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Both Israel and Hamas claimed victory in the recent conflict. At the protest, former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell said: "Yes, a ceasefire has been negotiated and we welcome a ceasefire. "But let's be clear, there will be no ceasefire in our campaign to boycott, disinvest and sanction the Israeli apartheid state. "The message is clear, we will not cease our campaign in solidarity until there is justice. "So let's make it clear, no justice, no peace." It comes as other protests are taking place across the capital, including an anti-racism protest to commemorate George Floyd, who died almost one...

The clean energy transition and other initiatives to decarbonise Europe’s economy will represent 25% of EU spending under a seven-year EU budget plan put forward by the European Commission on Wednesday (2 May). Another key aspect is whether the EU will commit to stop funding fossil fuel projects like gas pipelines, which environmentalists claim risk locking Europe into unnecessary infrastructure. “I’m not sure it’s reached the upper layers of the Commission yet,” Gaventa said. Other parts of the budget could prove controversial, like a proposal to allocate 20% of revenue from carbon trading to the EU budget, as well as...