Jane Deith

Israel’s Prime Minister has told the military to prepare a plan to evacuate Rafah. More than half of Gaza’s population is currently sheltering in the southern city, crammed next to the border with Egypt.

A shocking new report shows prisons are still being used as a so-called “place of safety” for people who are mentally unwell – a practice the 2022 Mental Health Bill was supposed to have stopped. 

Yemen’s Houthis say the latest round of airstrikes by the UK and US will not affect their decision to show support for Gaza. The Iran-backed group, which controls a large part of Yemen, has vowed to respond with more attacks on ships in the Red Sea. Overnight, a wave of strikes hit 36 targets across…

Police have released new images of the suspect still on the run after a chemical attack on a mother and her 3 and 8-year-old daughters in south London. 35-year-old Abdul Shokoor Ezedi – who’s from Newcastle – was last seen boarding a Victoria line tube train south from King’s Cross around an hour and a…

Rescuers in Japan have been struggling to reach coastal areas where many are feared trapped under collapsed buildings after the powerful earthquake on New Year’s Day.

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake and dozens of aftershocks have struck the Western edge of Japan, sparking tsunami warnings for residents along hundreds of miles of coastline.

Around a hundred homes have been damaged, including some with their roofs blown off, after a mini tornado ripped through Greater Manchester.

Teachers have been told to keep parents informed if their child wants to change their gender identity in school, as part of the long-awaited draft guidance for England’s schools to support those described as ‘gender questioning children’.  

Hundreds of people have been rescued from floods in Northern Australia, after a cyclone triggered a month’s worth of rain in a single weekend.

The grandmother of a British teenager who’s been missing for six years has expressed her “relief and happiness” that he’s been found alive. 

Michael Gove has apologised to victims and bereaved families for government errors during the pandemic. 

Thousands of people have joined a march against anti-Semitism in London.

In London, tens of thousands of people were again on the streets calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. 

Aid agencies are warning of a desperate situation for Afghans who have been forced to leave Pakistan. Security forces there are arresting and deporting undocumented refugees. 

Matthew Perry, who was best known for playing Chandler Bing in the sitcom Friends, has died at the age of 54.