When flags representing the "Home Countries" of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are flown at official ceremonies, Northern Ireland is sometimes represented by the Saint Patrick's Cross, for instance on the barge Gloriana during the 2012 Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.[22] In May 2016 the Ulster Banner was flown from horseback during the Musical Ride of the Household Cavalry at the Queen's 90th birthday celebration at Windsor, alongside the flags of England, Scotland and Wales.[23][24][25]

Former President Donald Trump, in an interview with Fox News on Thursday, criticized the protesters and called for a one-year jail sentence for those who burned a U.S. flag. The Supreme Court has ruled flag burning is a form of protected free speech.

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After the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, flags continue to be a source of disagreement in Northern Ireland. The Agreement states that:

Legislation relating to flag flying does not apply to district council buildings, and district councils follow a range of practices varying from flying the Union Flag on a number of council buildings every day of the year as at Lisburn, to flying no flags on any building, flying only the council flag or flying flags on the designated days in the same way as government buildings.[26]

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∎ Negotiations on a cease-fire and hostage deal in the Gaza conflict appear to be in their "closing stages," a senior official told reporters. Netanyahu was meeting Thursday with President Joe Biden to discuss remaining gaps, the official said during a call previewing the meeting.

∎ Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara, a Hamas leader held in Israeli captivity in the West Bank, died early Friday of poor health, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs said. He was 63.

Protesters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Congress who burned an American flag and chanted pro-Hamas slogans near the U.S. Capitol drew strong criticism Thursday from the likely presidential candidates of both major parties.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who was not in Washington for the speech, issued a statement condemning the "despicable acts by unpatriotic protesters and dangerous, hate-fueled rhetoric."

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"That flag is a symbol of our highest ideals as a nation and represents the promise of America. It should never be desecrated in that way," said Harris, who later Thursday had what she called a "frank'' conversation about the war with Netanyahu.

The bodies of five Israelis killed Oct. 7 when Hamas-led militants swept into Israeli border communities were recovered by troops in southern Gaza and brought back to Israel, the Israeli military announced Thursday. The bodies of Ravid Katz, 51, Oren Goldin, 33, Maya Goren, 56, Sgt. Kiril Brodski, 19, and Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas, 20, had been dragged back into Gaza by militants fleeing after the bloodbath.

∎ The Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq, which houses U.S.-led forces, avoided damage when several rockets launched in its direction late Thursday failed to strike, according to U.S. and Iraqi sources.

In December 2021, the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition published its final report which included a recommendation that a new "Civic Flag for Northern Ireland" should be adopted and be flown at buildings of the Northern Ireland Executive, Northern Ireland Assembly and local district councils in Northern Ireland. The commissions suggested that the design for the new flag should incorporate expressions of Britishness and Irishness and should also represent the diversity of the community in Northern Ireland.[34][35][15] However, it was only floated as a possibility, with no apparent political will to explore the idea further.

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Since the Northern Ireland government and parliament were abolished in 1972, the use of the Ulster Banner among loyalists has increased.[18][19]

The Ulster Banner was used by the Northern Irish government from 1953 until the government and parliament were abolished in 1973. Since then, it has had no official status.[5][6][7][8] However, it is still used as the flag of Northern Ireland by both loyalists and unionists[9] and to represent Northern Ireland internationally in some sporting competitions, like the Commonwealth Games.[10]

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The Ulster Banner is used to represent the Northern Ireland team at the Commonwealth Games,[36][37] to represent golfers on the PGA Tour,[38] and by FIFA to represent the Northern Ireland national football team.[39]

The Ulster Banner, also known as the Red Hand Flag or the Ulster Flag (not to be confused with the provincial Flag of Ulster), was the flag that was granted a royal warrant for use to the Government of Northern Ireland in 1924. In common with other British flags, any civic status of the flag was not defined in law.[16]

“Israel has a right to defend itself. And how it does so matters,” Harris told reporters, saying she and Netanyahu had a "frank'' discussion about living conditions in Gaza, where tens of thousands have died and food shortages are rampant.

The first-ever Israeli airstrikes on Yemen's port city of Hodeida last week targeted more than Houthi rebels who control the city, the commander of the Israeli Air Force said Thursday. The attack, which killed six people and wounded 83, came one day after the Iran-backed Houthis' stunning drone attack on Tel Aviv that killed one person. Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, commander of the Israeli Air Force, said his nation's retaliation was a warning shot for the Houthis, for militant Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon and for Iran.

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In 2013, US diplomat Richard N. Haass chaired talks between the political parties in Northern Ireland dealing with, among other things, the issue of flags. The resulting draft proposals, which were not agreed to by the parties, included the idea of a new flag for Northern Ireland,[32] and the possibility of a "circumscribed role for the sovereign flag of Ireland in conjunction with the Union flag."[33]

“Identifying with evil terrorist organizations like Hamas, burning the American flag, or forcibly removing the American flag and replacing it with another, is disgraceful," he said. "Antisemitism and violence are never acceptable. Period.”

Outside Union Station in the nation's capital Wednesday, demonstrators burned at least one U.S. flag and replaced the ones flying at Columbus Circle with Palestinian flags before authorities removed those.

