Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has drawn fierce domestic criticism and unexpected praise from Hamas after imposing new trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Welsh First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has endorsed the UK government's new sanctions targeting illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Donald Trump has stayed silent following the UK's decision to ban goods and services from West Bank settlements, even as US Ambassador Mike Huckabee condemns the move.

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has expanded its anti-Russian sanctions regime by adding 19 new entries, including banks, energy firms, and vessels.