Borrell visited the States with the king and queen of Spain in June.Mr Trump is said to have cited his own project to construct a divide with Mexico, which is yet to get off the ground itself, to stop illegal migrants from crossing the border into the US. The…

The head of the Prison and Probation Service has been asked to step aside following recent strike action and a rise in prison violence. Michael Spurr will leave his role at the end of March 2019 after 35 years in the service and nearly nine years as chief executive.Justice Secretary David Gauke told Sky News yesterday that work needed to be done to improve the prison system amid a surge in violence and drug taking. Image: Michael Spurr has been chief executive for nine years “I accept that there are things we need to do to improve our prison system…