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Israeli forces attack Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital
“Hospitals should never be battlegrounds” – the words of the World Health Organisation head today – after Al Shifa hospital in Gaza city yet again became the site of gun battles.
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Europe ‘can’t agree’ on military assistance for Ukraine, says Lithuanian European Parliament member
We spoke to the Lithuanian MEP, Petras Auštrevičius, a former diplomat who’s on the Foreign Affairs and Security and Defence Committees in the European Parliament.
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‘No sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails’, says former Knesset member
Benny Gantz may be part of Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet but he has provoked criticism from within the Israeli government for his visit to Washington DC.
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Growing fears aid won’t reach Gaza after delivery deaths
There are growing fears that yesterday’s deadly incident in Gaza – in which more than a hundred people died trying to get food from a truck convoy – could make it even harder to deliver much-needed aid.
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‘We are doing everything… to get people out of harm’s way’, says IDF spokesperson
We were joined from Tel Aviv by Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, a spokesperson for the Israel Defence Forces.
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FactCheck: how many people have died in the Russia-Ukraine war and what could happen next?
FactCheck takes a look at how many casualties of war there have been on both sides of the conflict – and what experts think could happen next.
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FactCheck: the Lindsay Hoyle Gaza ceasefire vote row between SNP, Conservatives and Labour explained
The Commons Speaker said he wanted MPs to consider “the widest possible range of options”.
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FactCheck: how many criminal charges is Donald Trump facing and could he go to jail?
How many criminal charges is Donald Trump facing? FactCheck takes a look at the former president’s indictments.
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NATO criticises Trump for comments that ‘put American and European soldiers’ at risk
There has been alarm and condemnation from America’s allies after former President Donald Trump suggested the US might leave NATO members undefended against a Russian invasion.
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‘UK will not hesitate to take further action against Houthis’, says Sunak after strikes
Rishi Sunak has warned that Britain and the United States will not hesitate to take further action against Houthi rebels – to protect against attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The prime minister said the UK was not seeking confrontation, but had acted in self defence. And he said that new sanctions to…
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Gaza-Israel: Fighting engulfs Khan Younis as Palestinian authorities say Israeli troops storm hospital
Fierce fighting has engulfed Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis today, with gun battles in the streets and an intensive bombing campaign from the sky.
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Arab states don’t want wider Middle East conflict, RUSI analyst says
We spoke to Baraa Shiban, an Associate fellow at the RUSI defence think tank and a Yemeni human rights activist.
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‘I don’t think there is a great likelihood of all out war’, says Middle East Security Expert
We spoke to Dr H.A. Hellyer, a senior associate fellow in international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies who is in Jordan.
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Middle-East tension: Sunak says attacks on Houthi are unrelated to Israel-Gaza conflict
Rishi Sunak has told MPs that last week’s strikes on Houthi infrastructure were unrelated to the conflict between Israel and Gaza. Speaking to a largely sympathetic Commons, he said the US led attacks were carried out in self defence in response to attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.
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Israeli Government spokesman says two journalists killed in Gaza were ‘terror operatives’
We spoke to Israeli Government spokesperson Elon Levy about that attack, as well as Israel’s defence against South Africa’s genocide case at The Hague.