Metro station evacuated in Amsterdam due to 'suspicious situation'

Amsterdam mayor says she regrets use of word 'pogrom' to describe attacks on Israelis

Femke Halsema used the term to describe the violence which followed a football match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and the local Ajax football club.

Dutch coalition averts collapse after Finance Secretary quits over racist remarks

The Dutch government has survived a crisis that centred on the resignation of the finance secretary. Nora Achahbar quit in response to comments made about immigrants blamed for attacking Israeli fans after a soccer game in Amsterdam on 7 November.

Hundreds protest against France-Israel football match in Paris amid high security

Thursday's game was held in a tense atmosphere and under exceptional security measures a week after violent clashes broke out in Amsterdam between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli football fans.

PM hails arrest of man suspected of supplying Channel boats

Sir Keir Starmer insists the arrest of a 44-year-old Turkish man suspected of being a supplier of small boats is a "significant piece of the jigsaw" in tackling Channel migrant crossings, but says he was "not pretending it's the silver bullet". The suspect was detained at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam on Wednesday after a joint investigation by Dutch and Belgian authorities, and the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA). Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

No comment: Tense scenes as police break up illegal pro-Palestinian protest in Dutch capital

Police in Amsterdam arrested some pro-Palestinian protesters and forcibly moved more than 260 to another location as they broke up an illegal demonstration in the Dutch capital's central Dam Square.