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The investment for the more than 330 communities would be targeted at improvements backed by the local community and could include projects to tackle littering and graffiti or building a new sports ground.

In August, 27 countries including the UK backed a statement calling for Israel to allow immediate foreign media access to Gaza and condemned attacks on journalists there.

In May, when Stokes backed Pope following the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, the captain said there was an "agenda" against his then deputy.

His tactics directly mirrored those he laid out as a contributor to Project 2025: Using informal pressure backed by license review authority to guide content decisions without needing formal rulemaking.

The determined opposition of Israel, backed by the US, makes the vision of a Palestinian state remote.