The acting editor of the Sunday Times has echoed News International boss Rupert Murdoch’s apology about a “grotesque” cartoon which appeared in the paper sparking claims of anti-semitism.

A major invetigation has been launched at an Irish hospital after the remains of a British tourist were sent home containing two hearts and four lungs.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern blasted as reprehensible a spate of anti-Semitic attacks on a Dublin museum as he met senior members of the Jewish Community today.

A masterpiece of 20th-century art looted from its Jewish owners by the Nazis is expected to fetch up to £7m (€10.2m) at a London auction in June.