11 h. ago Festival horror after minivan plows through crowd in Pennsylvania as witnesses describe 'chaotic scene'

A woman driving a red minivan crashed through the KIPONA Festival in Pennsylvania about 6pm on Monday night, sparking chaos as terrified revelers ran to safety.

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23 h. ago Lammy ‘outraged’ at Israel restricting aid as he announces £15m more for Gaza

The Foreign Secretary announced medical aid for ill and injured Gazans through UK-Med and WHO Egypt.

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3 d. ago Gaza famine likely to worsen as Israel ends pauses for aid deliveries

Israeli military announces move in Gaza City as it steps up attacks before planned offensiveIsrael’s military will no longer pause fighting to allow aid deliveries in Gaza City, a military spokesperson has said, in a decision likely to deepen the famine already gripping the north of the territory.Israeli forces have been stepping up attacks in and around Gaza City as the military prepares for a ground operation that humanitarian groups and many of Israel’s closest allies have warned will be catastrophic for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians already struggling to survive hunger, disease and Israeli attacks. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Gaza famine likely to worsen as Israel ends pauses for aid deliveries in capital

Israeli military announces move in Gaza City as it steps up attacks before planned offensiveIsrael’s military will no longer pause fighting to allow aid deliveries in Gaza City, a military spokesperson has said, in a decision likely to deepen the famine already gripping the north of the territory.Israeli forces have been stepping up attacks in and around Gaza City as the military prepares for a ground operation that humanitarian groups and many of Israel’s closest allies have warned will be catastrophic for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians already struggling to survive hunger, disease and Israeli attacks. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Scots villagers face 'nightmare' as lorry drivers ignore roadwork diversions to avoid 53

Residents in Kinbuck have reported 'chaotic scenes' this week as lorry drivers ignored a signed diversion, causing blockages and damage to an historic 273-year-old bridge.

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5 d. ago 'I went to UK music festival with beautiful scenery but some parts were chaotic'

Journalist and editor Samantha Bartlett headed down to one UK festival that hit headlines this year, and despite the chaos and controversy, here's why she thinks you shouldn't write it off

Culture

6 d. ago Pope demands ‘collective punishment’ end in Gaza as 10 more die of hunger

Latest deaths announced by Gaza health ministry bring starvation toll to 313, including 119 childrenChildren make up a third of outpatients treated for wounds at MSF Gaza hospitals, data showsTen Palestinians including two children have died from starvation in the last 24 hours, health authorities in Gaza said on Wednesday, as Pope Leo XIV demanded that Israel stop its “collective punishment” of the population in the besieged territory.At least 313 people have died from hunger, including 119 children, since the war in Gaza began and Israel intensified its siege on the Palestinian territory. Last week a UN-backed monitoring body confirmed that Gaza was in the throes of famine and warned that without more aid, increasing numbers of people would lose access to food. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago US Open match halted in chaotic scenes as security called amid player's meltdown

The former champion destroyed his racket and whipped the crowd into a frenzy in extraordinary scenes

Sport

1 week ago New Israeli strikes around Gaza kill 25 as famine announcement raises pressure

Hospital officials say Palestinians sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food aid were among at least 25 people killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza

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1 week ago ‘Very sick and very tired’: the reality of famine for Gaza’s most vulnerable

Catastrophic hunger caused by aid blockade is most keenly felt by elderly people, the young and the destituteIn the overcrowded, rubble strewn streets of Gaza City, there was little surprise at the announcement that UN-backed experts believed the scenes of desperation could now be formally described as a famine.“This is something we have been saying for months now, and we have witnessed this and we have been living this and suffering this. We feel very powerless and very sick and very tired,” said Amjad Shawa, the director of the Palestinian NGO Network, who has been in Gaza City throughout the 22-month war. Continue reading...

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1 week ago TV star begs viewers not to complain after swearing in chaotic live studio scene

One TV presenter let rip with an expletive expression while filming for a live TV segment, which left her colleagues completely red faced as the studio descended into chaos

Society

1 week ago Israel expands Gaza City offensive as UK decries West Bank settlement approval

Construction would be ‘flagrant breach of international law’ and undermine two-state solution, foreign secretary saysIsrael has announced it is expanding its military operations in Gaza City, as the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, condemned its approval of a huge new illegal settlement in the West Bank as a “flagrant breach of international law.”Briefing journalists, the Israel Defense Forces spokesperson, Effie Defrin said the IDF had begun the second phase of Operation Gideon’s Chariots in Gaza, which it launched in May. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Five jockeys banned as horse runs blindfolded into barrier in chaotic scenes

The second race of the card at Windsor was abandoned after the dramatic start

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2 w. ago Israeli plan to displace 1 million Palestinians spreads fear in Gaza

Population devastated by repeated displacement, hunger and lack of medical supplies braces for further humanitarian disaster Palestinians were gripped by fear and anxiety on Sunday after the Israeli military said it was preparing for the forcible displacement of 1 million people from Gaza City.The announcement came days after Israel said it intended to launch a new offensive to seize control of the territory’s largest urban centre, in a plan that raised international alarm, and ahead of the IDF’s latest attacks in the Palestinian territory which Gaza’s health officials said had killed at least 40 people on Saturday including a baby in a tent and people seeking aid. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scores of Palestinians killed and thousands flee after Israel launches fresh airstrikes and announces plans to capture Gaza's largest city

The Hamas-run municipality of Gaza City's southern Zeitoun district described the situation as 'catastrophic', with residents enduring almost constant explosions from Israeli air strikes.

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2 w. ago UN warns 1,760 Palestinians have died while seeking aid in Gaza since May

The update came as Gaza's civil defence agency said at least 38 people were killed by Israeli fire on Friday, including 12 who were waiting for humanitarian aid.

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2 w. ago Chaotic scenes at Trump Putin summit as press clamor to ask questions of world leaders

Chaotic scenes unfolded as press shouted questions at US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin with the world leaders meeting for crunch Ukraine peace talks.

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2 w. ago Emmerdale's Charity Dingle star teases 'amazing' scenes as surrogacy plot 'implodes'

Emmerdale's Charity Dingle actress Emma Atkins has shared all about the chaotic scenes ahead on the ITV soap after her character's latest lie amid a surrogacy storyline

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2 w. ago Aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza

Over 100 nonprofit groups have warned that Israel's rules for aid organizations in Gaza and the West Bank will block crucial relief efforts

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2 w. ago Plane passenger whips others with 'waist belt' as flight forced into emergency landing

The unnamed drunken man was onboard a flight from Virginia to California and caused a scene so chaotic the flight had to make an emergency landing before police swarmed onto the aircraft

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