74 m. ago Cuts to UK’s global vaccination funding would risk avoidable child deaths, experts warn

Exclusive: Scientists also say any reduction in Foreign Office funding for vaccine alliance Gavi would harm UK’s soft powerAny cut in UK funding to a global vaccination group would damage soft power and could make British less resilient to infectious diseases, as well as causing avoidable deaths among children, leading vaccine and aid experts have warned.Scientists including Sir Andrew Pollard, who led the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, said a major cut in money for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) could also make the UK less able to respond to a future pandemic. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago 'Freedom flotilla' doubles down and says 'we will not turn back' as Israel issues chilling warning after vowing: 'Greta Thunberg won't make it to Gaza'

Taking to Instagram , freedom flotilla member Yasemin Acar defiantly said the activists would not be returning to Catania, Sicily, from where they set off last Sunday.

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2 h. ago Newsom is warned of ‘criminal tax evasion’ if he withholds federal taxes

California governor made threat amid reports Trump is weighing huge federal funding cuts targeting stateThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has warned California governor Gavin Newsom that he would be guilty of “criminal tax evasion” if he withholds his state’s tax payments to the federal government amid threats of a funding cut by Donald Trump.Newsom had threatened to cut tax payments to the federal government two days ago after reports that Trump was preparing huge federal funding cuts targeting Democrat-dominated California, including its state university system. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Hamas chief 'The Shadow' WAS killed in airstrike on Gaza hospital, IDF confirms

The de facto Hamas leader, 49, was eliminated in an IDF strike on May 13 with Israel on Sunday recovering his body from a tunnel in Khan Yunis.

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5 h. ago Israel Katz threatens to use ‘all necessary measures’ to stop Gaza

Israel’s defence minister says he’d instructed IDF to block humanitarian flotilla carrying climate activist Greta ThunbergThe Israeli defence minister has threatened to “take all necessary measures” to prevent a humanitarian ship carrying climate campaigner Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza.The ‘Madleen’, a boat operated by the activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), says it is attempting to reach the shores of the territory to bring in a symbolic amount of aid and raise international awareness of the continuing humanitarian crisis. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Jurassic World Evolution 3 could finally show dinosaur franchise how to finish a trilogy

Frontier Development’s dino park sim is focusing on life and chaos in equal measure with Jurassic World Evolution 3, and it’s all the more wholesome for it–here's why

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6 h. ago 'Bitcoin Family' take drastic measures to protect themselves amid crypto kidnappings

A Dutch family that famously bet their entire lives on bitcoin has taken extreme measures to protect themselves and their digital assets amid an alarming string of high-profile crypto kidnappings.

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7 h. ago 'I went for a heart scan and ended up with a £170 fine and bailiff threats'

The 61-year-old nursing assistant says she was left ‘scared to answer her door’ and with a deteriorating heart problem because of the stress of being threatened by bailiffs four times

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7 h. ago Freedom Flotilla tracker LIVE as Greta Thunberg boat aims to break Israel's aid siege

Activist Yasemin Acar has revealed just how close the Freedom Flotilla's Madleen ship is to reaching Gaza. She warned that herself, Greta Thunberg and others could be intercepted at any moment - track the vessel here

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7 h. ago Israel orders military to stop Greta Thunberg’s boat as six killed by gunfire near aid centre

Climate campaigner Thunberg joined the Madleen’s crew to ‘challenge escalating war crimes’

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8 h. ago Israel issues ominous warning that 'Greta Thunberg won't make it to Gaza' as it accuses the activist of being an 'antisemite travelling with Hamas propogandists' on her 'freedom flotilla'

Ms Thunberg, 22, is among 12 activists on board the ship, hoping to 'break [Israel's] siege on the Gaza Strip' with a delivery of humanitarian aid.

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8 h. ago Palestinians say Israeli fire kills 5 near aid sites. Israel says it fired warning shots

Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli fire killed at least five people as they headed toward two aid distribution points in Gaza

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9 h. ago What inspectors say about the 12 Cardiff schools they've visited this year

Two were put into special measures and two were taken out of Estyn review

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9 h. ago At least five killed by Israeli fire near Gaza food point, officials say

Shooting happened about a kilometre from distribution site in Rafah run by Gaza Humanitarian FoundationAt least five people have been killed and others wounded by Israeli fire about a kilometre from a food distribution point in Gaza, Palestinian health officials and witnesses said.Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces opened fire as people went to receive supplies on Sunday morning from a site in Rafah run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli- and US-backed group. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Israel says it will stop aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza

Activists on board the vessel said they had planned to reach Gaza’s waters as early as Sunday

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9 h. ago Starmer aid cuts ‘threaten UK’s reputation and credibility’ abroad, Foreign Office admits

Exclusive: A government consultation found concerns about the UK’s credibility abroad after Keir Starmer’s foreign aid cuts

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10 h. ago ‘It’s outrageous,’ says mother of UK Israel protest accused as he faces 21 months in jail before trial

William Plastow’s mother believes it is the longest anyone will have been held awaiting trial on protest-related chargesThe mother of a man charged in relation to a protest at a site belonging to an Israeli arms manufacturer has said it is outrageous that he faces 21 months in jail before his case goes to trial.William Plastow, 34, who lives in Manchester, is one of the “Filton 18”, accused of taking part in a Palestine Action protest against an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in August last year. He denies charges of criminal damage, violent disorder and aggravated burglary. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Trump’s immigration restrictions threaten restaurant labour shortage

Concern in the sector that crackdown is exacerbating long-standing hiring challenges

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12 h. ago LA protesters 'smash police car windows' as Trump vows to send in National Guard

After protests broke out across a number of Los Angeles neighbourhoods over immigration enforcement, Donald Trump promised to take drastic measures to put an end to the demonstrations

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12 h. ago Great British Bake Off's Prue Leith addresses future on show after 'planning to quit'

The Great British Bake Off's Prue Leith has spoken out about her future on the show, after admitting that she threatened to quit the Bake Off universe entirely

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