Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was tonight elected rector of a Scottish university.

Labour's Michael D Higgins has called on the Government to consider a possible asylum request from Israeli whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu.

The British journalist who helped reveal Israel’s nuclear secrets, arrested by Israel this week, is being barred from meeting with his lawyer, the lawyer said today.

Mordechai Vanunu betrayed his country by spilling its nuclear secrets and restrictions imposed on him upon his release from prison are justified, Shimon Peres, the founder of Israel’s nuclear programme, said today.