Ed Miliband has accused the Israeli settlers in the West Bank of “ethnic cleansing” as he unveiled a fresh set of sanctions.

The foreign secretary has announced his plan to ban trade from Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied Palestinian territory as part of his attempt to “reset” relations with Israel.

He said the UK will “take action” against those who provide services including construction, finance and real-estate for settlement expansion.

He said he hoped to roll out the legislation in six to nine months.

It comes after Israel unveiled plans to extend developments in the West Bank, which would disrupt the idea of a Palestinian state.

Tensions in the West Bank have spiked in recent months as violent disputes have erupted between Israeli settlers and Palestinians.

Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,00 Jews since it first occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem during the 1967 war.

Approximately 3.3 million Palestinians are estimated to live among them.

While making a statement to MPs in the Commons, Miliband noted that the government’s argument is “not with the people of Israel, with whom the UK has unshakeable bonds” but “with the conduct of its government.”

He said the Israeli settlements in the West Bank – illegal under international law – have expanded more rapidly under the last four years of this Israeli government than in the previous 20 years.

The cabinet minister continued: “Ethnic cleansing is defined by the UN as ‘a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas’.

“The British government agrees that there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in areas of the West Bank – perpetrated by settler terrorists.

“And all too often, the Israeli government has turned a blind eye to this and worse, members of it have made statements and taken actions to support the forced displacement of Palestinians.”

France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden have all joined the UK is slapping sanctions on Israeli settlers today.

In a joint statement, the countries confirmed this action follows steps already taken by Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium.

Miliband also turned his attention to Gaza, where he said Britain supports the legal processes to determine if Israel has committed genocide.

He added that the UK will do “everything we can to provide all the humanitarian support possible to help the people of Gaza”.

“Our extension of the global human rights sanctions regime will enable us to target those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law, whether in Gaza or anywhere else in the world,” the foreign secretary said.

Miliband’s announcement has already put a strain on Britain’s relations with the US and with Israel.

The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, accused the government of “discrimination against Jews”.

US president Donald Trump is yet to publicly respond to the sanctions package.

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Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle has sparked a lot of conversation on social media after admitting that his new film Ink makes use of generative AI.

During a recent interview with Variety, the 28 Years Later director was asked for how he feels about the increasing use of artificial intelligence in the film industry, to which he responded: “It doesn’t really matter what I think about AI. It matters what 20-year-olds think about it, [that’s] the honest truth.

“My opinion of it is that it’s a very useful tool, in many ways, provided you use it respectfully, and provided you pay actors, if you’re going to replace them with some kind of AI embodiments or something like that – just like with any animation project or just as part of the VFX toolbox.”

He then shared that there’s “about 30 seconds” of AI-generated content in his new film, Ink, which he and his team used to “animate a couple of photographs”.

“Oh! And there are some [AI-generated] mice,” he added. “[AI is] very good for animals.

“I got in trouble with [the animal rights organisation] PETA – we had some chimps at the beginning of 28 Days Later, and they wrote to me and said, ‘you must never do that again’. And I haven’t.

“And ever since, I’ve tried to use, you know, [CGI] animals. But AI is very, very good at creating animals, and we’ve got some mice in this one that run around The Sun newsroom.”

Over the last few years, AI has become an increasingly polarising issue in the entertainment industry, as it has in many other fields, with the subject being a major factor in the Hollywood strikes of 2023.

As a result, as you might imagine, Danny’s comments have generated a lot of debate on social media.

In particular, many have pointed out that just days earlier, Danny had been vocal against the threat posed to AI within the journalism world, in which his new movie is set.

“The danger is that the tech giants and their AI will be able to replace journalism,” he told reporters at the Venice Film Festival last week. “They’ll be able to have an AI journalist who’s much more efficient, cheaper.

“Will that AI journalist speak truth to that power that’s created it? That’s going to be very tough and interesting.”

He continued: “Teachers are another one of those tentpoles that hold up our society, and teachers can be replaced as well by AI. It’s insane what we’re doing.

“Where’s the village that we all need? And within that village, there are truth tellers who aren’t popular sometimes because what they say is unpopular. I hope Ink throws up questions like that about the future, what we’re ploughing into.”

Netflix has finally confirmed that the wheels are in motion on a new instalment of The Inbetweeners.

