The Israeli military has carried out a wave of West Bank arrests following a deadly stabbing attack against an Israeli family.

PALESTINIAN president Mahmoud Abbas described as “abominable” a weekend stabbing attack which killed five Israelis, including a baby, in their beds in a West Bank settlement.

New York’s Plaza Hotel – for 98 years a watering hole and meeting place for kings and queens, presidents and stars – will close this spring to become luxury flats, shops and and a much smaller guest house.