10 h. ago Russian cyber attack on hospitals ‘contributed to patient death’

Health officials confirmed that one death has been linked to the ransomware attack.

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14 h. ago Patient death at London hospital linked to cyber attack on NHS

Guy's and St Thomas', King's College and Lewisham and Greenwich hospitals were all affected by the cyber attack in June last year

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14 h. ago NHS cyber attack contributed to London hospital patient's death, trust reveals

Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College and Lewisham and Greenwich hospitals were all affected last June

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16 h. ago Chemical attack at McDonald's sees six people rushed to hospital

Police have stressed that such behaviour will "not be tolerated", as an investigation gets underway.

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16 h. ago Chemical attack at McDonald's as people rushed to hospital after being 'squirted'

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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16 h. ago McDonald's chemical attack puts multiple people in hospital after being 'squirted'

Four suspects are believed to have stormed the restaurant at the Highbridge Retail Park in Waltham Abbey, Essex and squirted multiple people, leaving them needing hospital treatment

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39 h. ago WHO says attack on Sudanese hospital killed more than 40 civilians

Five health workers reportedly among the dead in West Kordofan as paramilitary RSF blames Sudanese militaryThe head of the World Health Organization has condemned an attack on a hospital in Sudan that he said killed more than 40 civilians, as the country’s civil war, which has caused the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, rages on.The attack on al-Mujlad hospital in West Kordofan happened on Saturday close to the frontline between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The WHO’s local office, which did not assign blame, said six children and five health workers were among the dead and that there were “dozens of injuries”. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Glasgow crime: Man rushed to hospital after being hit by car in ‘targeted attack’ on Glasgow street

A man has been taken to hospital after he was struck by a car in what police believe was a “targeted” incident.

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46 h. ago Man charged in connection with attempted murder after person found injured in Scots street

The 39-year-old victim was rushed to hospital for treatment following the attack.

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5 d. ago Edinburgh dog attack horror as boy rushed to hospital after being mauled at park

GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING: Maria was celebrating a friend's birthday with her son when he was allegedly attacked by a dog.

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6 d. ago Man attacked police officer and attempted to fire taser at him

The police officer needed hospital treatment after Mark Workman, 44, used the weapon to repeatedly attack

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6 d. ago Israeli hospital hit by Iranian missile as Trump 'approves Iran attack plan' but yet to decide whether to strike

A number of people have been wounded in the attack on Soroka Medical Centre, according to a hospital spokesperson

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8 d. ago The Guardian view on Gaza’s engineered famine: stop arming the slaughter – or lose the rule of law | Editorial

As Palestinians starve amid the rubble, western governments defend Israel, fund armed aid and dismantle the very rules they claim to upholdGaza’s cries have been drowned out by Israel’s strikes on Iran, and the diplomatic pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu over the suffering has ebbed. Yet as the industrialised world urges de-escalation in the Middle East, the devastation continues. On Tuesday morning, witnesses described Israeli forces firing towards a crowd waiting for trucks loaded with flour, leaving more than 50 dead. These are not stray bullets in wartime chaos, they are the outcome of a system that makes relief deadly.As Médecins Sans Frontières declared this week, what is unfolding in Gaza is “the calculated evisceration of the very systems that sustain life”. That includes homes, markets, water networks and hospitals – with healthcare continually under attack. Last week, a UN commission found that more than 90% of the Gaza Strip’s schools and universities have be...

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1 week ago Top adviser to Iranian supreme leader dies in hospital after Israeli attack, Iranian media reports – live

Ali Shamkhani dies a day after Israel launches airstrikes, Iranian media reportsIsrael claims it has gained control of airspace over TehranEmma Graham-Harrison, the Guardian’s chief Middle East correspondent, has spoken to families who live in a Tel Aviv neighbourhood that was struck by Iran’s retaliatory attacks. At midnight on Friday Sveta’s four-year-old daughter was asleep on the floor outside their shattered apartment block, as the rest of the family weighed up where they should spend the night.A missile from the first Iranian salvo fired at Tel Aviv had landed a couple of blocks away, killing at least one person, injuring at least 16 others and damaging hundreds of shops and homes in this quiet residential area. The 37-year-old was sanguine about her own losses, and backed the government decision to attack Iran even though it had so quickly cost her family their home. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago GMB's Kate Garraway reveals terrifying moment ITV staff rushed her to hospital over heart attack fears

Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway has revealed the moment she feared she was having a heart attack just before going live on air

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2 w. ago Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway rushed to hospital on Dr Hilary's orders after 'searing chest pain and vomiting' sparked heart attack fears

Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway was rushed to hospital on Dr Hilary's orders over heart attack fears.

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2 w. ago Kate Garraway's Good Morning Britain colleagues rushed her to hospital in heart attack fears

It was Dr Hilary Jones who raised the alarm about Kate's health as she attempted to appear on the ITV show

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2 w. ago Kate Garraway reveals scary moment GMB staff rushed her to hospital fearing heart attack

Kate Garraway has revealed the moment Dr Hilary told Good Morning Britain staff to get her urgent medical care amid fears of a heart attack prior to the breakfast show

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2 w. ago Austria reels from ‘national tragedy’ after gunman kills 10 at former school

Chancellor says nation’s deadliest postwar mass shooting is a ‘dark day in the history of our country’Austria will hold three days of national mourning after a 21-year-old man shot dead eight pupils and an adult at his old high school and injured several others before turning his weapon on himself.A tenth victim who had been in a critical condition subsequently died, local media reported on Tuesday evening. Eleven others were being treated in local hospitals for injuries sustained in the attack. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man and his partner rushed to hospital and their pet seriously hurt in brutal dog attack

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