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The 'gamble' of councils buying shopping centres

A council which spent £121.6m on a shopping centre has said: "things are really positive" for the site, despite empty units and a leaking roof.

They set up camp after the release of the student union's Assets in Apartheid report.

The month-long encampment was in protest over the university's links to Israel, activists say.

Pro-Palestinian activists began occupying a building at the university in central London on 14 May.

The students are demanding the university cuts any financial ties with Israel over the Gaza war.

Dr Jacob Breslow resigns from the transgender charity after attending a paedophile-support conference.

A live broadcast is aired to students at nine universities across the UK.

Footage on social media showed protesters shouting at Tzipi Hotovely following the event on Tuesday.

UK home secretary says she is "disgusted" at the treatment of Tzipi Hotovely after a meeting in London.

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