7 h. ago Postmortems of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crimeThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineThe doctor who carried out the postmortems of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly killed by gunshots to the head and torso, as well as injuries caused by explosives.There was international outcry last month after it emerged that Israeli troops had launched a deadly attack on a group of paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent, civil defence and United Nations workers, as they carried out a rescue operation in southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Autopsies of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crimeThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineThe doctor who carried out the autopsies of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly killed by gunshots to the head and torso, as well as injuries caused by explosives.There was international outcry last month after it emerged that Israeli troops had launched a deadly attack on a group of paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent, civil defence and United Nations workers, as they carried out a rescue operation in southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Netflix viewers rave over 'one of the best war films EVER' with perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score as 'haunting and visceral' scenes 'blow them away'

Set at the end of the Second World War , the drama is available to stream on Netflix and delves into the story of the tragic accidental bombing of a school.

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17 h. ago Man, 19, who was upset his girlfriend's family went on a cruise without him while he looked after their pets is jailed for sending false bomb threat to ship she was on

A Michigan man who was upset that he had to watch pets while his girlfriend's family went on a cruise was sentenced to eight months in prison for making a false bomb threat.

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36 h. ago One person killed and several wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months agoOne person has been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a hospital in Gaza, just as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was making a visit to the war-torn territory.The attack on Tuesday occurred two days after another major hospital was targeted, fuelling warnings from the UN that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is now the worst it has been since conflict began. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Medics killed and wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months agoA medic has been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a hospital in Gaza.The attack on Tuesday came two days after another major hospital was targeted, fuelling warnings from the UN that the humanitarian crisis in the territory is now the worst it has been since conflict began. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Middle East latest: Israeli strike on Kuwaiti Field Hospital in Gaza kills medic and wounds several

An Israeli airstrike hit Tuesday the northern gate of the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing a medic and wounding nine other people, a spokesman for the hospital said

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51 h. ago Hate preacher 'may have inspired Manchester Arena terrorist's attack on prison guards': Bombing victim's boyfriend blasts 'he should be in a straitjacket'

Abedi attacked three warders with burning cooking oil and a makeshift blade at HMP Frankland, County Durham on Saturday, leaving them with life-threatening injuries.

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51 h. ago Trump enacts swift revenge against Harvard after university refused to comply with bombshell list of demands

Donald Trump 's education department put the hammer down on Harvard, freezing over $2.2billion in funding after they rejected a list of demands from the federal government.

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66 h. ago Jihadi who plotted to bomb the Stock Exchange is recalled to prison for a fourth time

Mohammed Chowdhury was one of nine al-Qaida-inspired group members sentenced in 2012 for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.

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68 h. ago My last memory was holding my daughter's hand... when I woke up she was dead: Mother of Saffie

Saffie-Rose was the youngest of 22 people killed when suicide bomber Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a homemade device at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at 10.31pm on May 22, 2017.

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3 d. ago Horrific injuries of prison officers attacked by Manchester Arena bomb plotter revealed as MPs demand

Prison officials need to regain control from Islamist extremists allowed to 'rule the roost' behind bars, a top Tory said on Sunday.

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3 d. ago Mystery deepens over doctor's bombshell email suggesting that Lucy Letby wasn't caught red handed

Questions were raised yesterday over an email from a key witness that appears to contradict medical evidence used to convict Lucy Letby.

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3 d. ago A Minecraft Movie soars to $551M globally as Snow White falls out of box office top five

A Minecraft Movie has soared to nearly $551 million in the global box office while Disney's Snow White live-action remake dropped even further out of the top five spot this weekend.

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3 d. ago Athens is burning after petrol bomb riots see attacks on police

Shocking footage emerging from the holiday hotspot showed rioters storming the streets just after midnight as the rowdy mobs came head-to-head with cops.

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3 d. ago Prison guards attacked by Manchester Arena bomber's brother now stable after suffering several stab wounds

The officers are stable after receiving life-threatening injuries when they were assaulted by Hashem Abedi at HMP Frankland, County Durham, on Saturday.

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5 d. ago IDF unit involved in Gaza paramedics’ killing was under command of brigade led by notorious Israeli general

Golani troops were under command of reservist Armoured 14th Brigade, part of division led by Brig Gen Yehuda VachThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit involved in the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in the Gaza Strip last month was under the command of a brigade led by a notorious Israeli general previously accused by some of his own troops of having “contempt for human life”.The IDF has confirmed that troops from Golani, one of the army’s five infantry brigades, opened fire on two convoys of ambulances in Rafah on 23 March and dug a mass grave to cover the bodies of those killed until the corpses could be retrieved by a UN team six days later. It has disputed allegations from two witnesses who exhumed the bodies and newly released postmortem results that found several of those killed had close-range gunshot wounds to the head and chest and were discovered with their hands or legs tied. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Pentagon's secret plans for a 'Gay Bomb' that would make enemies 'irresistibly attractive to one another'

The US Air Force once made plans for a 'gay bomb' that would use chemical aphrodisiacs to make enemy soldiers 'irresistibly attractive to one another.'

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6 d. ago 'Pollen bomb' warning as levels soar in the UK: Map reveals the areas where hay fever sufferers will be worst hit

If you suffer from hay fever, make sure you stock up on antihistamines and tissues - as a dreaded 'pollen bomb' is heading our way.

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6 d. ago Israeli airstrike on Gaza apartment block kills at least 23 Palestinians

Attack on densely populated Shijaiyah area of Gaza City kills at least eight women and as many children

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