3 h. ago Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victimsAs of the end of July there were 18,457 children named on the long official list of Palestinian victims of Israel’s war in Gaza. Over almost two years, that is equivalent to bombs, bullets and shells killing a boy or girl every hour of every day.In reality the deaths are not spaced out so evenly. Siblings, cousins and playmates are often killed together, by an airstrike or artillery shell. Even children shot by snipers or quadcopters are sometimes brought into hospitals in groups, doctors say. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Ben Shephard yells 'cut the feed' during 'dangerous' live segment on ITV's This Morning

This Morning host Ben Shephard was forced to yell 'cut the feed' on Monday's show after a 'dangerous' stunt from Jeff Brazier as he attempted to drive a moped

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48 h. ago This Morning's Ben Shephard forced to yell 'cut the feed' after 'dangerous' live segment

This Morning host Ben Shephard was left panicked on Monday's show after a 'dangerous' segment

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5 d. ago Government shutdown live updates: Trump threatens to cut Democrats’ ‘favorite projects’ amid impending mass layoffs

Trump said he would meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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5 d. ago Government shutdown live updates: Trump ready to cut thousands of jobs in ‘Democrat agencies’ as parties refuse to budge

Trump is set to meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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6 d. ago UK’s FTSE 100 share index hits record high; US jobs market weakens as companies cut workers – business live

FTSE 100 hits record high as global stocks celebrate best September since 2013UK business confidence falls to record low amid rising employment costsOver in the eurozone, the manufacturing sector has slipped back into contraction.Data firm S&P Global reports that factory operating conditions across the euro area deteriorated in September, due to a reduction in new order inflows and a sharper rate of job shedding. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump says ‘no choice’ but to cut federal workers if government shuts down as midnight deadline looms – live

Democrats and Republicans exchange blame as Congress barrels toward deadline without a dealUS heads toward first government shutdown in nearly seven yearsThe US government is hurtling towards its first shutdown in six years, with no signs congressional leaders are near agreement on legislation to continue funding beyond the Tuesday night deadline to prevent workers from being furloughed and agencies from shutting their doors.Congress’s Republican majority is pushing legislation to fund the government through 21 November, but Democrats have refused to vote for it unless it includes a series of concessions centered on healthcare. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump gives Hamas ‘three or four days’ to respond to Gaza peace plan or face ‘a very sad end’ – live

Ultimatum comes as Netanyahu says he did not agree to Palestinian state as part of Trump Gaza plan, and IDF will remain ‘in most of territory’What’s in Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza?The Gaza health ministry has announced on Telegram that 453 people, including 150 children, have died of famine and malnutrition in Gaza.Since the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared famine in Gaza in August, a further 175 deaths have been recorded, among them 35 children. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Man ran into pub after hand 'cut clean off' at Liverpool house party

An 18-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent

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9 d. ago Labour peer who escaped Nazis as a child makes powerful Gaza 'splitting up families' plea

Lord Alf Dubs has pleaded with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to rip up rules barring students from Gaza from bringing spouses and children to the UK, saying it will tear families apart

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1 week ago Liverpool: Giovanni Leoni breaks silence on knee injury and reveals new target amid surgery fears

The promising central defender saw his Liverpool debut cruelly cut short because of injury on Tuesday night

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2 w. ago Cooper accuses Netanyahu of allowing children in Gaza to die of starvation

The foreign secretary also warned the prospect of a two-state solution may ‘disappear beneath the rubble’

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2 w. ago Voices: Back to school in Gaza is now education reduced to fragments

University professor Ahmed Kamal Junina should have been shopping for school supplies for his three children. Instead, he describes how WhatsApp, internet cafes and voice notes are filling the gaps for students without places to learn

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2 w. ago Companies must be better prepared for cyber attacks after Jaguar hack exposes weaknesses

JLR made no cars this month at any of its plants in Liverpool, Solihull and Wolverhampton, with its production cut by 24,000.

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2 w. ago With or without a ceasefire, humanitarian aid must enter Gaza. We managed it in previous wars | Moazzam Malik

Global powers ensured aid during civil wars in Syria and Sudan. We need a ‘Lifeline Rafah’ before more people starveMoazzam Malik is CEO of Save the ChildrenAs the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza deepens, world leaders gathering for the UN general assembly face a grave moral and political test – one that has implications for the conduct of war and the supply of humanitarian aid in the decades to come.The use of humanitarian aid as an instrument of occupation by the Israeli authorities dates back almost 20 years. As a British official, I led a review of the humanitarian situation in Gaza in 2008 when the then government of Israel had just imposed a blockade. I advised UK ministers that this was not in line with international humanitarian principles, that we wouldn’t accept this in other humanitarian contexts, and we should not do so in this case. The UK government ignored my recommendations on securing independent access for humanitarian aid for Gaza.Moazzam Malik is CEO of Save the...

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2 w. ago Voices: Recognising Palestine is important, but more is needed to save Gaza’s shattered generation

University professor Ahmed Kamal Junina should have been shopping for school supplies for his three children. Instead, he describes how WhatsApp, internet cafes and voice notes are filling the gaps for students without places to learn

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2 w. ago Voices: Recognising Palestine won’t save Gaza’s shattered generation

University professor Ahmed Kamal Junina should have been shopping for school supplies for his three children. Instead, he describes how WhatsApp, internet cafes and voice notes are filling the gaps for students without places to learn

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2 w. ago Voices: This is what ‘back to school’ has become in Gaza: education reduced to fragments

University professor Ahmed Kamal Junina should have been shopping for school supplies for his three children. Instead, he describes how WhatsApp, internet cafes and voice notes are filling the gaps for students without places to learn

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2 w. ago Israel kills 34 people in Gaza ahead of UN meeting, where countries will recognize Palestinian state

Israeli strikes have killed at least 30 people in Gaza City, including children, according to health officials

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2 w. ago They managed to get accepted to US universities. But they’re still stuck in Gaza

Gaza students hoped to resume US studies after war, but Trump’s visa ban crushed their plansWithin days of 7 October 2023, much of Maryam’s world had been wiped out: her home in Gaza City, her children’s schools, and the Islamic University of Gaza, where she was a graduate student in physics, were all destroyed by airstrikes. In early December, Maryam’s mentor – Sufian Tayeh, a prominent Palestinian scientist and president of the Islamic University of Gaza – was killed along with his family in an Israeli strike.The professor has been a “father figure” to her, Maryam told the Guardian. When she learned of his death, she remembers closing the physics notebooks she had grabbed as she fled her home and thinking her studies would be over. “My entire world had collapsed,” she said. Continue reading...

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