29 h. ago PM warned the UK risks The Hague over Gaza if arms sales to Israel do not end

Independent MP Shockat Adam asked if the UK will admit ethnic cleansing in Gaza and end all military cooperation with Israel.

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47 h. ago Tory urges Government to ‘stand for life’ in Gaza, admits Israel support wrong

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55 h. ago ‘There is no life here’: Palestinians say Israel is imposing its Gaza endgame

As Israel’s aid blockade continues and humanitarian zones disappear, there is talk of a ‘second Nakba’ being realisedLike so many others across the Gaza Strip, Khalil al-Hakimi felt a weight lift from his shoulders for the first time in over a year when Israel and Hamas agreed a long-delayed ceasefire in January.He cried and hugged his five children tightly. “I slept deeply, free from the sound of bombing, destruction and death,” he said. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago ‘There is no life here’: Palestinians fear Israel is imposing its Gaza endgame

As Israel’s aid blockade continues and humanitarian zones disappear, there is talk of a ‘second Nakba’ being realisedLike so many others across the Gaza Strip, Khalil al-Hakimi felt a weight lift from his shoulders for the first time in over a year when Israel and Hamas agreed a long-delayed ceasefire in January.He cried and hugged his five children tightly. “I slept deeply, free from the sound of bombing, destruction and death,” he said. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha wins Pulitzer prize for commentary

Renowned poet and author wins prize for series of New Yorker essays on suffering of Palestinians in GazaThe renowned Palestinian poet and author, Mosab Abu Toha, is among this year’s Pulitzer prize winners.Abu Toha was awarded for a series of essays in the New Yorker documenting the lives and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, where he has lived nearly all his life. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Francis’s popemobile to become a mobile clinic for children in Gaza

Catholic charity says the late pontiff endorsed the idea of creating a ‘vehicle of hope’ to deliver medical aidJust over a decade ago, the converted Mitsubishi whisked Pope Francis through the streets of Bethlehem before it was left to gather dust. Now, in keeping with one of the late pontiff’s last wishes, the popemobile is being given a second life – as a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip.In a region ravaged by more than 18 months of war, the initiative is both symbolic and practical, said Peter Brune, the secretary general of the Catholic charity Caritas Sweden. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Kemi Badenoch urged to be bold as critics warn she has a year to restore Tory hopes from the 'existential' threat of Reform UK

The Tory leader is lining up a set of proposals, including on sentencing and social media, after criticism she has been too slow to develop policies.

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7 d. ago Greene writes to Tory voters urging them to back Lib Dems following defection

But the Scottish Tories suggested the move could in fact boost support for them.

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7 d. ago Wynne Evans says 'I promise I have done nothing wrong' as he reveals show of support

The Welsh TV star has been facing backlash since the Strictly Come Dancing live tour at the start of this year.

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1 week ago Festival urged to reconsider inclusion of rap group after ‘dead Tory’ comments

Controversial Irish group is due to headline King Tut’s stage at Trnsmt in July

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1 week ago Irish PM demands Kneecap ‘urgently clarify’ concert call to ‘kill Tory MPs’

Ireland's prime minister (Taoiseach) Micheál Martin on Monday (27 April) called for Kneecap “urgently clarify” alleged comments attributed to the band about the killing of Tory MPs.

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1 week ago Tory chief Martin Dowey urged to 'step aside' as South Ayrshire Council leader by opposition

The council leader is at the centre of a political storm following the emergence of a recording.

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2 w. ago My cousin Ziyad loved his family, Gaza’s candies and life. A bomb ended all that on Friday night | Ghada Ageel

When Israeli strikes killed 45 members of my family, Ziyad rushed to try to save them – this time, he was the victim. I write of him to defy the darknessMy cousin Ziyad was too young to die. He was sleeping at home in Khan Younis refugee camp when the bombs fell just before midnight on Friday. After they heard the explosion, my cousins Mohammed and Moatsem ran to save him, they told me, but he had already died in his bed. He was 44.Ziyad was a social worker for Unrwa, working with vulnerable families in Gaza’s refugee camps. Every summer when I visited Gaza from my home in Canada, he would buy my little son candies from Asa’ad’s shop – now gone with Asa’ad (who was killed in October 2023) – insisting that Gaza’s candies were the best in the world. Everyone in Khan Younis knew him for his calm presence, gentle spirit and warm smile. He was always ready to help – the words “no” or “I can’t” were never part of his vocabulary. The night before he was killed, he visited the wounded and s...

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2 w. ago Freed Israeli hostage focused on his 'inner life' to help survive harsh conditions in Gaza

Tal Shoham was freed from captivity in Gaza 505 days after Hamas militants abducted him

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch urged to 'rein in' former Tory leader rival Robert Jenrick after he 'calls for a coalition with Farage's Reform'

Mr Jenrick was secretly recorded telling Conservative students that 'one way or another' centre-Right voters had to be united to ensure Keir Starmer does not 'sail through the middle' again.

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2 w. ago ‘My work is a scream for help’: Gaza’s artists document life under fire

Work illustrating the war’s brutality but also the resilience of four Palestinian artists, is being exhibited at the Darat al Funan in JordanBasel El Maqousi says he is amazed to be alive at the end of each day. Living in Gaza, where more than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s assault, and with the tally rising still, his amazement returns, he says, with each morning light.“The war began and life stopped. There is no work or art, we just try to run from one place to another, searching for salvation from the bombing and killing that pursues us. We walk quickly to search for water and food, and running has become the master of all times,” he says. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel sacks deputy commander after it admits 'professional failures' over the killings of 15 Gaza aid workers by IDF troops

An Israeli investigation into the killings of 15 Palestinian medics last month in Gaza by Israeli forces said Sunday it found a chain of 'professional failures'

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3 w. ago Huge blow for trans rights as Supreme Court says: you are not women

The government has been urged to ‘stand firmly behind the LGBT+ community’ in the wake of the landmark ruling

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last month Coldplay's 'disastrous' support act reveals what REALLY went wrong during Mumbai concert as shifts the blame in new documentary

Coldplay's support act Jasleen Royal has revealed what really went wrong during her show in Mumbai after she was blasted following her performance. 

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