10 h. ago Six children among the dead after Israeli missile 'error' sees strike hit crowds of people queueing for water in Gaza, officials say

The strike, which killed a total of ten people and injured 17 others, hit a water distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp according to Gazan officials.

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13 h. ago Israeli airstrike kills children collecting water in Gaza, say officials

The Israeli military said a malfunction had caused a missile to fall ‘dozens of metres from the target’

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13 h. ago Six children among the dead after Israeli missile 'error' sees strike hit crowds of people queueing for water in Gaza

The strike, which killed a total of ten people and injured 17 others, hit a water distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp according to Gazan officials.

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18 h. ago Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 30 people including six children gathering water, hospitals say

Six children were killed by an Israeli strike on a water collection point while another three were killed when a home was struck

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20 h. ago Israeli airstrike kills at least 10, including six children, at Gaza water station, say health officials

Nine killed in separate bombing of a home on Sunday and 31 others shot dead near aid distribution site on SaturdayMiddle East crisis – live updatesAn Israeli airstrike has killed at least 10 people, including six children, who were waiting to collect water in Gaza, Palestinian health officials have said.A separate airstrike on Sunday hit a home, killing nine people, and 31 others were shot dead near an aid distribution site on Saturday, marking another bloody weekend as the conflict’s death toll exceeded 58,000. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Israeli strike kills at least 15 people queueing outside medical point in Gaza

Ten children among the dead in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’At least 15 people, including 10 children, have been killed by an Israeli strike as they queued outside a medical point in central Gaza, amid intensifying Israeli attacks that left 82 people dead across the strip.The uptick in Israeli bombing came as negotiators said a Gaza ceasefire deal was in sight, but not yet achieved. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Israeli strike kills at least 10 children queueing for medical treatment in Gaza

Children among at least 15 killed in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’At least 15 people, including 10 children, have been killed by an Israeli strike as they queued outside a medical point in central Gaza, amid intensifying Israeli attacks that left 82 people dead across the strip.The uptick in Israeli bombing came as negotiators said a Gaza ceasefire deal was in sight, but not yet achieved. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago New Mexico floods latest: Adult and two children confirmed dead as house swept away in flash floods

Emergency crews have so far carried out at least 85 swift water rescues after dramatic rise in Rio Ruidoso’s water levels brought on by torrential monsoon rains

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5 d. ago Texas flooding: a visual guide to one of US state’s worst natural disasters

Over 100 people are believed dead, many of them children, after torrential rain and extreme flash floodingTexas floods – latest updatesWith more than 100 people dead, many of them children attending a Christian summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River, Friday’s extreme flash flooding that overwhelmed a sizeable chunk of central Texas will be recorded as one of the state’s worst ever natural disasters.The brunt of the tragedy was felt in Kerr county, where at least 27 children and counsellors were killed after a deluge of water described by one witness as a “a pitch-black wall of death” swept through the all-girl Camp Mystic on the river’s south fork. About 750 young campers were celebrating the Fourth of July holiday. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Texas flash floods kill more than 100 people as more victims expected

Girls summer camp Camp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors dead as more rain threatens to deluge regionTexas floods – latest updatesBy late afternoon on Monday the death toll from the flash floods that have wreaked devastation in Texas since Friday had exceeded 100 and is expected to rise further as more victims are found and more rain threatens to deluge the region. Camp Mystic, the girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, has confirmed that 27 children and counsellors died. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Texas flash floods: more rain forecast as death toll passes 100

Girls summer camp Camp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors dead The death toll from the flash floods that have wreaked devastation in Texas since Friday has passed 100 and is expected to rise further as more victims are found and more rain threatens to deluge the region.Camp Mystic, the girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, has confirmed that 27 children and counsellors died. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Pope Leo extends condolences to Texas flood victims: ‘We pray for them’

US-born pontiff addresses probably the deadliest natural disaster in his home country since assuming role in MayPope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced his sympathies for the families whose lives have been upended by the flooding in Texas’s Hill Country, which left about 80 dead – many of them children – and others missing.After reciting Angelus prayers at the Vatican, the American-born pontiff remarked in English: “I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones, in particular their daughters who were in a summer camp in the disaster caused by flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Israel launches airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels, and Houthis launch missile at Israel

Israel’s military launched airstrikes early Monday targeting ports and facilities held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, with the rebels responding with missile fire targeting Israel

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7 d. ago Missing girls found in 30ft tree as Texas floods leave 21 children dead and many still missing

The two girls were reportedly found alive and clinging to a tree after flash floods in the US state of Texas - which have claimed the lives of at least 59 people

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7 d. ago Desperate search for missing children after Texas floods leave at least 69 dead

Some of the missing children are from the Camp Mystic summer camp

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7 d. ago Texas flooding latest: 21 children among more than 60 dead while desperate searches continue

Rescue teams are still searching for more than 20 children missing from a girls’ summer camp

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8 d. ago Desperate search for missing children after Texas floods leave at least 43 dead

Some of the missing children are from the Camp Mystic summer camp

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8 d. ago Desperate search for missing children after Texas floods leave at least 51 dead

Some of the missing children are from the Camp Mystic summer camp

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8 d. ago Texas continues grim flood recovery with at least 50 killed, including 15 children

Some two dozen girls still unaccounted for after summer camps swept away as Guadalupe River rises 26ft in 45 minutesRescuers searched on Saturday for 27 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in the US state of Texas, after torrential rains caused devastating flooding that killed at least 50 people – with more rain pounding the region.The flooding in Kerr county killed at least 43 people, including 15 children, and at least eight people died in nearby counties. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Texas flooding latest: 52 dead, including 15 children, as desperate search for girls missing from camp continues

Donald Trump described the flooding as ‘terrible’ as emergency services search for dozens of missing children

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