Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday condemned Saturday night’s deadly shooting attack at a gay community center in Tel Aviv and promised to bring the perpetrator to justice, Jerusalem Post reports.
“I unequivocally condemn the shocking murder,” Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. “I have spoken with Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch and stand by the police in searching for and finding the killer. We will bring him to justice and …

A Tory peer received more than £70,000 in parliamentary expenses by making claims that were apparently based on a “non-existent” main home, The Sunday Times reports.
Lord Taylor of Warwick claimed he lived with his sick mother in the Midlands until 2007, allowing him to claim overnight expenses while attending the House of Lords. However, inquiries by The Sunday Times have established that his mother’s home was sold in 2001 and she died in the same year.
The …

Harriet Harman has demanded that one of Labour’s two top posts should always be held by a woman — because she believes men cannot be trusted to run organisations on their own, The Times reports.
Labour’s deputy leader secretly tried to change party rules two years ago to ensure that it could never again be led by an all-male team, but she was foiled. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Harman reiterates her belief in the …

An illegal immigrant is on the run after smuggling himself into Britain underneath a coach full of Border Agency officers returning from France, the Daily Mail reports.
The immigration officers – whose job is to stop illegal immigrants entering the country – were oblivious to the stowaway hiding between the fuel tank and the chassis of the coach bringing them through the Channel Tunnel until they arrived at their depot in Folkestone.
The man then made his …

Cuban President Raul Castro says he is willing to enter into dialogue with the US but the island’s communist system remains non-negotiable, the BBC reports.
Castro said he wanted to respond to recent overtures by Washington, but in a speech that was given a standing ovation in parliament, he also emphasised that he had not been elected to return Cuba to capitalism.
US President Barack Obama has said he wants to “recast” relations with Cuba but the …

A masked man entered a club for gay teens in central Tel Aviv yesterday, pulled out a pistol and shot in all directions, killing two and wouding 15 people.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ha’aretz the man then holstered his pistol and fled the scene by foot to the busy streets of Tel Aviv.
The victims of the attack were named as Nir Katz, 26, of Givatayim, and Liz Troubishi, 17, of Holon.
Hundreds of police officers were …