18 h. ago Winter storm rips through Gaza, exposing failure to deliver enough aid to territory

Storm Byron has hit Gaza, worsening the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn area

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42 h. ago Aid flow into Gaza falls short of ceasefire terms, analysis of Israeli figures shows

Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling short of the amount agreed upon in the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, according to an Associated Press analysis

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67 h. ago Met Office extends amber weather warning as Storm Bram tears through Scotland

Separate weather warnings have been set the latest storm is determined to give Scots a wet and windy winter.

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7 d. ago Scot braves Russian missiles in lifesaving aid mission to Ukraine before Christmas

Oleg Dmitriev, founder of Sunflower Scotland, is seeking donations ahead of a Christmas supply run to deliver vital medical aid, clothing, and long-life batteries.

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9 d. ago Photos of the first major winter storm blanketing the Northeast

The Northeast is experiencing its first significant winter storm just as snow and ice that disrupted post-Thanksgiving travel in the Midwest began to ease.

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1 week ago Ravneet Gill and Mattie Taiano’s recipes for a Friendmas sharing menu

The husband and wife team cook up a winter storm with lamb shoulder, dauphinoise and brown sugar meringues – just don’t ask them who’s doing the cleaning upWhen I first started seeing Mattie, there was a constant dinner party at his mum’s house,” recalls pastry chef Ravneet Gill. “There were loads of people there all the time, being fed with massive bowls of home-cooked food and a big block of parmesan.” There was an open-door policy, with pastas and roast meats on heavy rotation, confirms her now-husband and fellow chef, Taiano. And it’s this sentiment that has carried through to the couple’s restaurant, Gina, which opened in Chingford, east London, earlier this year, a process they documented in their newsletter, Club Gina.Named after Taiano’s late mother, it is very much a neighbourhood joint, Gill points out, with the food – from pithiviers and vol au vents to Gina’s pasta with tomato sauce, half a roast chicken with little gems and aioli to share on Sundays, and slabs of “Ravi’...

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1 week ago Winter storm brings foot of snow to midwest over busiest US travel weekend

Plane skidded off runway and 45 cars were piled up as 53 million were under winter weather alerts over ThanksgivingA Thanksgiving weekend storm system brought over a foot of snow and strong winds across the US midwest and thunderstorms across the south, as 53 million people from South Dakota to New York were under winter weather alerts.Over the weekend, ahead of one of the busiest travel days of the year on Sunday, a 45-car pile-up occurred on interstate 78 in Indiana and a Delta Air Lines plane skidded off the runway in Des Moines, Iowa, during landing. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Winter storm warnings across large parts of US threaten to wreak havoc on post

Over a foot of snow was expected downwind of Lake Superior, Erie, and Ontario, as well as in central New York state

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2 w. ago Majorca braces for 40ft waves while parts of Spanish island turns white as southern Europe is pummelled by freak winter storm

Spain 's weather agency AEMET issued an orange storm alert on Thursday for Majorca and warned that huge waves were expected to hit the eastern coast of the island.

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2 w. ago Snow, temperature drops and wind gusts greet Americans on the busiest travel day of the year

This holiday travel period is expected to be the busiest in nearly 15 years

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2 w. ago Snow hits the Midwest and rain in the South: Thanksgiving’s busiest travel day hit with weather woes

This holiday travel period is expected to be the busiest in nearly 15 years

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2 w. ago Thanksgiving weather: Risk of travel chaos with snow across the Midwest and southern flooding

Flash flooding in Alabama and lake-effect snow are some of the trials facing millions of Americans on the move this week

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2 w. ago More than 2,000 children disappear in social services care each year, report finds

A new report that reveals the rate at which vulnerable children go missing in the care of social services has exposed safeguarding failures, charities say

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on devastation in Gaza: the world wants to move on, but Palestinians can’t | Editorial

Drenched by floods and abandoned amid the ruins, people in Gaza can draw no comfort from US plansThe declaration of a ceasefire in Gaza in October brought initial relief to its inhabitants. Yet officials there said Israeli strikes killed 33 people, including 12 children, on Wednesday; Israel said its troops had come under fire. Another five Palestinians were killed on Thursday. Hundreds have died since the ceasefire was declared. Even if the shelling stops, the destruction of Palestinian life will carry on as Israel continues to throttle aid, and the consequences of two years of war unfold. The World Health Organization warned last month that the health catastrophe would last for generations.Food remains in short supply. While displaced families shiver in flooded makeshift shelters, with many facing a third winter of homelessness, aid organisations say they cannot deliver stockpiles of tents and tarpaulins. Israel, which denies blocking aid, has designated tent poles ...

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3 w. ago Ukrainians 'sabotaged Poland railway on behalf of Russia' in 'terrorist' attack

Two Ukrainian men are to be charged with sabotage of a terrorist nature on behalf of Russia after an explosion on a Polish rail line which delivers aid to Ukraine occurred

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3 w. ago Pregnant and frightened, Kardell Lomas begged for help. Police found her body in the boot of a car

Exclusive: The 31-year-old had dozens of interactions with support services and police before her death at the hands of a dangerous man. Her family now wants answersWarning: This article contains the name and image of an Indigenous Australian who has diedMeet the whistleblowers who exposed Queensland’s domestic violence failuresRead more from Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation hereNeighbours had heard a woman crying at the house on McGill Street.In the first few days of December 2019, things “got bad again” behind the high fences at the property south of Ipswich. The abuse became more frequent. A man’s voice screaming; a woman sobbing, trying to calm him, pleading to be left alone. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ukrainians working for Russia were behind rail blasts, alleges Polish PM

Donald Tusk says two saboteurs crossed border from Belarus hoping to cause divisive ‘catastrophe’Polish authorities have identified two Ukrainian men, allegedly working for the Russian intelligence services, as the key suspects in two cases of rail sabotage, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said.The men are alleged to have planted a military-grade explosive device and attached a steel clamp to rail tracks in two incidents on a strategic rail route used for aid deliveries for Ukraine. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ukrainians working for Russia were behind rail blasts, says Polish PM

Donald Tusk says two saboteurs crossed border from Belarus hoping to cause divisive ‘catastrophe’Polish authorities have identified two Ukrainian men, allegedly working for the Russian intelligence services, as the key suspects in two cases of rail sabotage, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said.The men are alleged to have planted a military-grade explosive device and attached a steel clamp to rail tracks in two incidents on a strategic rail route used for aid deliveries for Ukraine. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Explosion on Polish railway was ‘unprecedented act of sabotage’, says PM – Europe live

Donald Tusk says ‘worse fears confirmed’ over damage on route used to ferry aid deliveries to UkraineIn further comments after his visit to the site of the incident this morning, Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk called it “an unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”“An investigation is under way. Just like in previous cases of this kind, we will catch the perpetrators, regardless of who their backers are,” he pledged. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago England's first snow since last winter could be just days away, Met Office says as forecaster reveals when EVERYONE could see a sprinkling of the white stuff

The Met Office has warned of a 'big change in our weather ahead through the next ten days' with snow on the way and conditions being 'noticeably colder everywhere' by next week.

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