2 h. ago UK recognition of a Palestinian state 'rewards Hamas' says Starmer's former extremism tsar as PM prepares to take major step as soon as this week

Lord Walney, the ex-Labour MP, hit out ahead of the PM's planned announcement at the UN General Assembly later this month.

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2 h. ago ‘I woke up and there was no water’: Gaza’s human rights defenders in their own words | Mary Lawlor

A UN special rapporteur shares the stories of those trying to record the horrors of Gaza even as they live through them“Yesterday I talked to a mother of a child who was born and died in the war.”“Every day I look at my child, who instead of going to school is going to fetch water, and instead of playing football is hanging around in areas where corpses are lying.”Mary Lawlor is UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Rubio arrives in Israel amid tensions over strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar

US secretary of state says Trump ‘not happy’ about Israeli attack that targeted Hamas officials in Doha for Gaza talksThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has arrived in Israel seeking to mend a rift with Washington’s other allies in the region over Israel’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Qatar and the accelerated expansion of settlements on the occupied West Bank.In talks with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rubio will try to balance criticism of the Israeli airstrike on a Doha building, which killed aides to a Hamas leader and a Qatari security officer, with a message of overall support for Israel before the expected formal recognition of Palestine by a number of other US allies, including the UK, France, Canada, Australia and Belgium. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson seen driving near campus hours before shooting in new CCTV footage

Newly released footage shows Charlie Kirk murder suspect Tyler Robinson patrolling a residential street near Utah Valley university, hours before the shooting.

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4 h. ago Medics in southern Gaza sound alarm over wave of newly displaced Palestinians

Doctors at Nasser medical complex say it won’t be able to cope with large numbers of people fleeing Gaza City Doctors and medical staff at the largest big hospital still functioning in Gaza say they will be overwhelmed by a wave of new wounded and sick patients if hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee the north of the devastated territory in the face of an intensifying Israeli offensive.Dr Mohammed Saqr, director of nursing at the Nasser medical complex near Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza, said there were not enough staff to cope with even existing demand and that supplies of medicine and fuel were running low. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago EasyJet flight to Bristol Airport makes emergency landing after serious medical incident

The easyJet flight from Bodrum, Turkey, to Bristol Airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Zagreb, Croatia, after a passenger became ill

Transport

4 h. ago Bombed, starving and orphaned: The horrific plight of children arriving in Gaza’s hospitals alone

Up to 40,000 children in Gaza are believed to have lost at least one parent as Israeli forces continue a brutal offensive. Medics tell Alex Croft that many are now arriving in hospital alone

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5 h. ago First seriously sick and hurt Gaza children to land in the UK this week to be treated by the NHS

It is understood the youngsters are currently being cared for by medics in a neighbouring country before being flown to the UK for specialist treatment.

Politics

6 h. ago Bradford explosion: Huge blast destroys home as debris erupts from property

Emergency services raced to an explosion in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Two victims made it out of the fire and were treated by medics. The home was left severely damaged

Society

8 h. ago Trump is no 'strongman' when it comes to Russia or Israel. If other democracies don’t step up, anarchy awaits | Simon Tisdall

Putin and Netanyahu are creating chaos in the vacuum left by a weak US president. But there are still ways to foil themIt is too easy to blame Donald Trump for everything that goes wrong in the world. The ability of any US president to fundamentally change or control the behaviour of other major powers is frequently overestimated. Yet by posing as a sort of uncrowned global monarch and grand arbiter of war and peace, Trump perpetuates fantasies of US hegemony, omnipotence and divine right. Intoxicated by such ego-inflating delusions, he pledged before taking office to swiftly end the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts. Perhaps, in his vanity and hubris, he truly believed he could.Eight months on, the exact opposite is happening. Both crises are expanding and escalating. The bubble has burst, his bluff has been called, the emperor has no clothes – and there is no denying that Trump, by alternately appeasing, excusing and encouraging the two foremost villains of these twin tragedies, is great...

Politics

9 h. ago Heart disease risk in 50s could be predicted from seven years old

Checking children’s blood pressure at age seven could predict potentially fatal medical events decades in the future

Events

12 h. ago The very common medical test that doctors now fear is behind the surge in thyroid cancer in young people... and why women are most at risk

Just 31 and in good health, Jess Cain was horrified to discover a small lump in her neck, which she had thought little of, was cancer .

Science

17 h. ago For the sake of the hostages, and all Palestinians and Israelis: ceasefire now

Editorial: The Independent has pledged not to look away from Gaza – we will continue to report the truth as we see it

Events

21 h. ago Zohran Mamdani says as mayor he would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he traveled to New York

Mayoral candidate said he’d try to honor ICC warrant for Israeli prime minister’s arrest over war crimesIf he wins his fall election, Zohran Mamdani would order New York’s police department to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu in the event that the Israeli prime minister ever traveled there, the city’s leading mayoral candidate said in a recent interview.Mamdani – the Democratic nominee in the 4 November election – alleged to the New York Times on Thursday that Netanyahu was a war criminal who was committing genocide with Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, according to a report published by the outlet on Friday. He said he would honor an international criminal court (ICC) arrest warrant issued in November 2024 for Netanyahu’s arrest over alleged Gaza war crimes by having the Israeli leader taken into custody at the airport if he ever steps foot in New York and Mamdani is the mayor. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago First group of injured Palestinian children evacuated from Gaza for NHS treatment

New Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper tells The Mirror the first group of sick and injured children in Gaza have now left and 'are on the way, travelling now to the UK'

Events

21 h. ago Mikel Arteta lauds revolutionary impact of Arsenal signings as new stars dazzle in Forest win

The Gunners’ recruitment was vindicated as all three of their goals were scored by newly signed talent

Politics

22 h. ago My evacuation from Gaza City: ‘I told my terrified toddler we’re going camping’

As he and his family are forced by the Israelis to flee Gaza City, Nedal Hamdouna describes in searing detail the reality of what that means on the ground – and how he is trying to protect his daughter from the reality of all-out war

Events

22 h. ago Humphreys calls Gaza situation ‘horrific’ as she launches presidential bid

The Fine Gael candidate held the launch event in her home county of Monaghan.

Politics

23 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein was linked to the upper echelons of wealth and politics – but where did he get his fortune?

The sex offender was worth $600m when he died, but exactly how he acquired his wealth remains a mysteryJeffrey Epstein was a very wealthy man, but exactly how wealthy and where that money came from remains shrouded in mystery.Newly unearthed emails last week shone light on Epstein’s role as freelance client development officer, acting as a channel between political figures and business titans, greasing up the former with lifestyles they could not afford and the latter with avenues of political influence. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Motley Crue's Vince Neil reveals he lost ability to walk after suffering stroke in his sleep

The frontman from Motley Crue suffered from a stroke ahead of his band's scheduled 11-show residency in Las Vegas, which they cancelled as Vince Neil needed serious medical intervention

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