After weeks of feverish speculation, the British prime minister, battling a Downing Street downpour, has opted to go to the polls far earlier than expected.

A group of students, members of Oxford Action for Palestine, launched a peaceful sit-in in the Wellington Square office building.

The announcement ended months-long speculations.

The International Center of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) has submitted a criminal complaint against senior British politicians.

They say the British weapons industry has been cashing in on Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza.

David Cameron has said the UK will not be withholding arms sales to Israel.

Students showing support for Palestinians set up camps outside Oxford and Cambridge universities in the UK.

Asylum seekers are going into hiding or fleeing to Ireland amid the UK’s detention of them to deport them to Rwanda.

Britain's opposition Labour Party has inflicted heavy losses on the ruling Conservatives and piled more pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by winning a parliamentary seat in northern England and gaining control of several local councils ahead of the looming UK general election.

Occupation of UK universities comes as US riot police violently evict student encampments at several campuses.