Britain secretly supplied Israel with plutonium during the 1960s, despite a warning from British intelligence that the material could help Israel get the atom bomb. Documents obtained by the BBC program Newsnight show the decision to sell plutonium to Israel in 1966 was blocked by officials in both the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office who said “It is [government] policy not to do anything which would assist Israel in the production of nuclear weapons”. But it was forced through by a civil servant in the Ministry of Technology, Michael Michaels, whose full name was Michael Israel Michaels. Read more about Britain secretly gave Israel plutonium for atom bombs, BBC investigation reveals 

BBC correspondent Fergal Keane pays tribute to journalist James Miller who was shot dead while filming in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Read more about James Miller obituary