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Israeli sports icon Avi Meller passes away at 72 after battle with cancer

One of the most veteran and recognizable broadcasters and soccer commentators in the country, Meller was regarded as one of Israel’s leading experts on world soccer.

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The late Avi Meller was one of the most recognizable and beloved voices in Israeli sports broadcasting, whose passion for soccer and distinctive commentary accompanied generations of fans over decades.
Resident doctors from the British Medical Association picket outside St Thomas’ Hospital during the union’s 14th strike in a dispute over pay and working conditions that began in March 2023, as hospitals manage a rise in cases of a virulent flu strain, in London, Britain, December 17, 2025.

England hospitals brace for worst-case flu wave as UK health minister vows to prevent strikes

Streeting has been critical of the action, calling the doctors "self-indulgent, irresponsible and dangerous" in earlier comments as hospitals faced rising admissions due to a surge in flu cases.

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The national cricket teams of England (left) and Australia stand in a moment of silence at the Adelaide Oval yesterday together with some 56,000 spectators to honor the memory of the victims of the Bondai Beach killings in Sydney as the flags of both nations fly at half mast.

Victims of Bondi Beach massacre honored at Ashes cricket match in Adelaide

Some 56,000 spectators rose from their seats and stood in a moment of total silence at the Adelaide Oval, where the Australian and English flags flew at half mast.

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US President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, in. Trump’s National Security Strategy marks the end of the US as a world power, the writer charges.

White House documents America’s decline as a global power - opinion

The latest National Security Strategy doesn’t plan America’s future; it records its withdrawal from being a global superpower.

|ByLEV STESIN

Two asylum-seeking Afghan teenagers jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in England

The boys, Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both aged 17, carried out the attack in a park in Leamington Spa in May after taking the girl away from her friends, prosecutors said.

DECEMBER 8, 2025ByREUTERS
In this photo illustration, a close up of a police cordon tape is scene across a footpath, on June 28, 2025 in Weymouth, United Kingdom.

Beneath Parliament: Finds predating Stonehenge rewrite London’s early history

Excavations had taken place over a three-year investigation focused on shaping upcoming restoration work planned at the Palace. 

DECEMBER 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A woman shields herself from the rain under an umbrella opposite the Palace of Westminster, in London, Britain, August 29, 2025.

Oxford Union picks first Palestinian president amid controversy

Oxford Union elected Arwa Elrayess as its first Palestinian president, a win shaped by past controversies, activism, and debate over her statements.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Photo of Arwa Elrayess.

Suspect linked to Heaton Park synagogue terror attack held at Manchester Airport

A 31-year-old man was arrested at Manchester Airport in the ongoing probe into the Heaton Park synagogue attack that killed two worshippers.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
ARMED POLICE officers stand outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester following the attack there on Yom Kippur.

UK police used false claims to ban Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from soccer match - report

Dutch police challenge the claims used by the British West Midlands police force to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from its Soccer match against Aston Villa.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police officer and security staff look on as protesters display banners before Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Aston Villa, in Birmingham, UK, November 6, 2025

Trump pardons Jewish-British billionaire Joe Lewis, who pleaded guilty to insider trading

Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns English Soccer club Tottenham Hotspur, has been pardoned by Trump after pleading guilty to insider trading in 2024.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis (L) and chairman Daniel Levy in the stands

United Kingdom growing increasingly hostile to Jews, Israel Advocacy Movement founder tells 'Post'

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Israel Advocacy Movement founder Joseph Cohen speaks to the 'Post' on his choice to move to Israel and leave the UK, where "the streets are already soaked with Jewish blood."

NOVEMBER 14, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Joseph Cohen at The Jerusalem Post Podcast.

UK police say train knife attack not terrorist incident, two arrested

Defense Minister John Healey told Sky News on Sunday that there did not appear to be a wider threat to the public after the incident on the London-bound train.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByREUTERS
A forensic officer works next to a police van following a series of stabbings on a train, near Cambridge, Britain, November 2, 2025.

Police treating 32-year-old man as only suspect in UK train stabbing that injured eleven

Police initially arrested another man, but released him after investigations confirmed that he was not an attacker.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByJAMES GENN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police vehicles and ambulances attend the scene at Huntingdon station, eastern England, following a stabbing attack on a train, November 1, 2025.

Leeds man sentenced in synagogue bomb hoax case just days after Manchester attack

“Markel Ible was acutely aware of the consequences of his actions, which were intended to sow panic and fear," said Ann Graham, Senior Crown Prosecutor

OCTOBER 30, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
OCTOBER 2: Members of the public react as they gather near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, where multiple were injured after stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 in the Crumpsall suburb of Manchester, England.

Defendant in UK terror case planning to target Jews expelled from courtroom - report

Outburst sees Amar Hussein, accused of terrorist acts, removed from the courtroom for the duration of the trial.

OCTOBER 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The interior of Court 1, the largest of the three courtrooms of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in Middlesex Guildhall, London, England.