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UK Lawyers Report Roger Waters to Counterterrorism Police for Supporting Palestine Action Terrorist Group
Former Pink Floyd bassist and cofounder Roger Waters on stage in Italy. Photo: Reuters/Mirko Fava
An organization of lawyers who support Israel in the United Kingdom has reported former Pink Floyd bassist and cofounder Roger Waters to counterterrorism police in the UK for expressing support for the newly proscribed terrorist group Palestine Action, it was announced on Sunday.
The ban against Palestine Action went into effect on Saturday, after a judge denied a request to delay the UK government from proscribing it as a terror group. Palestine Action uses direct action, mainly targeting Israeli arms companies since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000, being a member of or expressing support for the group is now a criminal offense that could lead to up to 14 years in prison.
On Saturday night, Waters, 81, posted a video on social media of himself saying he supports Palestine Action “and I always will because that is the right thing to do.” He claimed Palestine Action is a “great organization” that is non-violent in any way, and also displayed a handwritten sign that accused the UK Parliament of being “corrupted by agents of a genocidal foreign power.”
Waters has been a longtime critic of Israel and supporter of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. He has also defended the US-designated terrorist organization Hamas for orchestrating the deadly massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has alleged that Waters is in breach of the Terrorism Act 2000 for expressing support for Palestine Action on Saturday. The pro-Israel organization noted that even if the musician was outside the UK when he posted the video, rules of the Terrorist Act still apply to him as a British citizen in accordance with section 17 of the Terrorism Act 2006.
“Palestine Action have been anything but a non-violent organization, using sledgehammers to smash windows and machinery, and causing millions of pounds of damage over the past few years in order to intimidate the public and certain companies, and to advance their own ideological cause,” UKLFI Director Caroline Turner said in a released statement. “Their activities fell squarely within the definition of Terrorism under the Act. We hope that the police will act in this case and investigate [Waters’] ill-judged words and actions.”
The UK government moved to ban Palestine Action after the group claimed responsibility for an estimated £7 million ($8.2 million) worth of damage that was caused to planes last month at the Royal Air Force Brize Norton air station in Oxfordshire. British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the move to proscribe Palestine Action after the incident and called damage to two military aircrafts “disgraceful.” Cooper claimed Palestine Action had a “long history of unacceptable criminal damage.”
On Saturday, Metropolitan Police arrested 29 people for protesting in London’s Parliament Square in support of the banned group. Police said the arrested individuals were being held on suspicion of criminal offenses under the Terrorism Act 2000, according to the BBC.
Palestine Action is reportedly the first direct action protest group to be banned under the Terrorism Act. Other organizations banned in the UK include al Qaeda, Islamic State (ISIS), Hezbollah and the far-right group National Action. Palestine Action cofounder Huda Ammori will seek permission for a judicial review to call off the ban during a hearing scheduled for July 21.
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Trump Hosts Qatari Prime Minister After Israeli Attack in Doha
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani attends an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, Sept. 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
US President Donald Trump held dinner with the Qatari prime minister in New York on Friday, days after US ally Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha.
Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an attack in Qatar on Tuesday, a strike that risked derailing US-backed efforts to broker a truce in Gaza and end the nearly two-year-old conflict. The attack was widely condemned in the Middle East and beyond as an act that could escalate tensions in a region already on edge.
Trump expressed annoyance about the strike in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sought to assure the Qataris that such attacks would not happen again.
Trump and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani were joined by a top Trump adviser, US special envoy Steve Witkoff.
“Great dinner with POTUS. Just ended,” Qatar’s deputy chief of mission, Hamah Al-Muftah, said on X.
The White House confirmed the dinner had taken place but offered no details.
The session followed an hour-long meeting that al-Thani had at the White House on Friday with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
A source briefed on the meeting said they discussed Qatar’s future as a mediator in the region and defense cooperation in the wake of the Israeli strikes against Hamas in Doha.
Trump said he was unhappy with Israel’s strike, which he described as a unilateral action that did not advance US or Israeli interests.
Washington counts Qatar as a strong Gulf ally. Qatar has been a main mediator in long-running negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and for a post-conflict plan for the territory.
Al-Thani blamed Israel on Tuesday for trying to sabotage chances for peace but said Qatar would not be deterred from its role as mediator.
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Trump Urges NATO Countries to Halt Russian Oil Purchases
US President Donald Trump gestures during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, Aug. 26, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Ernst via Reuters Connect
i24 News – US President Donald Trump issued a letter to NATO nations on Saturday, impressing upon them to stop purchasing Russian oil and impose major sanctions on the regime of Vladimir Putin to end its war in Ukraine.
“I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA. As you know, NATO’S commitment to WIN has been far less than 100%, and the purchase of Russian Oil, by some, has been shocking! It greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia,” the message read.
“Anyway, I am ready to ‘go’ when you are. Just say when? I believe that this, plus NATO, as a group, placing 50% to 100% TARIFFS ON CHINA, to be fully withdrawn after the WAR with Russia and Ukraine is ended, will also be of great help in ENDING this deadly, but RIDICULOUS, WAR. China has a strong control, and even grip, over Russia, and these powerful Tariffs will break that grip.”
Trump’s post comes after the recent flight of multiple Russian drones into Poland, widely perceived an escalatory move by Russia as it was entering the airspace of a NATO ally. Poland intercepted the drones, yet Trump played down the severity of the incident and Russia’s motives by saying it “could have been a mistake.”
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Netanyahu Says Getting Rid of Hamas Chiefs in Qatar Would Remove Main Obstacle to Gaza Deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the US Independence Day reception, known as the annual “Fourth of July” celebration, hosted by Newsmax, in Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that getting rid of Hamas chiefs living in Qatar would remove the main obstacle to releasing all hostages and ending the war in Gaza.
Israel on Tuesday targeted the Hamas leadership in Doha.