Rumours had been circulating for the past month that the cult Channel 4 comedy was being revived by the streaming giant, and on Monday morning, they confirmed their plans in a fitting fashion.

In a 40-second teaser, the four original cast members – Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison – were seen clambering into the iconic yellow car from the original series, with Netflix announcing that a third movie is now “in production”.

Last year, a deal was struck between the production company Banijay UK and The Inbetweeners’ creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, which at the time was reported to have “paved the way for the return of the hit comedy title”.

The pair said that they were “incredibly excited” to be “plotting more adventures for our four favourite friends”.

Naturally, they then added: “Ooh friends…”

Both Damon and Iain have written and directed the next offering from The Inbetweeners, saying in a new statement: “It’s been super-fun hanging out with our friends again, and we’re going to work hard every week to ensure there are no problemos making this new film for humans.”

The Inbetweeners originally ran for three seasons between 2008 and 2010, centring around a group of misfit sixth formers navigating all the awkwardness that teenage life had to throw at them.

During its time on the air, it earned a loyal following and won numerous awards, including three British Comedy Awards and a National Television Award, as well as being nominated for a TV Bafta.

It also spawned two spin-off films, released in 2011 and 2014, both of which revolved around chaotic and cringe-worthy lads’ holidays.

The Inbetweeners and its two spin-off movies are currently streaming on Channel 4.

Donald Trump claimed he and his workers helped at ground zero the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks ― a claim he’s made before, despite no evidence that he or his employees were doing so.

“I went down. I was building a building in New York and I had a lot of construction workers,” Trump told Fox News host Trey Gowdy. “And I went down there very shortly thereafter ― the following day, you couldn’t go down the same day, but like the following day, very very quickly afterwards ― and we worked long and hard.

“But it was just so terrible and so hopeless, it was so hopeless, such a terrible thing.”

Trump has made variations on this claim many times over the years, but there’s no evidence he worked at ground zero or provided hundreds of his own workers to the efforts there.

“Everyone who helped clear the rubble — and I was there, and I watched, and I helped a little bit,” he claimed in 2016.

In 2019, while speaking to first responders, he also recalled working at the scene.

“I was down there also, but I’m not considering myself a first responder,” he said. “But I was down there. I spent a lot of time down there with you.”

Trump did visit the site two days after the attack on September 13, but it’s not clear what, if anything, he did.

In an article published a day later, Newsday described Trump at the scene with “every hair in place and impeccably dressed in a black suit, pressed white shirt and red tie, walking into the plaza with his cellular phone to his ear.”

The reporter even picked up what he was saying into his phone: “No, no. The building’s gone.”

In an interview that same day with a German TV station a few blocks away, Trump claimed he had a “couple of hundred people” either at the scene or on their way.

He’s also shared a meme claiming he was there “with hundreds of workers that he paid out of his own pocket.”

But that’s never been corroborated, and those who were on the scene have doubts.

Richard Alles, a retired New York City Fire Department deputy chief, told Snopes he never saw Trump or Trump employees on the scene.

“This is the first I’m hearing of it,” Alles told the website in 2018. “There would have been no need for that. Between police, fire and the construction crews, we had it all covered.”

He said construction crews came from the trade unions, not Trump.

And that’s just one of the many unsubstantiated claims he’s made about 9/11 over the years.

He’s claimed he lost “hundreds” of friends that day, but never named any. Shortly after the towers fell, he bragged that he now owned the tallest building in lower Manhattan, which was both insensitive and untrue. He’s said he witnessed people jump from the Twin Towers from the windows in his apartment in Trump Tower, which was four miles away. And he has insisted ― falsely ― that he saw “thousands” of Muslims “cheering” the attacks in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Critics on X hit back at his latest claim that he brought workers to help at ground zero shortly after the attacks:

Susan Sarandon has alleged that she has missed out on multiple work opportunities due to her staunch support of Palestine.

Over the weekend, the Oscar winner took part in a Q&A at the Venice Film Festival, where she is promoting her new movie The Echo Chamber.

During the conversation, Susan – a long-time advocate for Palestine and its people amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East – suggested that there’s been something of a sea change in recent times on this issue, particularly in the United States.

“I think that the narrative has completely changed in terms of historical relevance of Palestine and the ties of Zionists with America and our politics,” she claimed (as reported by The Guardian).

