69 h. ago ‘We live on bread and tea. I’ve wished for death’: Yemen’s forgotten refugees

War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely survivingThe pain of going to bed hungry is becoming familiar for Jamila Rabea. It’s hard to sleep. The meagre rations of bread, tomato paste and tea she spends much of her day trying to gather, she gives to her children. Five of them live with her in a shelter built from tarpaulin, cloth and scraps of wood.Like many of the refugee families living here in a makeshift camp to the east of the Yemen port city of Al-Mukalla, she has had to leave home because of the bombs and fighting. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Chilling details emerge after mass shooting at Fourth of July bar party

A late-night Fourth of July celebration descended into chaos as bullets rang out, leaving eight victims hospitalized.

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7 d. ago Fourth of July bloodbath as mass shooting at bar sees 11 sprayed with bullets

Four women and seven men were injured after Fourth of July celebrations at a Philadelphia bar erupted into a bloodbath in the early hours of Saturday.

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2 w. ago ‘Rightwing extremist’ German magazine wins court battle against ban

Far-right AfD party welcomes ruling in favour of Compact, which sets high bar for any government crackdownA German federal court has overturned a ban on a magazine classed by the government as rightwing extremist, in a high-profile legal battle seen as pitting efforts by the authorities to protect the democratic order against media freedom.The federal administrative court said that while Compact, a publication with close ties to the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, had produced “anticonstitutional” content, it did “not yet” represent a threat to the state. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Developer at war with council after they reject floating 'party bar' proposals which would have 'traumatised' owners of £500k beach huts 

Paul Trickett, 66, and his wife Virginia , 50, had sought to bring a fully licensed premises called Christchurch Harbour Kitchen to the waters of the idyllic Mudeford Spit in Bournemouth.

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2 w. ago Developer at war with posh owners of £500k beach huts over floating 'party bar' directly in front of their properties

Paul Trickett, 66, and his wife Virginia , 50, had sought to bring a fully licensed premises called Christchurch Harbour Kitchen to the waters of the idyllic Mudeford Spit in Bournemouth.

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4 w. ago Drunken sailors will destroy our seaside idyll: Owners of Britain's most expensive beach huts fears 'rabble of partygoers' using new floating restaurant will ruin their peace and quiet

Furious owners of Britain's most expensive beach huts fear their idyllic escape will be destroyed by drunken sailors using a new floating bar and restaurant.

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