“We’re passionate about switching from reactive to proactive and we’re trying to provide the tools that make that feasible,” explained Conrad. This is a third project in a series of health initiatives for Google[x]. The team has already developed a smart contact lens that detects glucose levels for diabetics and utensils that help manage hand tremors in Parkinson’s patients.

The plan is to test whether tiny particles coated and “magnetized” with antibodies can catch disease in its nascent stages. The tiny particles are essentially programmed to spread throughout the body via a pill and then latch on to the abnormal cells. The wearable device then “calls” the nanoparticles back to ask them what’s going on with the body and to find out if the person who swallowed the pill has cancer or other diseases.

So far 100 Google employees with expertise in astrophysics, chemistry and electrical engineering have taken part in the nanoparticle project. “We’re trying to stave off death by preventing disease. Our foe is unnecessary death,” Conrad added.

“Yet for all such condemnation, I believe that both Michael Fallon and I were right to speak out on this issue and to voice the concerns of ordinary voters. Just because immigration is deeply controversial, that cannot mean that we should avoid talking about it. There are constant complaints today that politicians are ‘out of touch’, that they refuse to listen to the electorate. There has been, mistakenly in my view, a perception that mainstream politicians have engaged in a conspiracy of silence on the immigration issue.

Whatever my critics argued in 2002, I was not being remotely prejudiced or incendiary in highlighting some of the problems in Northern constituencies in the face of far-reaching social change. In facing up to the problems of particular neighbourhoods where a large number of new arrivals from overseas not only puts severe pressure on the civic infrastructure, but also challenges the ability of the local community to absorb newcomers — who often have different languages, social skills and cultures — we avoid living in a fantasy land where none of these difficulties exist.

As politicians, we have a duty to address them. Our task is to find solutions, not peddle illusions. It is interesting that in both cases, our critics focused largely on the language we used — not on the points we made. In simple terms, if you come here to work, you should work, and there should be no access to social security or state housing without having built up an entitlement. Such measures would help to lance the boil of immigration concerns and thereby restore faith in our democracy. What will not work is shouting down any politician who dares to engage with the British public’s concerns. The issue is far too serious for such posturing.”

Abu Sattar: “A Muslim is a person who follows Allah's laws without question. Sharia is our law. No interpretation is needed, nor are laws made by men. Allah is the only lawmaker. It is every Muslim's duty to fight those of a different belief until only Allah is worshipped around the world. Everybody has the opportunity to accept Allah and to change to the right path. (Recited in Arabic from the Koran, 5. Sura, Verse 33) 'The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off on the opposite sides, or be exiled from the land'.

Democracy is for infidels. A real Muslim is not a democrat because he doesn't care about the opinions of majorities and minorities don't interest him. He is only interested in what Islam says. Furthermore, democracy is a hegemonic tool of the West and contrary to Islam. Why do you act as though the entire world needs democracy? And when it comes to homosexuality, the issue is clearly dealt with by the Koran. It says it is forbidden and should be punished.

Christians and Jews go after those who have access to raw materials but who prevent access to them. Oil is the best example. The US and its allies are constantly intervening in countries where they don't belong only to defend their prosperity. Is that any better? We aren't fighting because we are greedy and selfish, rather we are fighting for values and morals."

However, it has not damaged the military cooperation between them, as the Israel Aerospace Industries, together with representatives of the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday that Israel will acquire a new squadron of F-35 jets from the US Army and Lockheed-Martin. The transaction was finalized, in theory, last week between Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, during Ya'alon's US visit.

However, the deal will not be finalized in practice until the US government signs off on the deal in a public announcement.

As part of the deal, the IDF will receive 19 "stealth" aircraft at a cost of $2.7 billion, which will be deducted from US aid funds to Israel. As early as 2016, Israeli pilots will train on the new aircraft at a US Air Force base in Arizona.

A report from the law firm Pinsent Masons and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) estimates that Britain is well positioned to capture a growing slice of China’s outbound investment, with sectors such as transport, energy and property likely to be the biggest beneficiaries.