“That has been a major revelation for people. How much money the United States gives to Israel, nobody really understood that.”

However, she added that she’s “still had movies taken away recently” due to what she referred to as “agencies that are telling people not to hire me still”.

“But that’s the power structure,” Susan added. “I think within the people – certainly internationally – I feel welcome.”

Susan’s comments come less than two weeks after Mark Ruffalo was forced to deny what he described as “appalling” allegations of antisemitism against him, following his criticism of the proposed merger between Warner Bros. and Paramount. The Marvel star had pointed out the latter studio is owned by the family of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, whose company has ties to the Israeli military.

“Criticising the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticising Jewish people,” he said.

More recently, George Clooney was also asked about the public furore during his own interview in Venice, insisting he is in favour of “Mark Ruffalo’s ability to speak freely”.

Splits have erupted among Reform UK’s top team in response to the masked anti-migrant protests which erupted at the weekend.

Hundreds of men gathered in Dover on Saturday, dressed in all black and wearing balaclavas, to demonstrate against small boat arrivals. Their blockade brought the local port to a standstill but was largely peaceful, with no arrests.

Another protest erupted in Portsmouth on Sunday night, this time blocking coaches transporting around 120 asylum seekers to a processing centre after arriving from Normandy.

Approximately 200 people – again dressed in black, wearing face coverings – ended up being removed by the police with threat of arrest. A few officers suffered minor injuries and a handful of vehicles were damaged.

Both events were reportedly organised by far-right agitator, Daniel Thomas, who has also been linked to far-right figure Tommy Robinson.

Reform UK’s core messaging is around stopping the small boats and cutting down on immigration – but the party appears to be deeply conflicted over how to respond to these particularly intimidating demonstrations.

Party leader Nigel Farage condemned the masked protests in Dover at the weekend, telling GB News: “It’s disgusting. Nobody in any political protest, on the left or right, should appear in balaclavas.’

Writing in the Telegraph on Monday, he also called for a ban on all full-face coverings in public spaces.

He said wearing anything from a gang member’s balaclava to an Antifa mask is a “menacing” act designed to intimidate the public and undermine trust in society.

That is in line with past Reform suggestions to ban face coverings such as the burqa.

However, Reform’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf then appeared to defend the protesters on X on Tuesday.

After Tory leader Kemi Badenoch condemned the “thuggery” of the protesters, Yusuf said: “How dare you call them ‘thugs’?

“Badenoch and the Tory party threw open our borders and let in 130,000 invaders by boat.

“She and her party forced these men onto working class communities.

“British working class women and girls were raped and murdered.

“Now she calls the people whose lives are being turned upside down ‘thugs’?

“The Tories sneer at voters from their ivory tower. This is why the Tory Party must be destroyed.”

Yusuf visited Portsmouth on Monday and met protester organiser Thomas, who urged Reform not to criticise his supporters for wearing balaclavas.

The far-right activist said: “What do you expect the men of this country to do when they see violence against women, sexual assaults, what would you do as a man… just wait?”

Thomas told Yusuf his followers had been told not to take drugs, drink, shout or carry out acts of violence, and alleged they were acting lawfully.

Yusuf said he would take that message back to Farage, adding: “I think it’s important we listen to people. He was making his points respectfully.”

But, in another twist, Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick said police should “arrest” and “lock up” anyone who blocks the life of everyday Brits.

The mixed messages coming out of Reform’s senior team comes amid growing pressure from the far-right splinter group Restore Britain, which has defended the masked protests.

Its leader Rupert Lowe wrote on X: “I don’t like face coverings. I hate seeing them. But I hate the invasion FAR more, and if new lawful methods manage to make progress where politicians have failed, then that is a price worth paying.”

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Here at HuffPost, we’re big fans of everything SharkNinja does. Seriously, the ChillPill, Creami, and TurboBlade have been keeping us going all summer. Until now, they could do no wrong in our eyes.

So when I heard that Shark had released a new version of its CryoGlow LED Face Mask (which our Head of Content Dayna loves BTW) I knew I had to try it.

The £549.99 price tag, however, threw me off. That’s an extra £210 on the original, which accounts for the fact the new Shark CryGlow Clinic Face and Body System also comes with an LED body system. Not to mention it’s supposed to have significantly improved on the original.

