19 h. ago Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla 'is forced to turn back to Spain within hours'

The Global Summud Flotilla, made up of around 20 vessels carrying tons of food, medicine, and other humanitarian aid, set sail from Barcelona on Sunday.

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22 h. ago Trump’s Gaza plan involves ‘voluntary’ relocation of Palestinians – and giving them $5,000 each: report

Proposals reportedly being considered by White House would see six to eight ‘dynamic, modern and AI-powered smart planned cities’ erected on land torn apart by two years of war

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40 h. ago Greta Thunberg’s rousing speech before sailing to Gaza in aid flotilla

Greta Thunberg gave a rousing speech before boarding a humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza, their second attempt at delivering aid to Palestinians this year.

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42 h. ago Ships carrying aid, activists, and celebrities to set sail from Barcelona to Gaza

A flotilla of ships has prepared to set sail from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid, activists, and celebrities on board

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51 h. ago Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg set to sail for Gaza to ‘break illegal siege’

Unspecified number of vessels due to depart Barcelona on Sunday, with dozens more expected to leave other Mediterranean ports on 4 SeptemberA flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is due to leave from Barcelona on Sunday to try to “break the illegal siege of Gaza”, organisers said.The vessels will set off from the Spanish port city to “open a humanitarian corridor and end the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people”, said the Global Sumud Flotilla. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Israel will soon slow or halt aid into parts of northern Gaza as it ramps up offensive

Israel plans to slow or halt humanitarian aid in northern Gaza as it expands its offensive against Hamas

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3 d. ago Scots jeep convoy set to deliver vital humanitarian aid to war torn Ukraine

A massive convoy of aid including vehicles, food and medical equipment will leave Scotland for Ukraine next month..

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3 d. ago Israel declares Gaza’s largest city a combat zone and halts humanitarian pauses

Israel’s military says it is suspending mid-day pauses to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza City, calling it a “a dangerous combat zone.”

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3 d. ago Humza Yousaf makes desperate plea after family member killed getting milk for his hungry children in Gaza

Former first minister Humza Yousaf has issued a plea after his family member was killed getting milk for his young children in Gaza.

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4 d. 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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5 d. ago Tony Blair meets Donald Trump at White House for meeting on the future of Gaza

Sir Tony briefed the American president on ideas to rebuild the war-torn territory, a senior US official said

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7 d. ago ‘Debilitating consequences’ in Uganda after USAID cuts – photo essay

The hollowing out of USAID has far-reaching impacts in northern UgandaIn northern Uganda, the unfolding consequences of US funding cuts to international humanitarian aid are palpable. Thousands of families have been living in refugee camps along the border with South Sudan for almost a decade, and newcomers are reported every day as the never-ending conflict within the country intensifies.Uganda has long been a crossroads of migration, shaped by historical and contemporary population movements. Today, it hosts over 1.9 million refugees and asylum seekers – one of the largest refugee populations in the world. Persistent violence in South Sudan and the eruption of armed conflict in Sudan have displaced millions. As both countries spiral further into instability, Uganda remains one of the few safe havens in the region. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Photos show Palestinians struggling for food as famine grips Gaza's largest city

The world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday it has determined that famine is occurring in Gaza City, and is likely to spread to other cities without a ceasefire or an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid. The Israeli military agency for aid coordination denied there is famine in Gaza and called the new findings biased. Here is a look at The Associated Press’ photo documentation of hunger in Gaza over the past months.

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1 week ago Famine grips Gaza's largest city and is likely to spread, authority on food crises says

The world's leading authority on food crises says the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread without an immediate ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid

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1 week ago Drone attack destroys 16 trucks carrying UN food to Sudan's famine

The United Nations says a drone attack on a U.N. convoy set fire to all 16 trucks carrying desperately needed food to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region and destroyed all the vehicles

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1 week ago Gaza war latest: Israel launches invasion as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians set to flee Gaza City

Israel said it would call up to 60,000 reservists for the new offensive and other heavily populated areas of the war-torn Gaza Strip

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1 week ago Gaza war latest: Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians set to flee Gaza City after Israel launches invasion

Israel said it would call up to 60,000 reservists for the new offensive and other heavily populated areas of the war-torn Gaza Strip

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1 week ago Trump needs to understand what the war in Ukraine is really about | Kenneth Roth

It’s not about Nato or the Soviet Union. It’s about democracyIt may be difficult for a real-estate mogul like Donald Trump to recognize, but Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is not about slices of war-torn land in eastern Ukraine. It is about Ukraine’s democracy. Putin fears that the Russian people will see that democracy as an enticing alternative to his stultifying autocratic rule. Trump is unlikely to secure a peace deal unless he acts on that reality and changes the cost-benefit analysis behind Putin’s continuing war.Much of the public analysis of the Alaska summit between Trump and Putin, and the Washington collection of European leaders protecting the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, from the temperamental Trump, has been replete with red-herring issues. For example, Putin did not invade Ukraine because of feared Nato expansion. The unanimous consent of all Nato members required to admit Ukraine is nowhere on the horizon, especially since article 5 of the Nato tre...

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1 week ago A wartime mass grave in Sri Lanka yields a baby bottle, children's clothes and 141 skeletons

A baby bottle, a squeaky toy and a schoolbag are among items that have surfaced from a mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s formerly war-torn northern region, along with 141 human skeletons including some that appear to be of children of different ages

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1 week ago Humanitarian aid cuts leave victims of sexual violence in global conflicts without help, UN says

Major cuts in humanitarian aid have left victims of sexual violence in conflicts around the world without lifesaving help as clinics and shelters close

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