1 hour ago Israel pounds Beirut with airstrikes killing at least 25 despite 'promise to stop'

At least two dozen people have been killed as the Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon rages on, with airstrikes targeting Hezbollah officials inflicting casualties on civilians

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2 hours ago Humanitarian appeal launched to address ‘overwhelming’ need in Middle East

Millions are in urgent need of medication, food and shelter in Gaza, Lebanon and the wider area, the Disasters Emergency Committee has said.

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3 hours ago Renfrewshire remembers former first minister Alex Salmond following heart attack

The icon of the Scottish independence movement died at the weekend.

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6 hours ago Trudeau says police went public with Indian diplomat allegations to prevent further violence

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada’s national police force went public with its allegations against Indian diplomats this week because it had to disrupt drive-by-shootings, violent extortions and even murder

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6 hours ago A Palestinian student was asleep in his tent at a hospital when an Israeli strike brought an inferno

Shaban al-Dalu, a 19-year-old Palestinian university student, had survived an Israeli strike on a mosque when, only a week later, he was killed in a new strike on the courtyard of the central Gaza hospital where his family was sheltering

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7 hours ago Driving test delays hit trainee paramedics and aspiring police officers, MPs say

Conservative shadow transport minister Greg Smith said the problem of bots ‘requires very firm action’.

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8 hours ago RAF chief lied to ministers about recruitment policy, senior MP claims in PMQs

Sir Keir Starmer has promised the RAF’s former head of recruitment a meeting after it was alleged she was forced to quit for refusing to implement ‘an illegal recruitment policy’

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8 hours ago US demands proof that Israel does not have starvation policy in northern Gaza

Pressure grows on Israel to allow in more aid, as UN ambassador says US ‘will be watching’ its actions on the groundMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US has demanded proof on the ground that Israel does not have a policy of starvation in northern Gaza as it turned up the pressure on the Netanyahu government to allow more aid into the territory.The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the security council on Wednesday at a meeting convened by France UK and Algeria that such a policy “would not just be horrific and unacceptable” but also had “implications under international and US law”. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Jacinda Ardern hopes to ‘spread a little kindness’ as she is made a dame

New Zealand's former prime minister receives order of merit from Prince William at Windsor CastleNew Zealand’s former prime minister Jacinda Ardern said she hoped to “spread a little kindness” in the next stage of her career, as she was made a dame at Windsor Castle.Ardern, who was elected as PM in 2017 at the age of 37, was recognised by the Prince of Wales on Wednesday with one of the country’s highest honours, the New Zealand order of merit, for services to the state. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago Rangers say no leadership crisis after departure of another key figure as pyro plea issued after UEFA sanction

Interim chairman issues statement to supporters

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