4 h. ago Old Ibis hotel full of city's homeless has residents terrified of leaving their homes

People are being chased at night and are afraid to leave their home

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21 h. ago Ghost village where everyone forced to leave overnight and heartbreaking note pinned to church

The tiny village of Tyneham in Dorset was a bustling community until World War Two when the British military requisitioned the village for training purposes and gave the residents a month's notice to leave

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23 h. ago The lost seaside town where residents were forced to leave and never came back

Tide Mills in Sussex has now been reduced to just an overgrown strip of land, but once there was a bustling community

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4 d. ago EastEnders horror as shock car crash leaves two residents injured

It was another shock ending in EastEnders tonight, with viewers left horrified when Nigel left two Walford residents lying on the ground injured after hitting them with his car

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6 d. ago Reports of Israeli attack on Gaza amid rising tensions over ceasefire – Middle East crisis live

Israeli media reports come as Hamas and Israel trade accusations over breaches of the US-brokered ceasefireIsraeli airstrikes hit Rafah in southern Gaza, Israeli and regional media report, as clashes flared between Israeli forces and Hamas despite a fragile US-brokered ceasefire.Israel’s public broadcaster Kan said the air force was striking targets in Rafah, while other outlets reported attacks elsewhere in southern Gaza and in the city of Jabalia in the north of the territory. Israeli TV network Channel 12 said prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call with defence minister Israel Katz and senior army officials as the situation unfolded. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘It’s like a nuclear bomb has hit’: shocked Palestinians return home to desolation

Families are going back to Gaza City and surrounds to find their neighbourhoods obliterated, with many forced to camp in the ruinsWhen the Gaza ceasefire took effect a week ago, tens of thousands of Palestinians began to move from the sprawling camps in the south back to their homes in Gaza City and the surrounding area.For most, it was a shocking and bitter homecoming. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Daily struggles persist in Gaza even as ceasefire offers some respite

The Israel-Hamas war ceasefire has provided some respite for Palestinians in Gaza after two years of killings and destruction

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9 d. ago Gaza ceasefire live: Israel says body handed over by Hamas is not one of the hostages

Four bodies were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday to ease pressure on the fragile ceasefire, after the first four on Monday Israel reportedly pulls back from threat to slash humanitarian aid entering GazaThe Israeli military said on Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of one of the hostages who was held in Gaza. Four bodies were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday to ease pressure on the fragile ceasefire, after the first four on Monday – when the last 20 living hostages were released. The military said that “following the completion of examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the fourth body handed over to Israel by Hamas does not match any of the hostages”.In the north of the territory, as Israeli forces withdrew from Gaza City, the Hamas government’s black-masked armed police resumed street patrols, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).Our message is clear: There will be no place for outlaws...

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9 d. ago Gaza ceasefire live: Israel says one of the bodies handed over by Hamas is not a hostage amid reports vital aid crossing to reopen

Israel previously said the flow of aid would be cut by half and Rafah crossing would not open as planned due to delay in returning bodies of hostagesIsrael limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostages’ remainsThe Israeli military said on Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of one of the hostages who was held in Gaza. Four bodies were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday to ease pressure on the fragile ceasefire, after the first four on Monday – when the last 20 living hostages were released. The military said that “following the completion of examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the fourth body handed over to Israel by Hamas does not match any of the hostages”.In the north of the territory, as Israeli forces withdrew from Gaza City, the Hamas government’s black-masked armed police resumed street patrols, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).Our message is clear: There will be no place for ...

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1 week ago Drone footage shows Gaza before and after war in shocking scale of destruction

Drone footage shows the devastating extent of destruction the Gaza Strip with pre and post-conflict images of the besieged city.

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1 week ago Moment Red Cross transports first released Israeli hostages from Gaza City

Red cross vehicles left Gaza City on Monday (October 13) after Hamas handed over the first group of the last surviving Israeli hostages seized in the October 7 attack.

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1 week ago A Scottish island's unique hospitality finishes as last remaining residents leave for good

For the first time in decades, Rona’s population will go from two to zero this month.

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1 week ago More than 500,000 people return to Gaza City amid ceasefire, as Steve Witkoff addresses Tel Aviv crowd – live

Palestinians return to destruction as US special envoy visits Hostages Square in Israel with Jared Kushner and Ivanka TrumpMalak A Tantesh, a young reporter who has contributed to the Guardian’s coverage, has written about a harrowing two years in besieged Gaza. You can read her account here:The Trump plan calls for Israel to maintain an open-ended military presence inside Gaza, along its border with Israel. An international force, comprised largely of troops from Arab and Muslim countries, would be responsible for security inside Gaza. The US would lead a large internationally funded reconstruction effort, reports the Associated Press (AP). The plan envisions an eventual role for the Palestinian Authority – something Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long opposed. But it requires the authority, which administers parts of the West Bank, to undergo a sweeping reform programme that could take years. According to the AP, the Trump plan is even more vague about a future Pale...

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1 week ago Many unresolved questions remain as a ceasefire holds in Gaza

A ceasefire is holding in Gaza between Israel and Hamas after two years of war

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1 week ago Drone footage above Gaza City shows the toll of 2 years of war

New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war as a ceasefire holds in its second day

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2 w. ago Trump says ‘for the most part, there is consensus’ on next stages of Gaza ceasefire plan – live

US president adds Hamas were gathering the hostages now, as displaced Palestinians return to northern GazaAs Abdel Fattah al-Kurdi made the long journey back to Gaza City, he found himself getting lost. Though he left the city just a few weeks ago, he could no longer recognise its streets. The buildings he had grown up in between had collapsed, their contents carpeting the roads in a mixture of torn furniture and broken concrete.Al-Kurdi could only recognise the Netzarim checkpoint marking his entry into north Gaza by the bodies lying at its feet – those who had tried to return home too early, their faces obscured by dust after being cut down by Israeli fire. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I expect to find a ghost city’: Gaza residents on the long, arduous journey back home

Returnees anxious if the homes they left behind will still be standing after Hamas-Israel ceasefire takes effectAs Abdel Fattah al-Kurdi made the long journey back to Gaza City, he found himself getting lost. Though he left the city just a few weeks ago, he could no longer recognise its streets. The buildings he had grown up in between had collapsed, their contents carpeting the roads in a mixture of torn furniture and broken concrete.Al-Kurdi could only recognise the Netzarim checkpoint marking his entry into north Gaza by the bodies lying at its feet – those who had tried to return home too early, their faces obscured by dust after being cut down by Israeli fire. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tower block residents infested by thousands of flies leaving them unable to open their windows

Residents suffering from the revolting infestation say they have been "forced" to become fly experts with the insects having plagued them since in the 1990s – and the council still hasn't sorted it out.

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2 w. ago An AP photographer shares the stories behind some of her most poignant Gaza images

AP photographer Fatima Shbair tells the stories behind some of her most poignant images from covering the war in her homeland, Gaza

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2 w. ago Gaza ceasefire plan live: Hamas chief negotiator says group received guarantees that war has ended

Khalil al-Hayya says US, Arab mediators and Turkey gave assurances that war ‘has ended permanently’; Israel’s security cabinet has yet to publicly approve the dealFull report: First phase of deal to end war in Gaza agreedWhat we know so far about the dealFamilies of Israelis held hostage in Gaza gathered in what has come to be known as Hostage Square in Tel Aviv after the announcement.“President Trump, thank you very much. We thank him, our children will not have returned home without him,” said Hatan Angrest, whose son Matan is among the hostages. Continue reading...

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