23 h. ago Daily struggles persist in Gaza even as ceasefire offers some respite

The Israel-Hamas war ceasefire has provided some respite for Palestinians in Gaza after two years of killings and destruction

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47 h. ago Oisin Murphy: ‘I found escapism but also an awful lot of trouble in the bottle’

Champion jockey on pursuit of sobriety, his April car crash, a voracious need to win – and the poetry of Sylvia Plath‘I didn’t feel good,” Oisin Murphy says with a grimace as he gestures towards the birthday cards still standing in his house more than a month since he turned 30. Murphy has already spoken for an hour, in raw and moving detail, about the guilt he will feel when he has to walk down a guard of honour to mark his fifth champion jockeys’ title at Ascot on Saturday, his daily struggle with alcoholism, his near catastrophic return to drinking this summer, the dangers of racing and the Sylvia Plath poem he loves most.But the milestone of his 30th birthday troubles him. “It was incredibly significant because I never thought I’d get to 30,” Murphy says, as he uses a smouldering cigarillo to light another in an unbroken chain stretching across this corner of Lambourn. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Souleymane’s Story review – superb performance ballasts drama of man clinging on in the margins in Paris

Abou Sangaré is magnificent in a story that shines light on the enforced invisibility of economic migrantsThere’s a turnaround in the climax of this noctambulist Paris immigrant drama that suddenly charges the film’s seemingly neutral title with meaning. Food courier protagonist, Souleymane, is hopefully in the process of altering his destiny, and this key scene is carried by fantastic acting from Abou Sangaré: trembling violently as a lifetime’s tension and struggle, as well as the daily grind of an app wage slave, comes pouring out.Souleymane is a kind of every-immigrant, clinging on at the margins of the French capital. Hailing from Guinea, he sublets the delivery app account of Cameroonian Emmanuel (Emmanuel Yovanie) in order to work. Under constant pressure to meet food delivery targets, he needs money in order to pay fellow Guinean Barry (Alpha Oumar Sow), who is coaching him how to pass his asylum interview the day after next. But the harassed Souleymane struggles to reproduc...

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7 d. ago Who will keep the peace in Gaza? Experts warn Trump’s ceasefire deal offers no guarantees of stability

One of the key questions emerging from Donald Trump’s Gaza plan is where, if and how US troops will be deployed to help keep the ceasefire in place

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8 d. ago The West Bank's dwindling Palestinian Christian communities, in photos

Christians who are proudly Palestinian and live in the occupied West Bank continue to find hope in Sunday worship as they wish for independence and peace in the Holy Land, even as they struggle with growing violence from Israeli settlers, restrictions on daily life imposed by Israel and fears of growing Islamist radicalization. The village of Taybeh is entirely Christian — Catholics of the Roman and Greek Melkite rites and Greek Orthodox.

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9 d. ago Voices: ‘Have a heart, NHS’: Readers share tough reality of living with coeliac disease

Our community has lifted the lid on the daily struggles and financial challenges of living with coeliac disease, particularly in the wake of NHS cuts to gluten-free prescriptions

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1 week ago Gabby Logan reveals delight over having daytime sex with husband Kenny after struggling with their libidos

Gabby Logan has revealed she is enjoying an afternoon delight with her husband Kenny after getting their sex life back on track.

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2 w. ago Ozzy Osbourne opens up on his daily health struggles as his family admit 'he hates the thought of people pitying him' in documentary filmed weeks before his death

The Black Sabbath frontman, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019, passed away at the age of 76 on July 22 surrounded by his family.

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2 w. ago ‘Will my baby be born in a tent? Will it have food?’: what it’s like to be pregnant in Gaza

The World Health Organization has warned that more than 40% of pregnant women in the Gaza Strip are malnourished. Here, Nour Ziad al-Batsh, who is expecting her third child in March, describes her daily struggle to find food and healthcareThis pregnancy is not like my others. I have not been allowed to feel the joy I felt last time, to plan for the future and dream about where my child will go to school and how to decorate his room. In Gaza these days, I can only wonder whether I can find food to keep my baby healthy and how it will be to give birth in a tent.The natural joys I felt for the births of my daughter and son have been overwhelmed by depression, fear and anxiety because of this continuing genocide. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The key signs you were raised by authoritarian parents, according to psychologists

London-based Francesca Alicja Harland, a psychotherapist, told The Daily Mail how the parenting style often resulted in a person struggling to celebrate their success later in life.

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3 w. ago 'I'm a dog trainer and you can stop pet giving you hard time on walks with one change'

People who own a big dog will know the struggles of taking them out for a daily walk. But one dog trainer revealed how you can stop your pet from 'giving you a hard time'

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