12 h. ago Revealed: The massive flaws in Shabana Mahmood's visa plan to crack down on small boats

New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said countries which refuse to 'play ball' and take back migrants could face curtailed access to visas.

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6 d. ago Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi returns to Columbia University: ‘They have failed to silence me’

Mahdawi was arrested and targeted for deportation but the permanent US resident is resuming postgraduate studiesJust over four months after being arrested, detained and nearly deported by the Trump administration for his activism, Mohsen Mahdawi, the 34-year-old Palestinian student and US permanent resident, returned to Columbia University on Tuesday and vowed to continue speaking out.“They have failed to silence me, and in fact, now I am more outspoken than before, and I will continue to work for peace and justice. I do this work not for myself alone – I do this for the future of children, whether they are Palestinians or Israelis,” he told the Guardian on Tuesday in his first interview since stepping back on to campus to begin his graduate studies. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi returns to Columbia University: ‘They have failed to silence me’

Mahdawi was targeted and arrested for deportation due to his activism but the permanent US resident is resuming postgraduate studiesJust more than four months after being arrested, detained and nearly deported by the Trump administration for his activism, Mohsen Mahdawi, the 34-year-old Palestinian student and US permanent resident, returned to Columbia University on Tuesday and vowed to continue speaking out.“They have failed to silence me, and in fact, now I am more outspoken than before, and I will continue to work for peace and justice. I do this work not for myself alone – I do this for the future of children, whether they are Palestinians or Israelis,” he told the Guardian on Tuesday in his first interview since stepping back on to campus to begin his graduate studies. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago UK 'outraged' at Israel restricting aid as it works to evacuate children from Gaza for treatment

British officials are working to evacuate critically sick and injured children from Gaza for treatment in U.K. hospitals

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1 week ago Israel releases distressing footage of Hamas terrorists murdering father in front of his two children on October 7

The harrowing video was publicized by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the wife of the deceased on the same day the IDF launched the Gaza City offensive.

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1 week ago Gaza’s children being starved to death are now too weak to cry, says Save the Children chief

More and more children express the wish to be dead, top official at humanitarian aid agency says

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1 week ago Pope demands ‘collective punishment’ end in Gaza as 10 more die of hunger

Latest deaths announced by Gaza health ministry bring starvation toll to 313, including 119 childrenChildren make up a third of outpatients treated for wounds at MSF Gaza hospitals, data showsTen Palestinians including two children have died from starvation in the last 24 hours, health authorities in Gaza said on Wednesday, as Pope Leo XIV demanded that Israel stop its “collective punishment” of the population in the besieged territory.At least 313 people have died from hunger, including 119 children, since the war in Gaza began and Israel intensified its siege on the Palestinian territory. Last week a UN-backed monitoring body confirmed that Gaza was in the throes of famine and warned that without more aid, increasing numbers of people would lose access to food. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Sanaa wasn’t a statistic’: Baby who ‘knew nothing but war’ dies of malnutrition as Gaza crisis deepens

A toddler died in hospital as a result of prolonged nutritional deficiency and a lack of baby formula. Tara Cobham reports on the devastating impact the Israel-Hamas war is having on Palestinian children

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2 w. ago Women and children among 25 killed in new Israeli strikes as famine declared

Hospital officials say Palestinians sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food aid were among those killed by Israeli strikes

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2 w. ago Manager detained after Israeli children refused access to French leisure park

The manager of the leisure park in southern France was detained for alleged religious discrimination

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2 w. ago Israeli children refused access to leisure park in southern France

Manager of zipline facility detained for alleged religious discrimination after group of eight- to 18-year-olds turned awayThe manager of a leisure park in southern France has been detained for alleged religious discrimination after a group of Israeli children were refused access.The children, aged eight to 16, were on holiday in Spain and had made a reservation for Thursday to use the Tyrovol zipline adventure park in Porté-Puymorens, near the Spanish border in the Pyrenees mountains, the Perpignan prosecutor’s office said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Holocaust survivors demand Israel stop starving Gaza children as famine declared

'As survivors of the Holocaust and Jews who escaped the Nazis we cannot remain silent as hunger and deprivation threaten the lives of civilians in Gaza,' signatories say

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Gaza’s future: Israel should end the killing. Its allies must not remain complicit | Editorial

The suffering and death of Palestinians is multiplying. Seizing and occupying Gaza City would only deepen the horrorIsrael faces a stark choice. So do its allies. International condemnation pushed Israel into allowing a trickle of aid into Gaza. But it remains utterly insufficient, and Palestinians are still starving to death. Israel has killed more than 62,000 people, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s health ministry.Israel’s former intelligence chief Aharon Haliva, in charge when the Hamas atrocities of 2023 took place, was recently recorded saying that “For every person on October 7, 50 Palestinians must die. It doesn’t matter now if they are children.” That isn’t merely vengeful and obscene, it explicitly describes a war crime. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Horrifying look at Gaza as city left in ruins with terrified children fleeing

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Harrowing images from inside Gaza show children fleeing the sites of Israeli airstrikes, toddlers huddling with their families in makeshift shelters, and relatives mourning over the bodies of loved ones

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3 w. ago Israeli government official arrested in Nevada in internet crimes against children sting

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for a sex actAn Israeli government cybersecurity official was reportedly arrested recently by Las Vegas police and other authorities in Nevada who were conducting an undercover investigation aimed at online users seeking to sexually prey on children.Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, 38, faces felony charges of luring a child with a computer for a sex act, alongside several other suspects who were apprehended during the two-week sting operation, the Las Vegas metropolitan police department said in a statement published on Friday. He has since evidently been released from custody and returned to Israel. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘The children in Gaza are too weak to play or sing: hunger has stolen their childhood’

As a hunger crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating, Bryony Gooch speaks to workers at a camp where the children ‘still have hope’

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3 w. ago UEFA claim their 'Stop killing children' Super Cup banner is NOT political after sparking Israeli anger with gesture days after Mohamed Salah criticised their tribute to 'Palestinian Pele'

UEFA have defended their 'Stop killing children, stop killing civilians' banner displayed prior to the UEFA Super Cup - insisting that it was not a political message as they come under-fire.

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3 w. ago Gaza’s sick children wait in torturous limbo for medical evacuations

For some the only hope is treatment abroad, but not all survive the long, desperate wait for Israel’s approvalAbdel Karim Wahdan no longer has the energy to speak. When visitors arrive, the eight-year-old pretends to be sleeping so that no one looks at him. Between his frequent dialysis sessions, he cries. His bones hurt, he says.Abdel Karim is dying. His death should be preventable but because he lives in Gaza he cannot access the treatment that would save his life. What started as acute kidney failure is now chronic: his small body has begun to swell and he spends his days between hospital beds and injections that he hates. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK demands Israel stop 'unimaginable' Gaza famine as children starve to death

The UK, Australia and other European states demanded Israel allow unrestricted aid into Gaza, describing the humanitarian suffering as "unimaginable" as another five Palestinians die of starvation

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4 w. ago China diplomat tipped as next foreign minister detained by authorities – report

Liu Jianchao, the envoy in charge of managing ties with foreign political parties, was reportedly detained in late JulyLiu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat widely seen as a potential future foreign minister, has been detained by authorities for questioning, the Wall Street Journal has reported.Liu was taken away after returning to Beijing in late July from an overseas work trip, it reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. Continue reading...

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