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The 40-year-old has been detained in Iran since April 2016

The advert, which was supported by 67 Labour peers, says Mr Corbyn is accountable ‘for allowing anti-Semitism to grow in our party’.

Ms von der Leyen becomes the first woman to ever hold the role and will take up office on November 1, one day after Britain is supposed to have left the union.

The former attorney general also accused the Tory leadership front-runner of making a ‘disgraceful’ suggestion which would spell the end of democracy.

Corbyn criticises Tory leadership candidates for refusing to use the word 'racism' to describe US President's comments

Ursula von der Leyen is hoping to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as the European Commission President.

It came after senior Labour peers offered to investigate allegations of anti-Semitism in the party.

The supply of all medicines cannot be guaranteed in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Scotland’s Constitutional Relations Secretary has said. Mike Russell said leaving the European Union without a deal would be “disastrous” and that everything should be done to avoid it. Mr Russell said arrangements had been in place following discussions with the UK Government to ensure continuity of supplies for the original Brexit date of March 31 but that preparations for the new date in October have not...

The prominent Brexiteer has been called out for “slightly misjudging the mood” after posting the controversial tweet.