The Saint Patrick's Saltire represents Northern Ireland indirectly as Ireland in the Union Flag. It is sometimes flown during Saint Patrick's Day parades in Northern Ireland[11] and is used to represent Northern Ireland during some royal events.[12]

Paris plans to deploy about 35,000 police officers each day for the Olympics and a peak of 45,000 for the opening ceremony. An additional 10,000 soldiers are joining security operations in the Paris region.

Other regulations exist for other public bodies in Northern Ireland. Use of flags by the Police Service of Northern Ireland is governed by the Police Emblems and Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, which provides that no flag shall be used by the service other than its own flag.

All signatories to the Good Friday Agreement also declare their acceptance of the "principle of consent" (i.e. that there will be no change to the constitutional position of Northern Ireland unless a majority votes for it), and Unionists argued that this provision amounts to recognising that the Union Flag is the only legitimate official flag in Northern Ireland.[citation needed] The problem was discussed in detail and various proposals made including suggestions for a new flag.[31]

∎ Israeli President Isaac Herzog will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron just hours before the Olympics opening ceremony Friday in Paris. Earlier this week, the International Olympic Committee and Macron rejected a Palestinian demand that Israel be barred from the Games over the war in Gaza.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement late Wednesday that everyone has a right to protest but "shamefully, not everyone demonstrated peacefulness."

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The regulations also provide that, on the occasion of a visit to a government building by the British Monarch, the Royal Standard shall be flown, and the Union Flag can be flown, and on state visits from other heads of state the Union Flag and the national flag of the country of the visitor can be flown. The regulations prohibit any flags being flown from the relevant buildings except as expressly permitted by the regulations.[20][21]

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All participants acknowledge the sensitivity of the use of symbols and emblems for public purposes, and the need in particular in creating the new institutions to ensure that such symbols and emblems are used in a manner which promotes mutual respect rather than division.[29]

Israeli authorities have warned French officials of a possible plot to attack Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz sent a letter to French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné claiming an Iranian-backed plot. Details were not released. It was not clear whether the warning was related to the detention this week of two people accused of plotting terror attacks. The suspects are from the Bordeaux area of southwest France.

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Harris appeared to take a sterner public stance toward Israel's military operations in Gaza than President Joe Biden after meeting Thursday with Netanyahu, a possible sign of a shift in policy from the presumptive Democratic nominee.

In 2004, Belfast City Council commissioned a study on the flying of the Union Flag which noted that the Ulster Banner was flown alongside it by three unionist-controlled district councils at that time: Ards, Carrickfergus and Castlereagh.[27] These councils have since been replaced.

Nationalists pointed to this to argue that the use of the Union Flag for official purposes should be restricted, or that the Irish tricolour should be flown alongside the British flag on government buildings. Sinn Féin ministers in the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive instructed that the Union Flag was not to fly from buildings operated by their respective departments.[30] This power was removed from ministers by virtue of the Flag Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 2000, mentioned above.

“There are those who seek to undermine the celebratory nature of this joyous event,” Katz wrote in a letter translated by the Times of Israel. “We currently have assessments regarding the potential threat posed by Iranian terrorist proxies and other terrorist organizations who aim to carry out attacks against members of the Israeli delegation and Israeli tourists during the Olympics.”

All had been declared dead by the Israeli military. The remains were located Wednesday in a tunnel in Khan Younis after Palestinians were ordered to evacuate that section of an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone, authorities said. The military said it had learned the location of the bodies from interrogations of captured militants.

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In Northern Ireland, some members from each of the unionist and nationalist communities use flags to declare their political allegiances and to mark territory.[4] Unionists and loyalists fly the Union Flag and Ulster Banner to show their support for the union and/or their allegiance to Northern Ireland. Irish nationalists and republicans fly the Irish tricolour to show their support for a United Ireland.[28]

There are various practices for the flying of flags by public bodies in Northern Ireland. The Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) Order 2000 requires that the Union Flag be flown over specified government buildings including Parliament Buildings and state offices on specified "named days" (for example, it was traditionally used to honour the late Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday).

The only official flag for Northern Ireland is the Union Flag or Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom; there is no official local flag that represents only Northern Ireland.[1][2][3] The flying of various flags in Northern Ireland is a significant sectarian issue, with different communities identifying with different flags.[4]

"If a war breaks out in the north (Lebanon) and with Iran, we can handle it," Bar said. "Nine months and we are 'all in.' Not resting for a moment, realizing the righteousness of the path."

In recent years, there have been calls for a new, neutral flag for Northern Ireland,[13][14] most recently as a recommendation by the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition in December 2021.[15]

The Government of Northern Ireland was granted arms by royal warrant and had the right to display these arms on a flag or banner. This right was exercised for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 when the banner was flown for the first time over Parliament Buildings in honor of Elizabeth's visit. Also during her visit, on July 1, 1953, the Minister for Home Affairs announced that, while the Union Flag was the only standard officially recognized, those who wished to have a distinctive Ulster symbol might use the banner.[17] When the Parliament of Northern Ireland was dissolved by the British government under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, the flag ceased to be used by a body with a royal warrant but remains the only flag to date[update] which represents Northern Ireland at international level in sport.[16]

Israeli authorities say they count 111 hostages remaining in Gaza, including the bodies of 39 confirmed dead. More than 250 people were taken hostage in the Oct. 7 attack, which killed almost 1,200 Israelis. Close to 40,000 Palestinians have died in the Israeli military response, the Gaza Health Ministry says.