British-Palestinian doctor barred from entering France

A prominent British-Palestinian surgeon who worked in Gaza during the first few weeks of Israel's war on the besieged enclave says he was barred from entering France for a speaking engagement at the French Senate on Saturday morning.

Writing on X, Ghassan Abu Sitta said French authorities had told him that Germany had banned him from entering Europe for one year after German police barred him from entering the country earlier this month.