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| London council earned £1m in fines from illegal low traffic zone in just six months |
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The council has been fining drivers who unassumingly entered a number of streets that were unexpectedly closed in the West Dulwich Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) since October. LTNs are areas designated by councils, in which residential roads are closed to through-traffic and fines issued to motorists who enter them. In the six months since the LTN was introduced, the Labour-run council has raked in £1,080,580 from penalty charge notices (PCNs) issued to drivers. This means the council took in more than £180,000 per month from the illegal LTN. While fines were already costly at £130, Lambeth recently upped PCN charge to £160, though drivers are eligible for a discount if they pay quickly. |
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| Trump to Meet Syrian President al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia, Discuss Lifting Sanctions |
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The Times is reporting that President Trump is expected to meet with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa during his visit this week to Saudi Arabia, with discussions expected to include the lifting of sanctions imposed against Syria during the Assad Regime. |
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| Israel News |
| US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander freed from Hamas captivity, reunites with family |
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American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander reunited with his parents in Israel on Monday, after being released by Hamas in a gesture of goodwill to the United States, as President Donald Trump was set to embark on a visit to the Middle East. Alexander, the last living hostage with American citizenship, was freed following direct talks between the US and Hamas in Qatar that were aimed at securing his release. The negotiations sidelined Israeli officials, who were updated only after the deal was struck. After arriving in Israel, the 21-year-old lone soldier embraced his teary-eyed parents, Yael and Adi, and his siblings, at an army facility near the Gaza border community of Re’im, following 584 days in Hamas captivity. “Look how massive this kid is!” Alexander shouted, as he hugged his little brother. Hamas handed Alexander over to Red Cross officials in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis at around 6 p.m., without staging a propaganda ceremony, as was typical of the terror group in past hostage releases. In the first photo taken after his release, Alexander was seen standing unassisted while flanked by a Red Cross worker and three armed, masked Hamas terrorists. He was dressed in a baseball cap and black Adidas t-shirt, as opposed to the mock army uniforms other hostage soldiers were made to wear. According to Channel 12 News, a Red Cross official said Alexander’s “physical condition was poor, but he is smiling,” and that he required assistance getting into the car. Alexander told soldiers who received him in the Strip that Hamas subjected him to harsh torture for weeks on end and kept him in a cage over a long period of time with his hands and feet bound, the Kan public broadcaster reported. |
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| Israel sending negotiators to Doha for hostage talks, after US-Israeli captive freed |
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| US envoy Steve Witkoff at the White House on March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis); C: US Ambassador Mike Huckabee at the US embassy in Jerusalem, May 9, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90); R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Tel Aviv District Court on May 7, 2025. (Moti Milrod/POOL) |
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Israel will send a delegation to Doha, Qatar on Tuesday to negotiate a hostage release and ceasefire deal to enable the release of the remaining Gaza captives, the Prime Minister’s Office announced on Monday. The statement by the Prime Minister Office’s came shortly before the Hamas terror group released American-Israeli hostage soldier Edan Alexander, and US President Donald Trump embarked on his planned visit to the region. Trump said Alexander’s release — which Hamas presented as a goodwill gesture to the United States, via indirect talks that have excluded Israel — was part of a larger effort to end the war and return all hostages, as officials spoke of a “window of opportunity” for a larger deal. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed, however, that negotiations would be conducted “under fire” and that the military’s planned offensive to achieve control of the entire Gaza Strip would still go ahead if the terror group did not release more captives first. Netanyahu’s office announced the delegation after the prime minister spoke with Trump, and following a meeting with US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee. The three men discussed “the recent effort to implement the hostage release framework presented by Witkoff,” ahead of the IDF’s potential expanded ground campaign in Gaza, Netanyahu’s office said, referring to another temporary truce in exchange for the release of more hostages. Netanyahu clarified that “the negotiations will take place only under fire,” with the military campaign against Hamas ongoing, his office added. Channel 12 news reported Monday night that, in an earlier conference call, Netanyahu and his coalition partners green-lighted the resumption of talks, but reaffirmed Israel’s commitment to the “Witkoff framework.” The framework would see a temporary ceasefire of some 40 days, in exchange for about half of the remaining hostages. Israel remains opposed, however, to any deal that would require serious negotiations on a permanent end to the war, given what is currently off the table, such as Hamas leaving the Strip. A source who was present for the discussions told the network that though there was pessimism about the prospects of the fresh negotiations, coalition heads authorized Netanyahu to send the delegation, although National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich were opposed. |
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