5 h. ago Israel declares national emergency as wildfires force evacuations

Witnesses tell of ‘walls of flame’ surging across woodland, while high winds disrupt Independence Day eventsWildfires continued to threaten swaths of forest and fields in Israel on Thursday, though firefighters successfully reopened the main road linking the country’s two principal cities.Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, declared a national emergency after the fires broke out on Wednesday along the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, prompting police to shut the route and evacuate thousands of people from nearby communities. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Israel declares state of emergency with 'largest ever' wildfires raging out of control towards Jerusalem

The Fire and Rescue Service's Jerusalem District commander said firefighters had a long way to go before they could contain the blazes.

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9 h. ago Israel wildfires mapped: Netanyahu declares national emergency as record blaze nears Jerusalem

Fire is being whipped up by strong winds and hot, dry weather

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11 h. ago Jerusalem fires latest: Israel declares national emergency and appeals for international aid over ‘largest ever’ wildfires

Netanyahu warns fire could reach close to Jerusalem as officials struggle to control it

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20 h. ago Huge wildfire seen from Greater Manchester as Cat and Fiddle pub forced to shut

A major wildfire is raging on moorland near Buxton

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28 h. ago Farage calls for national emergency over arrival of people from ‘alien’ cultures

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said billions of pounds are being spent on housing ‘undocumented males’ in hotels and rented accommodation.

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2 d. ago This Welsh woman is now responsible for protecting women and girls from violence

'We recognise this is a national emergency. It's not just one part of society and it's not just for victims to protect themselves. We need to hold men and boys accountable for their behaviour'

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2 d. ago This Welsh woman is responsible for protecting women and girls from violence

'We recognise this is a national emergency. It's not just one part of society and it's not just for victims to protect themselves. We need to hold men and boys accountable for their behaviour'

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8 d. ago Warning China could be building AI army of 'Terminator' soldiers that can't be killed

The US National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology has warned China is in a position to create practically un-killable cyborgs through the use of advanced biotechnology

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8 d. ago New Jersey wildfire forces evacuations and reaches closed nuclear power plant

Stretch of major highway shut as 3,000 people moved to safety and homes left without powerA fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey has forced thousands of people to evacuate, closed a stretch of a main highway and reached a shuttered nuclear power plant.Flames from the Jones Road wildfire in Ocean County had reached buildings on the campus of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, according to the local Lakewood Scoop newspaper. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Kush destroys them’: the Guinean rehab clinic tackling a drug epidemic

Experts say a crisis is under way in Guinea, fuelled by a growing market run by cross-border trafficking syndicatesAt Guinea’s only private drug rehabilitation clinic, Dr Marie Koumbassa and her 15-person team are so convinced that drug use is a national emergency that they work for no pay.Every week, SAJED-Guinée (Service for Helping Young People in Difficult Situations due to Drugs) receives dozens of distress calls from relatives of addicts who are then taken to the facility in the working-class Conakry neighbourhood of Dabompa. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Yellow fever: Health emergency declared as 17th century disease kills 34 and warning issued

People who are not vaccinated against the disease will be banned from travelling to certain areas of Colombia after the government declared a national health emergency for yellow fever

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2 w. ago Rory McIlroy faces massive tax bill if he wins The Masters and completes career Grand Slam

Rory McIlroy is in the hunt for his first Masters title and a career Grand Slam, but the Northern Irishman could face a huge tax bill if he emerges victorious at Augusta National

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2 w. ago Emergency bill to 'save' British Steel that could nationalise Scunthorpe furnace clears Parliament

The Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill has cleared the House of Lords and will become law once it receives royal assent.

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2 w. ago Labour faces calls to nationalise British Steel as MPs urged to pass emergency law today to save UK steelmaking and thousands of jobs

Both the Commons and the Lords have reconvened during Easter recess for a highly unusual Saturday sitting to debate a Bill aimed at blocking Jingye from closing the Scunthorpe site.

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2 w. ago British Steel latest: Nationalisation ‘likely’, says business secretary as MPs debate emergency law

The prime minister will pass a bill through parliament in a single day on Saturday

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2 w. ago Emergency British Steel meeting to begin as Starmer claims national security on the line: Latest

The prime minister will pass a bill through parliament in a single day on Saturday

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2 w. ago Minister accuses British Steel owners of 'refusing' to comply with the government ahead of emergency debate to 'take back control' and nationalise furnaces

Minister for Industry Sarah Jones suggested negotiations with Jingye on saving the plant had broken down ahead of a debate on emergency legislation.

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2 w. ago British Steel latest: MPs sit for emergency session as Starmer says ‘national security’ on the line

The prime minister will pass a bill through parliament in a single day on Saturday

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2 w. ago MPs to vote on whether to grant government control of British Steel and save Scunthorpe plant

Emergency legislation paving the way for nationalisation will go before Parliament

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