The Telegraph reviews the upcoming Channel Four broadcast of Israeli series “The Beauty and the Baker”, calling it a Hebrew-language programme akin to Notting Hill. The article notes that the Tel Aviv-based series will become the first Hebrew-language drama to be featured on a mainstream UK terrestrial channel.

The Guardian online says that a documentary about Anne Frank, featuring readings from both Israeli and Palestinian girls, including one in Gaza, was screened in Iran. The film’s director is quoted praising the event’s organisers for their bravery, due to the Iranian leadership’s history of Holocaust denial.

The Daily Mail reports that the Labour Party conference next month could be cancelled on police advice as no security company has yet been found to protect the event. It comes after the Labour Party decided to end its contract with G4S due to the company’s work in the Israeli prison system. They have failed to find a replacement after company Showsec refused to sign a trade agreement as required by the party.

The online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph both report that for the first time during the country’s civil war, Syrian government planes appear to have bombed a Kurdish-held area. The Times says that Russia is pressing for use of a Turkish air base to aid its activity in Syria. However, the base is used by US and NATO forces and Russian activity there would be viewed as a significant expansion of Russian activity in the region.

In the Israeli media, the top item in Maariv, which is also reported prominently in Yediot Ahronot, is the aftermath of public comments made by former-Prime Minister Ehud Barak. This week he accused current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of damaging Israel’s security through irresponsible decision-making. In particular, Barak criticised Netanyahu’s handling of talks over a new military aid deal with the United States. Barak served as defence minister in Netanyahu’s government.

Writing in Yediot Ahronot, military affairs correspondent Alex Fishman says that instead of speaking publicly, “Barak should have given his version of events to an authorised secret forum, such as the Intelligence and Secret Services Subcommittee”. In Maariv, Arik Bender asks whether Barak’s public comments could indicate a return to politics.

Israel Radio news reports that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has withdrawn its opposition to Egypt’s initiative to host a regional conference which would boost the diplomatic process between Israel and the PA. Israel’s leadership has already backed such a move. However, the PA has apparently conditioned support for the conference on it not replacing France’s initiative to hold an international, multi-lateral conference.

A separate report by Israel Radio says that hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rioted last night in a Jerusalem neighbourhood, following the arrest of an ultra-Orthodox man who had refused to be enlisted in the army and failed to secure the relevant exemption. Roads were blocked and bins set on fire, with police making several arrests.