Evening briefing Tuesday 8th September

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0:46The UK consulate in Jerusalem has also been ordered to close. It's after the foreign secretary accused Israeli officials of turning a blind eye to what he called ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by settler terrorists. Eb Miliband announced the UK would introduce an import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories. The Times' Israel correspondent Gabrielle Weinegger has been speaking with some settlers. They found this language to be kind of a personal affront. They believe that they have a right to live in Judea and Samaria. That's the biblical homeland. That's the biblical Hebrew way of calling the West Bank.

1:23They believe they have a right to trade their goods and services and they see this ban really as quite personal. Meanwhile, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked for his response to the UK action. We don't want to see anything destabilizing going on right now in the West Bank with so much going on in the region. We think it has implications as well on our ability to make progress with regards to Gaza and the 20-point plan and the border piece that we're very committed to. Obviously, we're not going to do what the UK did. We saw their announcement today, but I don't have any comment on it right now.

1:51Britain's chief rabbi says this is a dark day for British Jews and will further embolden those who use hatred as a weapon against the community. Elsewhere, flight departures from the UK are being hit by an issue at air traffic control. The Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, has apologised for a frustrating travel experience. Nat says it's identified a problem in its processing system and is working to resolve it. Cathy Adams is The Times' Travel News Features Editor. In layman's terms, it means processing flight plans that aircraft need to get from A to B. So at the moment they are still investigating and the cause is not entirely clear.

2:31But yes, what we know is that aircraft across the UK essentially are having problems taking off and landing. More than eight out of ten rejected asylum claims from some countries are being reversed after migrants lodge an appeal. In the year to June, there were more than 42 ,000 people who were granted asylum out of a total 115 ,000 decisions that were made on first-time claims. But Times' analysis shows that 64 % of those appealing against rejected claims overturned the decision after lodging a legal challenge. The Foreign Office has summoned Serbia's charge d 'affaires over the funeral of the convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic.

3:11The government's demanding he condemn the involvement of state and military officials in yesterday's ceremony for the man known as the Butcher of Bosnia. The 84-year-old was convicted of genocide in 2017 for his role in the 1990s Bosnian War. Thieves have stolen two paintings from the Renoir Museum in the French Riviera. Officials say the suspects were chased by police after raiding the site early this morning and dropped two other artworks as they fled. Reports suggest the missing pieces are worth more than£7.5 million. It's the latest in a series of art heists in Europe in the past year, as The Times' David Chazan explains.

3:50This pre-dawn raid comes just a year after that brazen daylight theft of the French royal jewels from the Louvre in Paris. And similarly, a crown jewel that the thieves dropped as they fled was recovered. But eight other pieces of historic jewellery, including a necklace which Napoleon gave to his wife, have not been found. Remember you can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and you can listen live to Times Radio Online.

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