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Where do Hezbollah-Israel attacks leave the middle east?
Israel says it has prevented a major attack by launching a pre-emptive strike on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said thousands of rockets had been destroyed before they could be launched. Hezbollah’s leader Sheikh Nasrallah said the group’s operation had been completed as planned, in revenge for the killing of a Hezbollah…
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‘Hezbollah is using inaccurate weapons and putting all Israelis at risk’, says former IDF intelligence officer
We spoke to former Israeli army intelligence officer Sarit Zehavi – from the Alma research and education centre, which focuses on security issues on Israel’s northern border. We asked her first if she thought a wider conflict was now more or less likely.
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Starmer to warn ‘unpopular decisions’ needed to improve UK
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is to warn that things will get worse before they get better. He’ll use a speech on Tuesday to claim that the Conservatives left the economy in a state that was “worse than we ever imagined” – and it would take “unpopular decisions” to rebuild. But he’s under pressure…
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‘I’m grateful to represent 20 million displaced people’, says paralympic guide runner
Athletes from ParalympicsGB have begun arriving in Paris for the start of this years games. 215 athletes will represent Great Britain, with the team’s highest number of female athletes in its history. Alongside 81 people making their debut at the Games are 49 Paralympic champions – all hoping to add to their medal collection over…
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North Sea dance project tackles grief and loss
From drowning in a sea of grief, to emerging from the waves: a new dance project is setting out to break the silence around grief and loss – with a performance set in the North Sea. The Newcastle-based Company of Others aims to rediscover a shared sense of humanity – involving people from as many…
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Rishi Sunak facing Tory rebellion over Rwanda bill
Rishi Sunak is facing renewed pressure from both sides of his party, as MPs threaten to rebel when the Rwanda bill is voted on next week.
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Ecuador violence: President calls for neutralisation of criminal gangs
The attacks have followed the escape from jail of one of Ecuador’s most dangerous drug lords.
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‘I witnessed scenes I could never imagine’, says British surgeon who worked in Gaza’s Al Aqsa hospital
British surgeon Nick Maynard has just returned from Gaza where he led an emergency team working at the Al Aqsa hospital in central Gaza for two weeks.
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Why is South Africa bringing a genocide case against Israel at the ICJ?
The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest legal body, is about to hold hearings in The Hague on a case brought by South Africa.
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WHO warns Israel to protect health care as airstrikes hit close to hospitals in Gaza
The Palestine Red Crescent says four of its members have been killed in a strike on an ambulance in central Gaza.
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‘They will have more deaths on their hands if they’re not careful’, says Post Office scandal victim
Jo Hamilton was a sub-postmistress who was falsely accused of stealing £36,000 from the village post office that she ran in Hampshire.
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How has the Horizon Post Office scandal affected Scotland?
Our Scotland correspondent Kathryn Sampson has been finding out what life has been like for those wrongly accused in the Post Office scandal north of the border.
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‘It is something we wouldn’t do lightly’, says Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake on blanket exoneration for wrongly convicted
We spoke to post office minister Kevin Hollinrake and asked him why his team decided to bring in a new law.
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Sunak announces blanket exoneration for wrongly convicted in Post Office scandal
A new law will wipe out the convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted of stealing from the Post Office.
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Inside Gaza: The reality of being displaced in Rafah
Every day more people flee their homes – and often have to flee again.
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‘She’s lost everything she wanted to be,’ says representative of ex-firearms officer who won £820,0000 sex discrimination compensation
We’re joined by Paul Odle, who was Rebecca Kalam’s Police Federation representative.
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Rebecca Kalam: Ex-firearms officer wins £820,0000 sex discrimination compensation
The former police firearms officer Rebecca Kalam has been awarded more than £820,000 in compensation – one of the biggest payouts of its kind – after she successfully sued West Midlands Police for sex discrimination, harrassment, and victimisation.
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2023 ‘by far the world’s hottest year on record’
It’s official: 2023 was by far the world’s hottest year on record, according to the European Union’s climate service.
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Domestic abuse victims to be given financial support to escape violence
Some Survivors of domestic abuse will get £2,500 in one off cash payments to help them escape from abusive relationships, under a new £2 million Government scheme.
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Donald Trump calls for presidential immunity in court appearance
An appeals court in Washington DC has begun hearing a landmark case to decide whether Donald Trump should be immune from criminal prosecution.