China’s sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation (CIC), has been pouring cash into a number of UK infrastructure companies over the last five years, including taking a 10 percent stake in Heathrow Airport, which is valued at $730 million (£453 million). Pinsent Masons and the Cebr forecast that China will invest more £43 billion into UK energy projects by 2025, while property and transport are expected to attract £36 billion and £19 billion respectively from the world’s second biggest economy.

Richard Laudy, a specialist in global infrastructure at Pinsent Masons, said investment from China could help bring the UK's “ageing and over-utilised infrastructure up to an international standard”.

This is how a highly combustible situation is created on the Temple Mount: Funds from Qatar and Islamic foundations from across the globe are transferred as donations to the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel. This movement, headed by "Al-Aqsa Sheikh" Raed Salah, pays thousands of shekels per month to hundreds of men and women, members of the "Murbitat" (the male and female holders of the holy places on Earth), who have been on the mount for many months now.

Allegedly, this is an innocent study group dedicated to learning Islamic scripture. In actuality, it is something entirely different.

Any Jew who has visited the mount has encountered them. They are bands of agitators who bombard Jewish groups that ascend the mount with chants of "Allahu Akhbar" (God is great), yelling and cursing at them. Occasionally, these shouting attacks go on for hours. Those with weak nerves struggle to withstand them; even the police on the Temple Mount are not always successful. They hurry the Jewish visitors along the short route allowed to them as quickly as possible. The main thing is to get out of there in one piece.

This has been the routine for over a year, as Jewish visits to the mount have grown exceedingly restricted. The past few months have seen tensions escalate, and there is no change visible on the horizon.

This week, Colonel Noam Neuman, Head of the International Law Department in the IDF’s Military Advocate General Corps, will travel to New York and meet with United Nations officials to offer evidence of “international crimes perpetrated by Hamas, especially in regards to the building of terror tunnels, the use of civilians as human shields and the persistent shooting on civilian population centers.” Colonel Neuman will be assisted by Ehud Keinan, the legal adviser of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Recently, Israel’s UN Ambassador Ron Prossor commented that from the disconnected way the UN talks about the terrorist organization Hamas, “One would think that we were speaking about an organization that coincidentally found itself in a conflict not its own. It’s time that the United Nations begins to deal with the threat that terrorism poses. It's one thing to give a green light to political terrorism, something which we have seen the UN excel at, but the terrorist attacks which Israel faces on a daily basis must be condemned."

Mr Cameron has a firm ally in Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. "I think we are in total agreement on this - that we need to get to the bottom of it," Mr Rutte said as the summit ended on Friday.

Their Italian counterpart, Matteo Renzi, was equally scathing about the communications lapse between governments and the Commission. He demanded "more transparency and clarity", saying "we don't come here to receive lectures and admonishments". "When I say that bureaucracy risks destroying Europe, I say it because I think that this is the biggest risk for EU citizens."

The review of member states' contributions to the EU budget is an annual exercise, to take account of changes in countries' VAT (sales tax) receipts and national output (GDP) figures. But what shocked many people this time was not only the size of the adjustments, but the fact that the review went right back to 1995.

More than 450 British servicemen and women have died in Afghanistan, the vast majority in Helmand – 35 of them aged under 20 – along with some 20,000 Afghan civilians. And for what?

The Afghan government is mired in corruption, opium production is at record levels and in many parts of the country the Taliban is as strong as ever – just waiting to return as soon as Western troops leave. Most poignant of all, the memorial wall at Camp Bastion – commemorating all the British dead – has been dismantled and shipped home. Though the Ministry of Defence denies it, this is surely because it would soon be desecrated or destroyed.

In other words, as we leave Afghanistan – knowing it may soon return to the same chaos in which we found it – there will be not a trace left behind of the brave British soldiers who died there. Could there be a more potent symbol of wasted sacrifice?