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The government cancelled 30 out of 350 export licences for arms to Israel on items that it said could be used by Israel for ‘offensive purposes’ in Gaza. Israel Katz, the Israeli foreign minister, said: ‘A step like the one taken by the UK now sends a very problematic message to the Hamas terrorist organisation and its backers in Iran.’ Nine offshore wind farm contracts were awarded by the government; last year there were no bidders. The previous government had increased the maximum guaranteed price from £44 to £73 per MWh. The headquarters of GB Energy, a new UK government-backed energy company, will be in Aberdeen. Shona Robison, Scotland’s finance secretary, announced spending cuts of £500 million, partly offset by leasing bits of Scottish seabed to companies building offshore wind farms. The Duke of Sussex, in Britain for the funeral of his uncle Lord Fellowes (who was married to his late mother’s sister), stayed with Earl Spencer (his late mother’s brother).
A boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized off Cap Gris-Nez in the English Channel with the loss of at least 12 lives, including a pregnant woman.
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