Middle East

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  1. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer photographed during a video statement in No 10 Downing Street

  2. Emily Damari poses for a photo with her mother Mandy Damari in Israel after being reunited after being held in captivity for more than 15 month

  3. Screengrab taken from video issued by 10 Downing Street of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as he issues a statement confirming the UK will recognise a Palestinian state. Issue date: Sunday September 21, 2025

  4. A file photo of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking in front of a Canadian flag.

  5. A general view of Number 10 Downing Street

  6. A boy runs with a Palestinian flag atop a mound of rubble at a camp

  7. A boy holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration against what Palestinians say is Israel's confiscation of their land, as Isareli security forces stand guard, in Raba, near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 18, 2025.

  8. A Palestinian flag is flown by demonstrators at the Lift The Ban rally, challenging the British government's proscription of Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws, in Parliament Square, London

  9. Blurred heads of people walking across the front/bottom of the screen with one of them holding a Palestinian flag which is centre and focus of the image in front of the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon which is a six columned grand neoclassical building with a white marble facade and a Portuguese flag on top

  10. Sylvia al-Shurafi, a woman wearing all black, pictured in front of a make-shift divider constructed from beams and two large pieces of fabric with some tears in them. She has a serious expression and has her hands out in front of her. Behind her a group of people including children looks on.

  11. Morgan Ortagus, US deputy special envoy to the Middle East, speaks during United Nations Security Council on 18 September 2025 in New York City.

  12. A man walks in front of a barrier at the Allenby Bridge crossing

  13. Grey smoke billows above a hilltop, across which homes are dotted.

  14. The bracelet is gold and adorned with a blue, round bead

  15. Smoke rises following Israeli strikes in Gaza City (18 September 2025)

  16. An aerial shot shows vast destruction: bombed out buildings, rubble, and rising smoke.

  17. A man wearing a black T-shirt and a red and white scarf walks through a camp of tents of various colours. A banner has been attached to scaffolding in the background.

  18. Sadiq Khan in white shirt and blue jacket

  19. Miki Zohar, wearing a suit and dark red tie, speaks into a microphone on a podium.

  20. Israeli soldiers arrange equipment on tanks at a staging point near the border with the Gaza Strip.

  21. Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza on foot as Israeli ground forces push into Gaza City (17 September 2025)

  22. Headshot of Ursula von der Leyen wearing a beige blazer and speaking into a microphone with a EU flag blurred in the background.

  23. The Bracelet is gold and adorned with a blue, round bead.

  24. A Palestinian woman nurses a child in her lap on a hospital bed.