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Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney, 70, and tried to kill another man in attacks described as terrorismA terrorist who murdered a pensioner in Hartlepool town centre as “revenge” for “the people of Gaza” has been jailed for 45 years.Ahmed Alid, 45, an asylum seeker from Morocco, stabbed 70-year-old Terence Carney, a complete stranger he encountered on the street, on 15 October. Continue reading...

Support for Azhar Ali in looming byelection is a failure to tackle antisemitism, says leading campaignerUK politics live – latest updatesLabour is facing criticism for standing by a parliamentary candidate who has been forced to apologise for suggesting that Israel allowed Hamas’s 7 October attacks to take place to provide grounds to invade Gaza.The comments made by Azhar Ali, the party’s candidate in the Rochdale...