I hadn’t tested the previous iteration of the mask myself, but I heard from Dayna and our readers that the number one concern with the mask was that it’s a) a little bulky, so it doesn’t sit flush against the face, and the battery life was rubbish.

Once the monstrous box arrived at my desk, it was time to put whether its improvements on the original could really justify the cost.

The USP of Shark’s new LED mask is that it’s supposed to give you ‘clinic-quality’ LED treatment at home. What is essentially £550 for the mask might sound like a lot, but considering one professional LED session alone can cost you anywhere between £30 and £120, you make up the cost per wear within just the first week of using it.

Upon unpackaging the mammoth box it came in, it certainly looked clinical grade. It comes with the LED face mask, an LED body panel, the remote control, two connecting wires, and a charging wire.

You hear all the time that your hands show the first signs of ageing (in fact, hand ‘tweakments’ are on the rise) so as well as getting a dose of LED’s anti-ageing properties to your face, you can also use Shark’s body panel on your hands, chest, neck, or back.

The body panel is easily malleable, so fitting it onto any of those body parts is a doddle; Shark has even made it suitable for different sized chests.

Like the first iteration, the face mask has been moulded using the structured GlowShell design, which is designed to sit 150mm away from the skin so it has more coverage than some of the malleable LED masks that don’t shine light evenly across the whole face.

I mentioned that Shark claimed to have seriously upgraded its offerings on this mask, and it means it: it’s improved the LED power by two times the amount of power than the previous iteration.

It’s done this by adding twice the amount of LED lights, which, unlike other masks on the market, are overlapped for more coverage, so no blemish is missed.

That means faster results for anti-ageing and blemish reduction, in as little as four weeks.

Not to mention, the LED face mask is also the first of its kind to use hot and cold under-eye contrast therapy for at-home use.

Unlike the first iteration of the mask, the under-eye pads can heat up and cool down with any of the modes, meaning there are 17 different ways to wear the mask.

There’s even a ‘Dual Tempt Restore Mode’, which alternates between hot and cold therapy, helping to vasodilate the area under your eyes to depuff and brighten.

I tested the mask for three weeks, which is supposedly the amount of time it takes for the skin on your face to replenish.

Admittedly, I’m only 26, so I haven’t seen any visible signs of ageing on my hands or my chest yet.

However, I do have some slight sun damage and spots from the gym on my chest, so I was curious to use the panel there to see if it made a difference.

If I were repurchasing this, I’d probably opt to buy it without the body panel, which you can sign up for the waitlist for right now. This also makes it significantly cheaper, at £379.

However, the body panel could be handy for mature or more problem skin.

I will say, though, that after just a week of using the face mask, I was getting noticeably more compliments on my skin.

Several friend and family members have commented that I look much more glowy, and when I’ve had blemishes begin to prop up, using the mask has made them disappear almost instantly.

I’ve particularly loved the under-eye panels, which can make your eyes depuff in minutes in the morning.

As for the anti-ageing effects, I’ll have to use the mask more over time to tell how effective it is, but for the time being I’ve been loving it.

+ The remote charges separately, which makes it less of a drag to charge
+ Comfortable to wear
+ Easy to use
+ Cooling and heating under eye pads makes a big difference
+ Battery is much longer-lasting than the last mask
+ Love that the body panel is malleable so you can use it on any area of the body
+ More LED coverage and faster results

– It’s expensive, but worth it
– Quite bulky to store, I wish it came with a storage pouch

Overall, the LED mask was the best I’ve used so far. It’s super handy that you can charge the remote separately.

Although people had problems with the charge on the previous mask, I found that it could last over a week of uses without running out of power (mostly from just using the face mask).

The fact they’ve added heating and cooling to the eye masks is a huge plus, and the results are clear: more LED coverage leads to glowier, blemish-free skin.

I definitely saw results on my face in the three weeks promised.

It’s still quite bulky as a mask, but you only have to wear it for up to 10 minutes at a time, and really there are bigger problems in life than your £550 LED mask being too bulky.

That doesn’t take away from it sitting comfortably, either, as it comes with two straps to fasten it to fit your head perfectly.

While £550 sounds like a lot, it’s definitely worth it if you’re using it over a long period of time.