5 h. ago ‘It felt like she was asking me to save her’: the film based on a five

The Voice of Hind Rajab has stunned audiences with its use of the real-life audio of a girl’s call for help after her family’s car was attacked by an Israeli tank in Gaza. Its director explains why she had to tell Hind’s tragic storyWhen Kaouther Ben Hania heard Hind Rajab’s voice for the first time, she was in Los Angeles airport scrolling through social media. The five-year-old’s cry for help cut through the clamour around her. This was in February 2024 and Hind had already been dead for at least a week, left to bleed out among the corpses of six of her relatives after their car was targeted by an Israeli tank, leaving it with 335 bullet holes, according to the Forensic Architecture research group.More than 20,000 Palestinian children were killed in two years of Israeli bombardment of Gaza, according to UN estimates. Another 82 have been killed since 10 October when a ceasefire was declared and then routinely breached. The pictures of the dead have often been published online, inc...

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40 h. ago Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci

The more European countries act as colonies, unable and unwilling to stand up to Trump, the more they’ll be treated as suchThere is no two without a three, as we say in Italian. After their complicit silence on Israel’s war crimes in Gaza and their tacit acceptance of the US/Israel attack on Iran, Europeans now hesitate to condemn the US’s audacious military operation to bring about regime change in Venezuela. With few notable exceptions – such as Spain, the Netherlands and Norway – most European leaders have fudged their response. Spain, in fact, has acted without its EU partners, condemning the US attack alongside a group of Latin American countries. European governments seem unable to utter in the same breath that, although Nicolás Maduro was an illegitimate dictator, the US attack to topple him is a gross violation of international law.The French president, Emmanuel Macron, the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, at least...

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6 d. ago The last hostage: After over 800 days, elite Israeli police officer who ran towards danger in October 7 attack is the last remaining in Gaza as his mother clings to fragile hope he is still alive

It is in many ways a remarkable testament to the will of the Israeli people that of the 251 taken captive by Hamas on October 7, 2023, only one now remains.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's 'outrageous' threat to BBC slammed as Keir Starmer faces demand

Keir Starmer previously said he believes 'the principle of an independent trusted BBC is really important and should be defended' amid legal threats from Donald Trump

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer faces demand to rebuke Labour donor Dale Vince for blaming Israel's attacks on Gaza for anti

Green energy tycoon Dale Vince, who has given millions to Sir Keir Starmer and his party, lashed out on social media in the wake of the atrocity on the iconic Sydney beach that left 15 people dead.

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3 w. ago Hamas commander behind October 7 attacks ‘killed by Israel in Gaza’

Hamas commander Raed Saed was one of the architects of the October 7 attacks

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