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Saying that to begin with awkwardly suggests that mourning him was a viable option that had to be considered.
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Britain ‘will not mourn’ Sinwar’s death, says Starmer
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...s-starmer/
PRESS RELEASE: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls for the release of all hostages in Gaza and says his country “will not mourn” the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Starmer says that Sinwar was the “mastermind behind the deadliest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust” when Hamas launched the October 7 onslaught. “Today my thoughts are with the families of those victims. The UK will not mourn his death,” he said in a statement.
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the killing of Sinwar clears the way for a “new phase” in the deadly conflict in Gaza.
“With the death of Yahya Sinwar, the person principally responsible for the October 7 attacks no longer exists,” Meloni says in a statement. “I am convinced that a new phase should be launched: it is time for all the hostages to be released, for a ceasefire to be immediately proclaimed and for the reconstruction of Gaza to begin.”
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Politician's wife Lucy Connolly jailed for race hate post
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3wkzgpjxvo
EXCERPT: The wife of a Conservative councillor has been jailed for 31 months after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire. Lucy Connolly, whose husband serves on West Northamptonshire Council, posted the expletive-ridden message on X on the day three girls were killed in Southport.
The 41-year-old childminder called for "mass deportation now" and added: "If that makes me racist, so be it."
Judge Melbourne Inman KC told Birmingham Crown Court the sentence for these offences was intended to "punish and deter". The hearing was told Connolly, of Parkfield Avenue in Northampton, sent a WhatsApp message on 5 August joking that the tweet to her 10,000 followers had "bitten me on the arse, lol".
Connolly previously admitted intending to stir up racial hatred. Opening the case, prosecutor Naeem Valli said Connolly also sent a message saying she intended to work her notice period as a childminder "on the sly" - despite being de-registered.
Mr Valli added: "She then goes on to say that if she were to get arrested she would 'play the mental health card'."
[...] Liam Muir, defending, said Connolly had lost a child in horrific circumstances and was distinguished from other offenders using social media in that she had sent the tweet at the heart of the case before any violence against asylum seekers had started.
Mr Muir told the court: "The horrendous way in which she lost her son, being turned away from the health service, can only have a drastic detrimental effect on someone. Whatever her intention was in posting the offending tweet, it was short-lived and she didn’t expect the violence that followed, and she quickly tried to quell it." (MORE - missing details)
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Britain ‘will not mourn’ Sinwar’s death, says Starmer
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...s-starmer/
PRESS RELEASE: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls for the release of all hostages in Gaza and says his country “will not mourn” the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Starmer says that Sinwar was the “mastermind behind the deadliest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust” when Hamas launched the October 7 onslaught. “Today my thoughts are with the families of those victims. The UK will not mourn his death,” he said in a statement.
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the killing of Sinwar clears the way for a “new phase” in the deadly conflict in Gaza.
“With the death of Yahya Sinwar, the person principally responsible for the October 7 attacks no longer exists,” Meloni says in a statement. “I am convinced that a new phase should be launched: it is time for all the hostages to be released, for a ceasefire to be immediately proclaimed and for the reconstruction of Gaza to begin.”
RELATED: Starmer says UK considering sanctions against Israeli ministers
Politician's wife Lucy Connolly jailed for race hate post
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3wkzgpjxvo
EXCERPT: The wife of a Conservative councillor has been jailed for 31 months after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire. Lucy Connolly, whose husband serves on West Northamptonshire Council, posted the expletive-ridden message on X on the day three girls were killed in Southport.
The 41-year-old childminder called for "mass deportation now" and added: "If that makes me racist, so be it."
Judge Melbourne Inman KC told Birmingham Crown Court the sentence for these offences was intended to "punish and deter". The hearing was told Connolly, of Parkfield Avenue in Northampton, sent a WhatsApp message on 5 August joking that the tweet to her 10,000 followers had "bitten me on the arse, lol".
Connolly previously admitted intending to stir up racial hatred. Opening the case, prosecutor Naeem Valli said Connolly also sent a message saying she intended to work her notice period as a childminder "on the sly" - despite being de-registered.
Mr Valli added: "She then goes on to say that if she were to get arrested she would 'play the mental health card'."
[...] Liam Muir, defending, said Connolly had lost a child in horrific circumstances and was distinguished from other offenders using social media in that she had sent the tweet at the heart of the case before any violence against asylum seekers had started.
Mr Muir told the court: "The horrendous way in which she lost her son, being turned away from the health service, can only have a drastic detrimental effect on someone. Whatever her intention was in posting the offending tweet, it was short-lived and she didn’t expect the violence that followed, and she quickly tried to quell it." (MORE - missing details)