7 h. ago Half a million people forced to flee homes after flooding in Pakistan’s Punjab

The latest evacuations bring the total number of people displaced since last month to 1.8 million, officials say

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7 h. ago Police charge 21 people after protests outside Epping migrant hotel as force releases images of wanted demonstrators

Essex Police said today that since protests began on July 13, officers have arrested 32 people.

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13 h. ago Half a million people flee their homes in Pakistan’s Punjab to escape flooding

Officials say rivers are swelling to dangerous levels in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, forcing more than half a million people to flee their homes in the past 24 hours

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14 h. ago Flood alert in India’s capital as river Yamuna breaches danger mark

Nearly 300,000 people were evacuated in the past 48 hours across the border in Pakistan’s Punjab province

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32 h. ago Pakistan floods: Emergency workers use drones to rescue people stranded on rooftops

Emergency workers in Pakistan have used drones to rescue people stranded by massive floods which have battered the country in recent weeks.

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37 h. ago 'I live my life as a dog and it's the happiest I've ever been

A woman who dresses as a dog using ears and tails has explained that she understands not everyone will grasp what she does, but she said she won't 'force' people to

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62 h. ago ‘Fear haunts us’: Pakistan’s floods leave mental scars long after waters recede

Shock, panic, guilt and grief grip survivors as mental health experts warn of chronic trauma from repeated exposure to natural disastersFor a 10-year-old, the loss is proving hard to grasp. “It has been four days since I last saw my home,” says Ahsan. He has not yet understood that the floods completely swept away his house in Dogoro Basha village in Shigar, Pakistan.His confusion is part of the devastating aftermath of long months of rain and floods that have devastated thousands of families in the country’s northern provinces and left more than 860 people dead so far. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump says he’d consider reopening ‘insane asylums’ to help clean up some of the nation’s biggest cities

The President claimed that America’s streets would be safer if more people are forced into long-term psychiatric care — although he admitted it would be ‘massively expensive’

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3 d. ago Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing

Prospectus proposes forced displacement of entire population and puts territory into US trusteeshipA plan circulating in the White House to develop the “Gaza Riviera” as a string of high-tech megacities has been dismissed as an “insane” attempt to provide cover for the large-scale ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian territory’s population.The Washington Post published on Sunday a leaked prospectus for the plan, which would see the forced displacement of Gaza’s entire population of 2 million people, and put the territory into a US trusteeship for at least a decade. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago St Mirren and addiction charity team up to create new recovery hub

The club's charitable foundation has joined forces with Abbeycare to deliver a space dedicated to people recovering from alcohol and substance use issues.

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3 d. ago Pakistan uses drones to help rescuers evacuate thousands as floods devastate Punjab

Emergency workers in Pakistan's Punjab province have used drones to find people stranded by massive floods

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3 d. ago Indonesia protests: president scraps lawmakers’ perks in bid to calm tensions

Six people have now died in nationwide protests, forcing Prabowo Subianto to remove perks include a housing allowance worth 10 times the minimum wageIndonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to revoke lawmakers’ perks and privileges, including a controversial $3,000 housing allowance, in a bid to ease public fury after nationwide protests in which six people have died.Flanked by leaders of eight Indonesian political parties, Prabowo told a televised news conference in the capital, Jakarta, that they had agreed to cut the housing allowance and suspend overseas trips for members of parliament. It was a rare concession in response to mounting public anger. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Biggest flood in Punjab’s history’ affects over 2 million people in Pakistan

Minister says first time Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi rivers carrying such high levels of water

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5 d. ago ‘The water left nothing’: Pakistan’s Punjab province reels from deadly floods

Fears of disease as more than 1,400 villages under water after three large rivers overflow their banksIman Salim is used to seeing flood waters in the field of lush lilypads next to her home in the village of Kamanwala. But nothing prepared her for this week, when torrential monsoon rains that broke a 49-year record lashed the area, flooding her house with water that rose above her chest.“The whole house has drowned. The water left nothing,” the 24-year-old said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Government accused of ‘cynical media campaign’ in Palestine Action legal battle

Hundreds of arrests have been made since a ban on the group came into force in July, with nearly 70 people charged.

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6 d. ago Floods in Pakistan's Punjab leave many without aid as rescuers race to evacuate

Rescuers in Pakistan have been racing to evacuate tens of thousands of people stranded by floods in Punjab province

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7 d. ago Pakistan floods force mass evacuations as Sikh holy shrine inundated

Indian soldiers rescue four boys swept by floodwaters towards border with Pakistan

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7 d. ago Floods affect 1.2 million, displace nearly 250,000 in eastern Pakistan

Rescuers in Pakistan's Punjab province are racing to reach stranded families after heavy rain and water from overflowing dams in India caused major rivers to burst their banks

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7 d. ago Ants will flee homes 'permanently' with 1 natural ingredient—and it's already in your kitchen

Ants can be a real nuisance in the home, but there's a natural way to get rid of them 'permanently' without the need for commercial products

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8 d. ago Wartime bombs explode as fire rips across Yorkshire moorland

Residents warned to prepare to flee homes as smoke fills air and emergency crews call in back-ups from other areas

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