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Israeli ministers celebrate re-establishment of Sa-Nur West Bank settlement | Occupied West Bank News

Israeli ministers celebrate re-establishment of Sa-Nur West Bank settlement | Occupied West Bank News

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Sa-Nur is one of four former settlements in the West Bank approved by the Israeli government two decades after settlers were evicted. Published On 19 Apr 202619 Apr 2026 Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Israel Katz have attended the official reopening of the Sa-Nur settlement in the occupied West Bank, nearly 21 years after the illegal settlement was evacuated in 2005. “On this exciting day, we celebrate a historic correction to the criminal expulsion,” Finance Minister Smotrich said in his speech at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sunday, the AFP news agency reported. He said Israeli authorities were also “burying the idea of a Palestinian state”. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Authorities have approved 126 housing units in the northern West Bank settlement, south of Jenin, and 16 families have now moved in.  Yossi Dagan, head of the West Bank Settlements Council, was among those who left Sa-Nur in 2005, and he described moving back as a “personal closing of a circle”, adding: “We have returned to stay.” Reversing disengagement policy The Sa-Nur …

Magyar to relocate Hungarian prime minister’s office in shot at Orbán – POLITICO

Magyar to relocate Hungarian prime minister’s office in shot at Orbán – POLITICO

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Hungary’s premier-elect Péter Magyar said he would relocate the prime minister’s office in Budapest once he is sworn in. “Under the Tisza government, the Prime Minister’s Office will not be based in the Carmelite Palace in the Castle District, which Viktor Orbán had set up for himself, but in one of the ministry buildings near parliament,” Magyar wrote on X on Thursday. The baroque Carmelite Monastery in Buda, on the western side of the Danube, historically served as a Catholic monastery and later as a theater before being converted into Prime Minister Orbán’s office in 2019 at a cost reported to be more than €50 million. Hungary’s parliament building, one of Budapest’s most iconic landmarks, is located on the eastern bank of the river. The move marks another effort by Magyar to distance himself from his predecessor, after he appeared on Orbán-affiliated state television to announce that he would suspend their operations. In an interview Wednesday, Magyar described the broadcaster as a “factory of lies” and said he would “immediately suspend the false news service.” Magyar’s …

Kanye West’s permission to enter UK ‘under review by ministers’ as Wireless backlash grows | Ents & Arts News

Kanye West’s permission to enter UK ‘under review by ministers’ as Wireless backlash grows | Ents & Arts News

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Permission for Kanye West to enter the UK is currently being reviewed by ministers, Sky News understands, following mounting pressure over his booking as the headline act for Wireless Festival. It comes as another commercial partner distanced itself from the festival on Monday amid strong criticism over the US rapper’s previous antisemitic comments, including from the prime minister. Calls have been growing for Wireless organisers to cancel the booking and for the government to ban the rapper from entering the country, after it was announced last week that he would headline all three nights of the event in London in July. While the government has not been made aware of immediate plans for West to travel to the UK, his permission to enter is currently being reviewed by ministers. Sky News also understands trhat Rockstar Energy has withdrawn its sponsorship, after Pepsi and Diageo pulled out at the weekend. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said it was “deeply concerning” that West had been booked “despite his previous antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism”. The Conservative Party …

Ministers plan new service, but CEC plans to bid

Ministers plan new service, but CEC plans to bid

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More from this theme Recent articles A new careers advice service for schools and colleges will replace the functions of the Careers & Enterprise Company, government has confirmed, but the organisation plans to bid to run its successor. The CEC has been responsible for supporting schools with careers advice since 2014, when it was founded by then-education secretary Nicky Morgan, now its chair. It receives annual grant funding of around £30 million. Schools Week revealed last week the government was considering a different funding model, launching a market engagement notice regarding “future support for schools and colleges to deliver careers education, information, advice and guidance”. At a market engagement event on Tuesday, the Department for Education (DfE) revealed that ministers intended to create a new careers advice service by August 2027. Officials confirmed that this new service would replace the current functions of the CEC, while building on aspects of the current service. The new service would be delivered nationally, but the supplier would also be expected to provide grant funding for existing local careers …

