Alex Croft
@alxcroft
Foreign affairs reporter @Independent
🚨The UK gov is facing a court challenge over its sale of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel. Al-Haq and major rights groups say the gov is acting unlawfully in allowing the sales. I spoke to the lawyers bringing the challenge and MPs who back it👇(1/4) independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
I’ve been repeatedly asked on lives to comment on Israeli claims there’s no famine/ famine-like conditions in Gaza, starving people dying is spin, implying it’s up for debate. The question isn’t are people dying of hunger: the question is how to end this horror & save lives now?
Mass starvation is spreading in Gaza. Our colleagues and the people we serve are wasting away. It is time for governments to take decisive action and save lives: msf.org/mass-starvatio…
Politics at its most cynical. Cabinet ministers spinning their own handwringing as courage to avoid the rap… This isn’t moral conviction, it’s performative angst from a cabinet putting their jobs first.
EXCL: Keir Starmer under pressure from cabinet ministers to immediately recognise Palestinian statehood, as global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza. “We say that recognising Palestinian statehood is a really important symbol that you can only do…
'Without support, my son would not be here’. A mother warns Labour against scrapping legal protections for children with special educational needs. My latest for @Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
The AfD requested the most common first names of welfare recipients, hoping to prove they were foreigners The results: 1. Michael - 19.200 2. Andreas - 16.200 3. Thomas - 15.700 4. Daniel - 14.800 5. Olena - 14.400
221 MPs, from 9 parties, have sent a joint letter to the Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary urging them to recognise Palestine as a state now
"NEITHER DEAD NOR ALIVE" @BelTrew / @AlxCroft for @Independent Starving #Palestinians have described the unfolding horror in #Gaza as catastrophic levels of hunger. Full Story: t.ly/IBskV #TheIndependent #TomorrowsPapersToday #IBPAPERS
“How will I provide for my children today? I can bear the hunger, but what about my children?" The words of uni lecturer Ihab Abdullah to @Beltrew. Our report: Starving Palestinians trade gold for flour and risk death for aid in Gaza 👇 independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…
🚨AFP issues a statement saying this is the 1st time in their entire history their journalists on the ground face death by starvation
Some personal news!🚨 My 12-month contract with @Independent ends in Aug... but I'm excited to say I'm staying in a permanent role as foreign news reporter, covering Middle East, Ukraine and beyond! Any foreign-related stories/tips, I'm always at [email protected]
Funny how all that talk about backing British workers goes out the window when they demand their worth. Why should our doctors be paid 20% less in real terms less than they were in 2008? Then they have the cheek to complain about overseas recruitment to fill labour shortages!
So junior doctors striking again 😰 Want ever more pay, after 22% pay rise last year Where are the productivity improvements in NHS working practices? Where is recognition for most generous pension arrangements? telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/0…
"It's all very complicated," Sergei Torop said in 2002. "But to keep things simple, yes, I am Jesus Christ." On Monday, the Russian former traffic cop was jailed for 12 years for harming many of his 000s of followers. A bizarre story for your Sunday👇 independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
Under Gandhi’s statue. For holding placards. A priest, a professor, medics - arrested for peaceful protest. This is not about terrorism. It’s about silencing dissent - and it’s leading us down an ever darkening path.
BREAKING: 27 Arrested underneath Gandhi statue in Parliament Sq for alleged supporting of a proscribed organisation. The group of 27 people, including a priest, an Emeritus Professor and a number of health professionals. Full Press Release: docs.google.com/document/d/1_E…
New: Palestine Action set to be banned after the High Court has refused to block its designation as a terror group. Genuinely dystopian however you look at it.
Big news about a new party led by Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn, but with Zack Polanski likely to take over the Greens will this actually end well for the left? I'm not so sure
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-tea…
MPs will vote on Tuesday on whether to make PIP harder to claim for a future generation of disabled people. For @Independent I spoke to claimants, experts and a former assessor about the uphill battle many already face to get what they're entitled to. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Cuomo did the Gianni Infantino hahaha
BREAKING: Cuomo gives his concession speech to Zohran