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Britain urges citizens to leave Lebanon as Middle East tension escalates
Britain has joined a number of countries urging their citizens to leave Lebanon – amid increasing fears of military escalation in the Middle East.
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Suicide bomber kills at least 32 people at beach hotel in Somalia
Police in Somalia say at least 32 people were killed and 63 others injured in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital Mogadishu.
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Israeli airstrike kills Hamas commander in West Bank
At least 10 people have been killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a school in Gaza where displaced people were sheltering, according to the Hamas-run media office.
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UK police resources stretched nationwide amid far-right unrest
Clamping down on the unrest is posing a major challenge for police forces around the country, as well as the Government, which will be eager to avoid the kind of wide scale disorder last seen during the riots in 2011.
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‘We’re not putting up with riots’, says Stoke-on-Trent council leader
We speak to the Leader of Stoke-on-Trent Council, Jane Ashworth, where hundreds of protestors have been gathering today amid reports of some outbreaks of violence.
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‘People rioting do not speak for Sunderland’, says Mayor of north east
We speak to Kim McGuinness, Mayor of the north east, who’s been dealing with the fallout of last night’s clashes in Sunderland.
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Riot police separate far-right and counter protesters in several UK cities
Riot police have separated rival far right and anti-racist protestors who are facing off in a number of cities across the UK.
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‘Zero-tolerance approach’ needed for far-right violence, says Labour MP
We spoke to Paula Barker, who’s the Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree.
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Starmer: police will be given more resource to tackle violent disorder
The Prime Minister said police would be given more resources to tackle any violent disorder, while a top Government advisor warned that there was a “concerted and coordinated” attempt to spread unrest by far right activists.
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Israel braces for Iranian response following Hamas leader assassination
Iran has vowed revenge over the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Israel, which has not confirmed or denied it was behind the attack, said it was in a “state of high readiness for any scenario”.
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Deadly Israeli air strike hits school in Gaza City
The Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been buried in Doha after he was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran earlier this week. Meanwhile Israeli air strikes have continued to strike Gaza – killing at least nine people.
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Gershkovich came out of prison with ‘a sense of purpose’, says Guardian correspondent and friend
We spoke to the Guardian’s global affairs correspondent Andrew Roth, who spent many years reporting from Moscow. He was one of the first to greet Evan Gershkovich when he arrived back in the United States last night.
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Freed Americans among 16 people swapped with Russia in historic prisoner exchange
Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan were greeted by President Biden and Kamala Harris.
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Debate: Can diet prevent Type 2 Diabetes?
We spoke to the Diabetes Adviser for NHS England, Professor Partha Kar, as well John Barber, Deputy Director of the research and innovation institute, Nesta and Chef Giancarlo Caldese.
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On the frontline of the battle against Diabetes in Wales
By 2050, 500 million more people across the world are likely to have Diabetes, mostly Type 2. In the UK the direct cost for the NHS is already estimated to run at over £10 billion a year.