Anger as ministers axe top-up course

Anger as ministers axe top-up course

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Teacher training and development Experts slam ‘unreasonable’ short-notice cuts to trainee chemistry courses Experts slam ‘unreasonable’ short-notice cuts to trainee chemistry courses More from this theme Recent articles More top-up teacher training programmes have been cut at short notice following a ministerial budget squeeze. Providers were given under 24 hours’ notice of the government’s decision to axe free chemistry subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses last week. Officials have insisted the change was made to help target resources “where they are most needed” following a recruitment boom. ‘Real implications’ But Emma Hollis, chief executive of the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT), said: “We are very disappointed by the extremely short notice given for this change, particularly at a point in the academic year when providers are finalising plans for September recruitment. Emma Hollis “Decisions of this nature have real implications for providers and prospective trainees, and last-minute changes risk creating unnecessary disruption.” SKEs are designed to top up teacher trainees’ subject knowledge to help them reach the government’s minimum standard. They can be taken prior to …

Iran’s President Says Trust Needed for Talks, Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office Says

Iran’s President Says Trust Needed for Talks, Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office Says

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ISLAMABAD, March ⁠28 (Reuters) – ⁠Iranian President ⁠Masoud Pezeshkian has told ​Pakistan’s Prime Minister ‌Shehbaz Sharif that ‌trust is ⁠needed ⁠to facilitate talks and mediation on ​the conflict in the Middle East, ​the prime minister’s office ⁠said on ⁠Saturday. It said ⁠Pezeshkian had ​praised Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts and ​that ⁠the two leaders had discussed hostilities in ⁠the region and efforts to end the ⁠conflict during a call that lasted over an hour. Sharif briefed Pezeshkian on Pakistan’s diplomatic contacts with the ⁠United States and Gulf states, it said. (Reporting by Ariba Shahid in ​Islamabad, Editing by ​Timothy Heritage) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – March 2026 Source link

Ministers explore developing ‘formative assessments’

Ministers explore developing ‘formative assessments’

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More from this theme Recent articles Government will explore “whether we should be developing more formative assessments around oracy”, the schools minister has said. Georgia Gould also said the aim of the increased emphasis on speaking, listening and communication skills in the new curriculum was “not to put more pressure” on schools. Instead the government wants to “give them the tools to teach in the ways that many teachers want to do, in a way that’s engaging and connects with the people in their classrooms”. Georgia Gould The government’s response to the curriculum and assessment review last year pledged a new “oracy framework” to complement reading and writing frameworks. Addressing the Voice21 Speaking Summit on Friday, Gould said she believed oracy was “as foundational as numeracy, literacy and writing”, and that is not “an add on” but a core part of curriculum reforms.  “As the world rapidly changes around us, and we all have our digital devices with us, that face-to-face connection matters more than ever. “That’s why we will be embedding oracy in the …

Journalists shut out of events with ministers and officials

Journalists shut out of events with ministers and officials

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More from this theme Recent articles Journalists are being banned from conferences where ministers, senior government civil servants and advisers are slated to speak. Three events in recent weeks have seen Schools Week reporters denied access, either entirely or while Department for Education civil servants are presenting. The Confederation of School Trusts will not allow the press at its “community” conferences, with ticket prices starting at £350. This includes its CEO summit in July, where schools minister Georgia Gould will be speaking. Its timely SEND and inclusion conference in May features a keynote from Tom Rees, who chairs DfE’s expert advisory group for inclusion. Tim Coulson, the DfE’s director general for regions, spoke at CST’s finance and operations conference last month. Other speakers included MAT chief executives and finance bosses. There’s no suggestion speakers requested media were not present, however. Schools Week has attended some of these events in previous years. CST: Media-free spaces ‘important’ Leora Cruddas, CST chief executive, said they were “trialling running our community conferences without a media presence.” She said it …

Ministers warn petrol retailers over prices in meeting | UK News

Ministers warn petrol retailers over prices in meeting | UK News

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned petrol retailers of a “shared obligation” to keep prices down for motorists amid soaring prices and war in the Middle East. The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) had threatened to pull out of the Downing Street meeting with Ms Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband hours before, citing “inflammatory language”. That language had led to an increase in abuse against forecourt workers, the PRA said. The meeting only went ahead after assurances from the Treasury that it would be held largely in private, with the PRA’s Gordon Balmer saying the government did not apologise for its language. Image: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and energy secretary Ed Miliband at Friday’s meeting. Pic: PA Mr Miliband warned executives from firms including Asda, BP, ExxonMobil and Shell that the government would not tolerate “unfair practices” in the industry. The RAC said the average price for a litre of unleaded had risen by 8p since the start of the crisis, with the cost now its highest for 18 months. The chancellor hosted the …