3 d. ago In Yemen as in Gaza, bombs and starvation are stealing the lives of our children | Elham Al

As a mother living in Sana’a, I’ve seen how war devastates hopes, dreams and futures, and I share the desperation of Gaza’s mothers“Mom, why are they bombing us?” my oldest daughter asked me in 2019, as the Saudi coalition committed crimes with US weapons. Why? This is the eternal question.When the western-backed, Saudi-led military campaign began in March 2015, I started compiling a mental list of all the ways the war was scorching the concept of childhood in Yemen. How war takes parents away from their children, and our children away from us. How war, not time alone, ages our children. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Man and woman are arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated assault after British NHS nurse 'attacked in park by couple who asked if she "came here on a rubber boat"'

A couple who were walking their dog demanded to know if the nurse, an NHS worker of 12 years, 'came here on a rubber boat' and hurled water and grabbed her hair in an alleged assault

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7 d. ago Racist couple demand to know if British NHS nurse 'came here on a rubber boat' in furious attack as they walk dog in park

The couple demanded to know if the nurse, who has worked for the NHS for 12 years, 'came here on a rubber boat' and hurled water at her her during the assault at a park in Halifax on Thursday.

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2 w. ago British nurse in Gaza shares reality of malnutrition on the frontlines as brave medics battle shortages to treat patients

Ms Blackman, who usually works at Kettering General Hospital in Northamptonshire, said she had seen more mass casualties in Gaza than in a lifetime in the UK,

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2 w. ago Scots university lecturer shares horror of losing 54 members of family in Gaza conflict

Dr Mohammed Alshurafa, 35, has heartbreakingly lost 54 members of his extended family since October 7.

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3 w. ago Lawyers say immigrants battling medical emergencies and disease at Alligator Alcatraz: ‘I don’t want to die in here’

DHS rejects claims of a disease outbreak at the Florida Everglades detention center after a detainee’s lawyer called ‘petri dish for disease’

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3 w. ago Lucy Letby: Who to Believe? review – just when you thought this case couldn’t get any more confusing

Panorama’s new investigation into the convicted nurse is muddled and stuffed with conflicting theories. It feels more like radio phone-in bickering than serious journalismIn May 2024, the New Yorker published an article with the headline “A British nurse was found guilty of killing seven babies. Did she do it?” Access to the online version of Rachel Aviv’s piece was banned in the UK due to reporting restrictions, with Letby’s retrial on an additional count of attempted murder then imminent. Rules aside, asking whether Letby was in fact innocent also felt taboo at the time, a pursuit for social media conspiracy theorists. Fast forward 15 months, and “did she do it?” is merely par for the course when it comes to the case, with even experts cited by the prosecution apparently unconvinced of Letby’s guilt.This new Panorama comes hot on the heels of an ITV documentary that aired earlier this month, Lucy Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt?. That programme focused on holes in the evidence that...

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4 w. ago British medic's heartbreaking two words to dead Gaza child, 9, while zipping up their body bag

NHS paramedic Sam Sears recently returned from a three-week stint in the stricken Gaza enclave working at a charity’s field hospitals, and now shares his harrowing tale

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4 w. ago Vance: UK and US have disagreements over Gaza but share common goal

The vice-president confirmed Washington had ‘no plans’ to recognise Palestine, which Britain has pledged to do unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire.

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