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The image, an out-take from one of the company's TV adverts, showed red, green and silver hats burning in a fireplace. M&S said the intent was to "playfully show that some people don't enjoy wearing paper Christmas hats". The company removed the photo and said the advert was filmed in August, before the latest Israel-Gaza conflict began. "We have removed the post following feedback and we apologise for any unintentional hurt caused," M&S added in a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday night. The photo was an out-take from the company's Christmas clothing and home advert,...

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon on Wednesday slammed UN General Assembly President Peter Thomson, who wore a scarf with the colors of the the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s flag. Thomson wore the scarf on Tuesday as the UN marked its annual “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People”. The special session, initiated by the Palestinian Authority’s UN delegation, is held annually on the anniversary of the UN Partition Plan of November 29, 1947, which led to the creation of the state of Israel, recognized by the UN. It is regularly used as an occasion to pass...