4 h. ago Inside Sam Thompson's love life after Zara McDermott split as he joins Louis Tomlinson at Soccer Aid

TV personality Sam Thompson is due to complete an epic challenge for UNICEF ahead of this month's Soccer Aid and here we take a look inside his love life

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17 h. ago Humanitarian vessel on aid mission to Gaza rescues 4 migrants at sea; dozens returned to Libya

A ship carrying high-profile activists including Greta Thunberg to Gaza rescued four migrants on Thursday who had jumped into the sea to avoid being picked up by a Libyan coast guard vessel

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40 h. ago Artwork featuring JK Rowling’s name taken off display to stop ‘tampering’

The person who removed stitching over Rowling’s name said they took ‘great time and care’, and did not damage it.

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42 h. ago Madleen route tracker: Follow Greta Thunberg’s aid boat as it sails for Gaza

Climate activist Greta Thunberg, 22, says the group is attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade

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44 h. ago Israel issues ominous warning as Greta Thunberg's 'flotilla of freedom' sails into Gaza storm

An activist on board the Madleen has issued a 'new alert', claiming that the vessel is being followed by a drone, according to footage shared on social media.

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44 h. ago Israel suggests it will block Greta Thunberg’s aid ship from reaching Gaza

The Madleen set sail from Italy aiming to deliver a ‘symbolic’ amount of aid to the enclave

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44 h. ago Israel threatens to block Greta Thunberg's 'flotilla of freedom' Gaza cruise as videos show young activist having time of her life

An activist on board the Madleen has issued a 'new alert', claiming that the vessel is being followed by a drone, according to footage shared on social media.

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4 d. ago Climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for Gaza to break Israel’s blockade

Thunberg, Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham and ten other activists left Italy for the Gaza Strip on Sunday afternoon

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4 d. ago Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel's blockade

Organizers say climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists plan to set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory

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5 d. ago Israel’s ‘violations’ in Gaza make world more dangerous, Norway warns

Low respect for international law and human rights set worrying precedent, international development minister saysIsrael is setting a dangerous precedent for international human rights law violations in Gaza that is making the whole world more dangerous, Norway’s international development minister has warned.Norway has played a historical role in the region, including by facilitating the Oslo peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians that led to a celebrated breakthrough deal in 1993. Last year it recognised the Palestinian state, one of a minority of European countries to do so. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Replica of ship sailed by Christopher Columbus in 1492 docks in London

A replica of the flagship of Christopher Columbus’s fleet during his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic has dropped anchor at St. Katharine Docks in London, where it opens its gangways to visitors from May 29 to June 8.

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8 d. ago Israel claims it has killed Hamas leader 'the Shadow ' Mohammed Sinwar in deadly air strike

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed to the government that Israel had killed Mohammed Sinwar earlier this month - the militant group's top military leader and younger brother of slain Yahya Sinwar

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1 week ago Israel comes under attack as 'missile fired from Yemen' triggers response

Israeli authorities have confirmed that it has activated its defence systems after coming under attack from a missile launched at the country from Yemen as tensions boil over in the Middle East

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2 w. ago If aid doesn’t enter Gaza now, 14,000 babies may die. UN peacekeepers must step in | Michael Fakhri

As a UN special rapporteur on the right to food, I have watched for 19 months as Israel starves children. The world must act nowOn Monday, Israel launched an intensive ground offensive named Operation Gideon’s Chariots as part of its plan to cause as much pain and damage as possible to everyone in Gaza. Israel has announced its intent to gain full indefinite control over Gaza, in effect aiming for annexation. This was after the international court of justice found Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and demanded it end its occupation as rapidly as possible and provide full reparations to Palestinians.Israel’s increased violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory also comes after it denied all food, water and supplies from entering Gaza for over 75 days. In March, child acute malnutrition increased by more than 80%. The price of wheat flour has increased by 3,000% since February. The World Food Programme ran out of food for kitchens in Gaza on 25 April and the Wor...

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2 w. ago Good Morning Britain's Ranvir Singh announces 'disturbing' breaking news live on air

Good Morning Britain's Ranvir Singh announced "disturbing" breaking news live on air as two members of Israeli embassy staff have been shot dead in Washington

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2 w. ago Extinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring back | Oliver Haynes

The pandemic and harsh laws suffocated climate movements as we knew them. Get ready for a new kind of actionOn 21 April 2019, I was on Waterloo Bridge in London with my younger siblings. Around us were planters full of flowers where there were once cars, and people singing. This was the spring iteration of Extinction Rebellion, when four bridges in London were held by protesters. My siblings, then 14, had been going out on school strike inspired by Greta Thunberg, and wanted to see her speak.We were there for less than a day, but the occupations of bridges and other blockades lasted for 11 days. Tens of thousands of people mobilised in the UK that spring. An estimated 500,000 people were affected by the shutdowns the movement imposed on central London’s road networks, and more than 1,000 protesters were arrested in what was then an official part of XR’s strategy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israeli army begins ‘extensive’ new ground operations in Gaza

Netanyahu signals openness to deal with Hamas and says Israel will allow some aid into GazaThe Israeli army has announced the start of a large-scale offensive in Gaza, describing “extensive ground operations” to seize “operational control” of swaths of the devastated Palestinian territory as a second day of indirect ceasefire talks in Qatar ended without any breakthrough.Israeli military officials said its forces had “eliminated dozens of terrorists, dismantled terrorist infrastructure sites and [were] currently being deployed in key positions”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel says to allow 'basic amount' of food into Gaza after three

Israel has said it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza to avoid a “hunger crisis”

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2 w. ago Brooklyn Bridge ship crash latest: Sailors clung onto mast in Mexican navy boat incident in New York that killed two

Authorities believe power loss caused the collision that snapped all three masts of the ship

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2 w. ago Mexican navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, killing two sailors

Twenty-two crew members injured, 11 of them critically, with nine in a stable condition, Mexican government saysTwo sailors from the Mexican navy were killed and another 11 critically hurt when a sailing ship taking part in a promotional tour in New York City collided with the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum said.The crash happened on Saturday night when the Cuauhtémoc – an academy training vessel with 277 people on board who shares a name with the last Aztec ruler – lost power and struck the bridge. Eyewitness videos showed dozens of sailors in ceremonial uniforms spread across yardarms shortly before the collision, which snapped the Cuauhtémoc’s three masts.The Associated Press contributed to this report Continue reading...

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