3 h. ago Body of another hostage found among the rubble in Gaza as ceasefire holds

Palestinian Jihad militants find dead body of hostage among the rubble and vow to hand it over as shaky ceasefire holds - despite rising death toll from repeated Israeli bombing on the Strip

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9 h. ago Thailand deploys navy to help flood victims as death toll rises after record rainfall

Thirteen people have died in the floods in southern Thailand

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55 h. ago Vietnam floods leave at least 90 dead as record rains trigger widespread devastation

Homes, crops and infrastructure have been destroyed after weeks of relentless downpours across the south and central regions

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62 h. ago Vietnam flooding death toll reaches 90 amid landslides and relentless rain

Environment ministry says most of the deaths were in the mountainous central province of Dak LakThe death toll from major flooding in Vietnam has risen to 90, with 12 more people missing, the environment ministry said on Sunday after days of heavy rain and landslides.Relentless rain has lashed south-central Vietnam since late October and popular holiday destinations have been hit by several rounds of flooding. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Death toll reaches 33 in some of the deadliest Israeli strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire's start

Israeli strikes across Gaza over a roughly 12-hour period have resulted in the deaths of 33 people

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6 d. ago Death toll from Russian attack rises to 25 as Ukraine says it will raise issue at UN – Europe live

Ukraine to raise the overnight attack on Ternopil, in which more than 70 people were injured, at the security council tomorrowThe Dutch economy minister said he had moved to take effective control of Nexperia to ensure Europe was not locked out of chip production “in an emergency”.He said the decision to lift the legal move to prevent Nexperia from moving intellectual property and physical assets from its European factory in Hamburg and its corporate headquarters in Nijmegen was the “right step” after consultation with the European Commission and others.“The Netherlands has considered it the right moment to take a constructive step by suspending the order under the Goods Availability Act, in close consultation with European and international partners. The Netherlands will continue to engage in constructive dialogue with the Chinese authorities in the period ahead.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Weight loss jabs like Ozempic and Mounjaro 'linked to 170 deaths'

Experts today sounded an alarm over the death toll as millions more are in line to get the jabs to curb the nation's bulging waistline.

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9 d. ago Veterans outrage as £10million Falklands War museum inflates death toll by almost five times

One display at the museum in Bariloche, Argentina, says the British death toll 'could be close to 1,200, given that British military reports remain secret and will not be revealed until 2072'

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1 week ago Several dead and injured, police say, after bus crashes into bus stop in Stockholm – Europe live

Cause of crash near University of Technology not yet knownWe have just had an update on the death toll from the overnight attack on Kyiv, via AFP, with authorities now reporting six people dead.in Brussels Continue reading...

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1 week ago Germany accuses Putin of ‘contempt for humanity’ after massive overnight attack on Ukraine – Europe live

Drones and missiles used to target Kyiv with at least four people killed and ‘dozens’ woundedRussia attacks every district of KyivWe have just had an update on the death toll from the overnight attack on Kyiv, via AFP, with authorities now reporting six people dead.in Brussels Continue reading...

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1 week ago Millions to be spent on giving valium to drug addicts in bizarre bid to cut Scotland's addiction death toll

Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are to be spent on giving valium to drug addicts - in a bid to cut the addiction death toll.

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2 w. ago Death toll from Hurricane Melissa rises to 45 in Jamaica, with 15 others still missing

Jamaica’s government says that the number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 45, with 15 other people still missing

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2 w. ago Death toll from capsized boat with Myanmar migrants climbs to 26 as more bodies recovered

The death toll from a capsized boat carrying Rohingya migrants from Myanmar has risen to 26, with 14 survivors

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2 w. ago At least 12 killed in suicide bombing outside court in Pakistan’s capital, interior minister says

Ministry says suicide bomber detonated explosives during one of the court’s busiest hours

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2 w. ago These are the surprising symptoms linked to eating too much salt as research suggests high levels can cause a string of serious conditions

For more than 20 years, we've been bombarded with ­public health messages to reduce our salt intake in order to slash the UK death toll from heart disease.

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on worsening extreme weather: the injustice of the climate crisis grows ever clearer | Editorial

The increasing ferocity and frequency of tropical storms imposes an unbearable burden on countries including JamaicaThe geographically uneven risks from increasingly extreme and dangerous weather grow ever starker. As Jamaica and other Caribbean countries clear up after Hurricane Melissa, and Typhoon Kalmaegi heads west after killing nearly 200 people in the Philippines and Vietnam, the case for more international support to countries facing the most destructive impacts from global heating has never been stronger.Last week’s five-day rainfall in Jamaica was made twice as likely by higher temperatures, according to initial findings from climate attribution studies. The current death toll across the Caribbean is at least 75. The economic and social costs are hard to quantify in a region that is still recovering from 2024’s Hurricane Beryl. Crucial infrastructure has been destroyed before the loans used to build it have even been paid off. Andrew Holness, Jamaica’s prime minister, esti...

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2 w. ago Two hospital deaths raise the toll from a retirement home fire in Bosnia to 13 dead

The death toll from a fire this week at a retirement facility in Bosnia has reached 13

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2 w. ago Death toll from UPS plane crash at Louisville airport rises to 13

Firm released names of the three victims on the plane and investigators confirmed plane’s left wing caught fireThe death toll in the explosion that saw a UPS cargo plane lose an engine and burst into flames, has risen to 13, Craig Greenberg, the Louisville mayor, has confirmed as UPS released the names of the three victims on the plane.“On my way to the Teamsters’ vigil, I learned of a 13th person that died as a result of the UPS flight 2976 plane crash. My heart is with the families, friends and colleagues of all who were lost in this week’s tragedy. We will get through this together,” Greenberg wrote in a social media post. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UPS plane engine 'fell off' before fireball crash that killed 12, say investigators

The UPS cargo jet that crashed in Kentucky, killing 12 people, had its engine rip away during takeoff, investigators have said as the death toll from the crash after the plane took off from Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening rose to 12

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2 w. ago Cargo plane crashed & exploded into fireball during takeoff after engine FELL OFF, investigators say as death toll rises

A UPS cargo jet that crashed and killed 12 people in Kentucky did so after one of its engines fell during takeoff, federal investigators confirmed. Airport security footage seen by officials showed the left engine detaching from the wing of the 34-year-old McDonnell Douglas MD-11 as it sped down the runway. Moments after taking off...

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