Gerards Cross News Today

There have been more protests in the arab and muslim world against President Trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. Violence flared near the us embassy in beirut, and thousands gathered to express their anger in the moroccan capital rabat, as well as in cairo and istanbul. It comes as us Vice President mike pence strongly criticised the palestinian authority, saying it was unfortunate that palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas was declining to meet mr pence on his forthco...

Decision to acknowledgejerusalem as israels capital could jeopardise middle east peace efforts. In israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahyu says the sooner palestinians accept the decision the sooner there will be peace. But the change in us policy has been met by widespread anger across the arab and muslim world and as our middle east editor sebastian usher reports, the protests have been escalating. Tear gas was fired into a crowd of around 1,000 protesters in beirut as they tried to reach t...

Jaymie Dawson brazenly posted a photo of herself smiling by Manchester Crown Court before she and members of her gang awaited sentencing following a a multi-million pound drugs racket.

A gang led by a man from Bury who plotted to flood the streets of Greater Manchester with drugs have jailed this week.