65 h. ago ‘When they are at risk they text me’: Gaza academic in UK powerless to rescue family

Nearly two years after accepting a UK scholarship, Bassem Abudagga has watched Gaza’s horrors close in on his relatives, and British bureaucracy fail to helpThe silence of the early hours was unbearable, perhaps worse than on any night since 7 October 2023. Bassem Abudagga paced around his flat in Manchester waiting desperately for an answer. He knew from a WhatsApp group of 800 relatives, set up by his extended family in Gaza, that houses near where his wife and two young children were holed up to the west of Khan Younis were being hit by Israeli missiles. His wife, Marim, was not picking up.“Every single minute, I am with them 24 hours a day and night. When there is any risk, I keep in contact all the time with them online,” he says. “It depends on the connections, sometimes they are very bad. Even when I am sleeping I keep the notifications very loud and I keep just waking up when one goes off. When they are at risk they just text me. It is very exhausting because they feel that ...

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9 d. ago Royal Mail postie caught on doorcam kicking family's rescue puppy in the face

Nikki Walker was left "absolutely fuming" after shocking doorbell footage captured a Royal Mail postie kicking her one-year-old puppy in the face.

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1 week ago Moment teens returning home from junior prom help rescue family from raging house fire

The Maynard Fire Department chief said the teens’ actions gave the family time to get to safety

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1 week ago Nicola Peltz to be questioned in court over dog's death amid Beckham family feud

Nicola Peltz's dog, Nala, was a rescue and had been part of Nicola's family for nine years before her death. Nicola said the dog breed usually lived until 14 to 16, but died younger due to 'groomer's abuse'

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1 week ago Neighbour reveals how he smashed into blaze to try and save family but mother and her three children perished

A 43-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl, and two boys - aged eight and four - all died at the scene in Tillett Close in Stonebridge, north west London, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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2 w. ago The fight over whether 14,000 babies were at risk of dying in 48 hours in Gaza

The UN’s humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher faced backlash after his disputed comments

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2 w. ago UK demands Netanyahu stop the war in Gaza as 'scores more die'

Britain, France and Canada call out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's massive escalation of war in Gaza as a race against time is underway with 14,000 Gaza babies at risk if no aid gets through

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2 w. ago British surgeon in Gaza compares Palestine to ‘slaughterhouse’ as 14,000 babies at risk of dying

A British doctor working in Gaza has described it as a "slaughterhouse" as the UN's humanitarian chief warns that 14,000 Palestinian babies could die within 48 hours if more aid does not enter the territory.

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on the calls to save Gaza: Palestinians need deeds, not words | Editorial

Israel faces growing international condemnation. But more is required to restore aid and bring a ceasefireThe UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher fears that thousands of babies are at imminent risk of death in Gaza unless aid reaches them. Benjamin Netanyahu fears that foreign politicians could see too many pictures of Palestinian children like these.Two months after all supplies were cut off, the Israeli government denies the obvious truth: that Gaza is on the brink of famine. But on Monday night the prime minister announced that “minimal” aid deliveries would restart, saying his country’s “greatest friends in the world” had told him that they could not “accept images of mass hunger”. His entirely cynical response saw a handful of trucks permitted to cross; reportedly, 100 a day will now be allowed – grotesquely inadequate given the vast scale of need. Reaching the most vulnerable will be perilous and difficult anyway amid Israel’s intensified offensive. Mr Netanyahu vowed that Isra...

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2 w. ago Family pay tribute to ‘hero’ firefighter killed in Bicester blaze

Jennie Logan, 30, of Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service, was praised by her family for her ‘bravery and fearlessness’.

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2 w. ago Kentucky family rescues trapped neighbors, finds bodies after deadly London tornado

Kentucky family rescues trapped neighbors, finds bodies after deadly London tornado  FOX Weather

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2 w. ago 'Terrifying': Family rescues neighbors, finds bodies after EF

'Terrifying': Family rescues neighbors, finds bodies after EF-3 tornado in London, Kentucky.  FOX Weather

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3 w. ago Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of famine’ amid Israeli blockade

Report by UN-backed consortium of specialists tells of ‘major deterioration’ since its last assessment in OctoberMiddle East crisis – live updatesGaza is at “critical risk of famine”, food security experts have warned, 10 weeks after Israel imposed a blockade on the devastated Palestinian territory, cutting off all supplies including food, medicine, shelter and fuel.In its most recent report, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said on Monday there had been a “major deterioration” in the food security situation in Gaza since its last assessment in October 2024 and that Palestinians living there faced “a critical risk of famine”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Food security experts warn Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't end its campaign

Food security experts say the Gaza Strip is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and stop its military campaign

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