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Indian doctors to strike 24hrs over rape and murder of trainee
The 31-year-old woman was attacked in a Kolkata hospital room where she had been taking a break during a long shift.
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Neighbourhoods in Gaza have been left ‘totally devoid’ of humanity, says ICRC
We spoke to William Schomburg who heads the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Gaza.
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Teen death after Costa hot chocolate a ‘failure to follow allergy process’, coroner rules
Thirteen year old Hannah Jacobs died from an anaphylactic reaction within hours of taking one sip of the drink.
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Palestinian killed in Israeli settler attack on West Bank village
Israeli leaders have strongly condemned a group of settlers who went on the rampage in the occupied West Bank, killing one Palestinian man and badly injuring several others.
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Infected blood scandal victims to receive life-long compensation
Victims of the infected blood scandal will begin getting life-long compensation payments later this year – with more than £2 million for those who’ve been the most badly affected.
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LNER train drivers announce strikes every weekend till mid-November
Just when you thought it was over, more train strikes have been announced – less than 48 hours after the Government agreed a pay deal with the train drivers union ASLEF, ending 2 years of industrial action.
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Ukraine has ‘changed the paradigm of the war’, says Ukrainian politician
The Ukrainian MP Oleksandra Ustinova spends a lot of her time in the United States, talking to, and lobbying, American politicians.
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Ukraine controls 82 settlements in Russia’s Kursk region, Kyiv says
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the embattled frontline city of Pokrovsk remains his “top priority”.
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Tourist deaths linked to dance with devil in Colombia’s Sin City
In the decades since Pablo Escobar’s death, the city of Medellin has transformed into a global tourism hot-spot and is now Colombia’s Sin City.
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FactCheck: what are the symptoms of mpox and are there UK cases?
What is mpox, what are the symptoms and is there a vaccine?
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UK Riots: Who’s been convicted and do our prisons have room?
After more than 1,000 arrests following riots across England and Northern Ireland, the first sentences are being handed down.
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Saoirse Ronan on her new film exploring alcoholism and addiction
From the wilds of a Scottish island to the maelstrom of London and back again, The Outrun – a new film which premiers tonight at the Edinburgh Festival – follows a young woman’s attempt to heal from a troubled past by returning to where she grew up.
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Is Ukraine’s Kursk incursion grinding to a halt?
It’s been nine days since Ukrainian troops crossed the Russian border in what’s been called a ‘surprise incursion’ in this latest phase of the war.
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‘We need to address mpox at the source’, says children charity
We spoke to Greg Ramm, Save The Children’s Democratic Republic of the Congo’s country director.
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Mpox: First case of contagious variant outside Africa reported
A contagious variant of mpox disease has been reported for the first time outside Africa, in Sweden. The World Health Organisation has now declared it an emergency outbreak.