7 h. ago At least one killed in mass casualty event as terrifying images show battered ferry

The US Coast Guard and police swiftly declared the Sunday night tragedy a 'mass casualty event' as they worked through the night to pull people ashore.

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7 h. ago At least one killed in mass casualty event as terrifying images show battered ferry and cops nab boat that fled scene after collision

A convoy of emergency services vehicles with their sirens blaring and lights flashing rushed to the boat ramp as medical helicopters also reportedly descended on the region.

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9 h. ago Mass casualty event in Florida after ferry carrying up to 50 people crashes into private boat near bridge

A convoy of emergency services vehicles with their sirens blaring and lights flashing rushed to the boat ramp as medical helicopters also reportedly descended on the region.

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11 h. ago Boat crashes into ferry in Florida in 'mass casualty event' leaving one dead and 12 hospitalised

A boat has crashed into a ferry in Clearwater, Florida, reportedly running aground. Many people are injured, some critical and one is reported to have died so far. Reports are coming in constantly

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18 h. ago Mass shooting in Myrtle Beach tourist hotspot leaves 11 injured, suspect killed by police

At least 11 people have been injured and one suspect has been killed in an officer-involved shooting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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26 h. ago Street party horror as SUV ploughs into huge crowd and kills nine revellers in Vancouver

Police said a 30-year-old man was arrested at the scene following the 'mass casualty incident' at the Lapu Lapu Day event.

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28 h. ago Street party horror as SUV ploughs into huge crowd and kills 'multiple' revellers in Vancouver

Police said a 30-year-old man was arrested at the scene following the 'mass casualty incident' at the Lapu Lapu Day event.

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3 d. ago Gunman who killed 7 and injured nearly 50 at July 4th parade refused to appear for sentence

Robert E Crimo killed seven people and injured dozens of others during a horror mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Chicago - he refused to appear for sentencing

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5 d. ago Survivors of 2022 July Fourth parade mass shooting to address gunman before his sentencing

Survivors and relatives of people killed in a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago are set to address the gunman at his sentencing hearing

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6 d. ago Notting Hill Carnival at risk of ‘mass casualty event’ due to crowd control problems

Police warn in new report for London Assembly over ‘dangerous level of crowd density’ at event

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6 d. ago Safety review of Notting Hill Carnival demanded after police fear crowd crush will cause 'mass casualty event'

Mayor Sadiq Khan urged to issue guidance for minimum number of stewards

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6 d. ago Met Police fear 'mass casualty event at Notting Hill Carnival

Met Police fear 'mass casualty event at Notting Hill Carnival  BBC

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1 week ago Two killed and six injured in Florida university shooting, officials say

Police took in suspect Phoenix Ikner, 20, a Florida State University student and son of a sheriff’s deputyTwo people were killed in a mass shooting at Florida State University (FSU) campus on Thursday, and six others were injured, police said.The 20-year-old suspect is a student and the son of a sheriff’s deputy who had access to one of her weapons, a handgun, which was found at the scene, Sheriff Walt McNeil said at a news conference. Continue reading...

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1 week ago FSU shooting leaves five dead as two gunmen open fire on Tallahassee campus

At least five people have been killed in a mass shooting at Florida State University's Tallahassee's campus after cops said two gunmen opened fire in a horror spree.

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2 w. ago Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? | Arwa Mahdawi

What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize itWhere do I even start? In recent weeks I’ve sat down to try and write about Gaza and, every time I steel myself to write about one atrocity, another atrocity is committed. Palestinian journalists have been burned alive, babies have frozen to death, medics have been executed and buried in mass graves, kids are being killed in their sleep. Meanwhile, in the US and Germany, speaking out about dead Palestinian babies can land you on a deportation list. Arguing that international human rights law should be respected can put you at risk of being snatched off the street and stuck in a detention centre.I don’t know where to start and I don’t know what is really left to say at this point. After 18 months of endless carnage, it should be clear to everyone that this is not a war. That this is not self-defence. What is happening in Gaza is, quite simply, annihilation. A litany of ...

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2 w. ago IDF unit involved in killing of Palestinian paramedics led by general with ‘contempt for human life’

Golani troops were under command of reservist Armoured 14th Brigade, part of division led by Brig Gen Yehuda VachThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit involved in the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in the Gaza Strip last month was under the command of a brigade led by a notorious Israeli general previously accused by some of his own troops of having “contempt for human life”.The IDF has confirmed that troops from Golani, one of the army’s five infantry brigades, opened fire on two convoys of ambulances in Rafah on 23 March and dug a mass grave to cover the bodies of those killed until the corpses could be retrieved by a UN team six days later. It has disputed allegations from two witnesses who exhumed the bodies and newly released postmortem results that found several of those killed had close-range gunshot wounds to the head and chest and were discovered with their hands or legs tied. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago IDF unit involved in Gaza paramedics’ killing was under command of brigade led by notorious Israeli general

Golani troops were under command of reservist Armoured 14th Brigade, part of division led by Brig Gen Yehuda VachThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit involved in the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in the Gaza Strip last month was under the command of a brigade led by a notorious Israeli general previously accused by some of his own troops of having “contempt for human life”.The IDF has confirmed that troops from Golani, one of the army’s five infantry brigades, opened fire on two convoys of ambulances in Rafah on 23 March and dug a mass grave to cover the bodies of those killed until the corpses could be retrieved by a UN team six days later. It has disputed allegations from two witnesses who exhumed the bodies and newly released postmortem results that found several of those killed had close-range gunshot wounds to the head and chest and were discovered with their hands or legs tied. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago CalMac ferry which needs £1.5million battery set to be replaced by Polish

The MV Hallaig was hailed by Nicola Sturgeon at its 2012 launch as the world’s first to use a system which cut carbon emissions by 20 per cent.

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3 w. ago Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again | Jagan Chapagain

A record number of humanitarian workers were killed last year. My staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shroudsJagan Chapagain is secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of paramedicsWhich was most horrific? The agonising week-long wait – silence after our colleagues went missing, as we suspected the worst but hoped for something different? Or the confirmation, seven days later, that bodies had been found? Or, since, the ghastly details of how they were found, and killed?Their ambulances were crushed and partly buried. Nearby were their bodies – also buried, en masse, in the sand. Our dead colleagues were still wearing their Red Crescent vests. In life, those uniforms signalled their status as humanitarian workers; they should have protected them. Instead, in death, those red vests became their shrouds.Jagan Chapagain is secretar...

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3 w. ago ‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics

Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove Red Crescent workers• Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen againGaza is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a civilian now that Israeli forces have resumed their military campaign with even more ferocity, but for the first responders who rush towards the wreckage of bombed buildings, the risks are multiplied many times over.The 15 paramedics and rescue workers whose bodies were found last weekend in a bulldozed pit outside Rafah knew they were putting their lives in peril to try to save others, but they could not have been prepared for what awaited them in the early hours of 23 March. Continue reading...

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