Vivek Mishra works as an Assistant Editor with Eastern Eye and has over 13 years of experience in journalism. His areas of interest include politics, international affairs, current events, and sports. With a background in newsroom operations and editorial planning, he has reported and edited stories on major national and global developments.
The conflict entered its fifth week with signs of escalation after Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they had fired “a barrage of cruise missiles and drones” at sites in Israel.
The US military said the first of two Marine contingents arrived on Friday aboard an amphibious assault ship. The USS Tripoli, carrying around 3,500 Marines and sailors, reached West Asia.
Protesters carrying placards with slogans such as "no to racism" and "you cannot divide us" marched from near Marble Arch to Whitehall near parliament, where a rally with speakers was planned.
The war, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 during talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme, has spread across the Middle East, killing thousands of people and affecting the global economy.
Iran was hit early Thursday by what the Israeli military called “a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting infrastructure”, including in the central city of Isfahan.
Invasive meningitis is classed as an urgent notifiable disease under Health Protection Regulations 2010, meaning suspected cases must be reported without waiting for test confirmation.
Police said on Wednesday that the men, aged 47 and 45, were arrested at addresses in north west London and central London, and are being held in custody.