20 m. ago Asian shares slide while oil prices surge after Israel's strike on Iran

Asia shares have opened lower while oil prices surged after Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday amid tensions over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program

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4 h. ago Israel 'plans to hit Iran nukes in days': US warns of imminent strike after Tehran breaches weapons pledge

Strikes could take place without US support amid fears Washington could agree to a deal with Iran that falls short of ending all nuclear enrichment, with a fresh round of talks expected on Sunday.

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18 h. ago World War 3 fears as US official claims it's 'more serious than any other time in the past'

Israel is reportedly 'fully ready' to launch a military strike against Iran in a move that would rupture the country's relationship with the US and could spark a global war

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39 h. ago Gaza doctor and son evacuated after husband and nine children killed in Israeli strike

Alaa al-Najjar and her only remaining son, Adam, who was badly injured in the strike, are due to fly to ItalyMiddle East crisis – latest updatesA Palestinian doctor whose husband and nine of her 10 children were killed by an Israeli strike has been evacuated from Gaza, bound for Italy with her only surviving child.Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatrician, and her badly wounded 11-year-old son, Adam, are due to be taken by ambulance with other critically-ill patients and family members to an airport in Eilat on the Red Sea and then flown to Milan on a plane chartered by the Italian government. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Father and daughter killed in house blaze named as sister remains in hospital

Initital investigations suggest the blaze started in the kitchen area

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63 h. ago Civil servants told to QUIT if they disagree with Labour's stance on Gaza

The Foreign Office's two most senior officials, Sir Oliver Robbins and Nick Dyer, responded to a letter by 300 staff raising concerns about Israel 's conduct.

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3 d. ago NHS trust and ward manager guilty of safety failures after patient Alice Figueiredo, 22, killed herself at mental health hospital

Jurors at the Old Bailey found that North East London NHS Foundation Trust was not responsible for the death of Alice Figueiredo, 22, but had 'failed to ensure the safety of a non-employee'.

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3 d. ago Palestinians say Israel and its allies fired on a crowd near Gaza aid site. Hospital says 14 killed

Palestinians say Israeli forces and allied local gunmen fired toward a crowd heading to an Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution center in the Gaza Strip

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4 d. 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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4 d. ago Israeli forces strike Gaza residential building as 95 Palestinians killed over past 24 hours

At least 16 people killed in strike on residential building and six on way to get food aid

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6 d. ago Israel issues evacuation warning to Gaza residents ahead of 'impending strike on all areas from which rockets are launched'

The Israeli military issued an evacuation order for residents of parts of Gaza City on Friday ahead of an attack.

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7 d. ago Newborn baby killed by nurse who 'dragged her out of hospital cot'

Ellieana J. Peyton, a newborn baby girl, tragically died after a nurse at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio dragged her out of bed.

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7 d. ago Horrifying moment teenage pedestrian is killed in 'hit and run': Video shows Audi in sickening crash that killed boy, 16, and left e

The incident, which took place in broad daylight, saw a grey car appear to swerve towards a group of e-bike riders before ploughing into the boy as he walked along the pavement.

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8 d. ago Major anthrax outbreak at holiday hotspot as one dead and four taken to hospital

A warning has been issued after an outbreak of deadly anthrax killed one man and left four other people in hospital after becoming infected, the country's first anthrax-related death in 21 years

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9 d. ago Palestinians killed after Israeli military opens fire at aid distribution point, Gaza’s civil defence agency says – Israel

IDF says it fired at ‘individual suspects who advanced towards troops’ during incident at aid point in southern Gaza StripPalestinians killed by Israeli fire at aid point, Gaza officials sayIsraeli strikes on Gaza schools part of deliberate strategy, say sourcesReuters reports that the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which Israeli authorities are using to bypass the traditional aid groups operating inside the Palestinian territories, said it distributed 21 truckloads of food early Tuesday.In its statement about troops opening fire on people near an aid distribution point in southern Gaza, Israel’s military has claimed “IDF troops are not preventing the arrival of Gazan civilians to the humanitarian aid distribution sites. The warning shots were fired approximately half a kilometer away from the humanitarian aid distribution site toward several suspects who advanced toward the troops in such a way that posed a threat to them.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israel fears the threat of trade sanctions — but is the EU ready to follow through? | Martin Konečný

A human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. The results will be significant for both the war and Europe’s reputationAfter many months of inaction and complicity in the face of Israel’s destruction of Gaza, Europe is finally beginning to stir. Tens of thousands of people killed and attacks on schools and hospitals had apparently not been enough. But, along with the blocking of humanitarian aid and open calls for ethnic cleansing, Israel’s actions finally became too severe to ignore, deny or justify. In recent weeks, a cascade of unusually strong statements, diplomatic rebukes and threats of sanctions has emerged from European capitals – each move amplifying the next, as if a long-dormant herd has suddenly jolted into motion.Among these developments, the most significant may be the possible suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement, which grants Israel preferential access to the world’s largest single market. Last month, the Dutch foreign minister, Caspar Veldkamp, b...

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1 week ago The EU faces a moment of truth. Will it follow through on trade sanctions on Israel – or slide into irrelevance? | Martin Konečný

A human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. The results will be significant for both the war and Europe’s reputationAfter many months of inaction and complicity in the face of Israel’s destruction of Gaza, Europe is finally beginning to stir. Tens of thousands of people killed and attacks on schools and hospitals had apparently not been enough. But, along with the blocking of humanitarian aid and open calls for ethnic cleansing, Israel’s actions finally became too severe to ignore, deny or justify. In recent weeks, a cascade of unusually strong statements, diplomatic rebukes and threats of sanctions has emerged from European capitals – each move amplifying the next, as if a long-dormant herd has suddenly jolted into motion.Among these developments, the most significant may be the possible suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement, which grants Israel preferential access to the world’s largest single market. Last month, the Dutch foreign minister, Caspar Veldkamp, b...

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1 week ago Horrific hospital fire kills three as trapped patients scream out of windows for help

Three elderly men, aged between 84 and 87, have sadly died in a devastating fire at a German hospital that also caused scores of injuries and saw one person detained

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1 week ago Hamburg hospital fire kills three people as trapped patients scream for help

Police have arrested a 72-year-old patient after the Marienkrankenhaus hospital in Hamburg, Germany was gripped by a devastating fire, leaving three people dead and many more injured

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1 week ago Motorcyclist injured in collision which killed garda dies in hospital

A Garda spokesperson said the man aged in his 30s died in Beaumont Hospital on Saturday evening.

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