3 d. ago ‘We want the fear to end’: a Palestinian widow relives the trauma of loss and struggle for survival

Ibtisam Ghalia and her four children are just one of the families and thousands living on the brink of starvation after blockade on GazaEvery day, Ibtisam Ghalia and her four children count their remaining stocks of food. These are meagre: a kilo or so of beans, a bag of lentils, a little salt, some herbs, spices, and enough flour for half a dozen flatbreads cooked on a griddle over a fire of wood splinters, waste plastic and cardboard.In the two months since Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza, stopping food, medicine, fuel and anything else from entering the devastated territory, Ghalia’s “cupboard” has slowly diminished. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Elon Musk has secret plan to father 5,000 kids, leaked text suggests

Leaked messages between Elon Musk and a woman who claimed the Tesla boss fathered her child suggest the bizarre entrepreneur wants to father thousands of children

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1 week ago Why is Yale University implicitly endorsing Israeli extremist Ben

Shabtai, a Jewish society based at Yale, hosted the extremist far-right politician convicted of supporting terrorism. Why did Yale allow this?Let me start with a statement that should be obvious: deliberately starving 2 million people – half of whom are children – is indefensible. It is not complicated, it is not a nuanced situation that requires a PhD to parse. It is not an unfortunate and unavoidable part of war. It is quite simply indefensible. I would say that it is also very much prohibited by international human rights law, but that doesn’t seem to exist any more, does it?As I write this, no food, water or medicine has been allowed into Gaza for almost two months. It is impossible to know just how bad the situation really is because Israel has imposed a media blackout on the region. However, aid organizations have said: “The Gaza Strip is now likely facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the 18 months” since the war began. Thousands of children are malnourished. Childhood mal...

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2 w. ago When my children grew up, I decided it was time to have more babies... with a twist. Meet my new £50,000 family

To the casual observer, it may appear she's a devoted mother or grandmother, carefully watching over her children - both no more than six months old - as they play.

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2 w. ago JENNI MURRAY: My dad suffered for more than 40 years with an undiagnosed condition. Then he met a man on a plane who recognised the problem and changed his life

I thought of Dad when I read that Health Secretary Wes Streeting has ordered an inquiry into what he has described as an unforgivable child hearing scandal.

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2 w. ago Incest inbreeding fears as Dutch medics reveal 85 sperm donors have been used to father THOUSANDS of children

Dutch medics have revealed that sperm from just 85 donors was used to father thousands of children, leading to fears of accidental inbreeding among the country's population. 

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3 w. ago Health secretary orders inquiry into how botched NHS hearing tests may have blighted the lives of thousands of children

The errors could have hampered the learning and communication skills of those affected, with 'devastating and lifelong' consequences, Wes Streeting said.

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3 w. ago Thousands of children have been raped and sexually abused in eastern Congo, UNICEF says

Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in the conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course of two months, the U.N. children’s agency said Friday, warning that existing funding gaps meant that hundreds of thousands were deprived of protection

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