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Israeli forces kill nine Palestinians in West Bank raid
A raid by Israeli special forces has left nine Palestinians dead. One of the dead was a 61-year-old woman.
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Iran to disband morality police, says attorney general
After more than two months of unrest that’s seen hundreds of people killed by security forces, Iran’s government has made – what on the face of it – appears to be a concession to anti-government protesters, by disbanding the country’s morality police.
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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan survives protest march shooting
The former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has survived what his aides call an assassination attempt, which left one person dead, and injured a number of others. Mr Khan was shot in the shin during a large rally. He’d been leading a convoy of supporters towards Islamabad in an attempt to overthrow the government.…
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‘This is the revolution of democracy against dictatorship’ – Iranian director Marjane Satrapi
Artist and director Marjane Satrapi grew up in Tehran amid the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
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Iran protest: Activists hack state TV as children arrested for school demonstrations
Mass protests in Iran have now entered their fourth week posing the biggest challenge to the country’s Islamic leaders in years. Calls for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are gathering pace and so too is the crackdown by state police, with human rights groups estimating at least 185 people have been killed,…
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YouTuber Mohammed Hijab exclusively speaks to Channel 4 News after being accused of stirring up trouble in Leicester
He’s a British influencer with hundreds of thousands of subscribers on YouTube.
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Kabul: Suicide bomb blast kills at least 19 people at education centre
A suicide bomber has killed 19 people and injured dozens more at an education centre in Afghanistan where teenage girls were sitting an exam.
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Iran hijab protests: 35 dead as president warns of ‘decisive’ action
Iran’s President has warned protesters they will be dealt with ‘decisively’.
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Shamima Begum ‘smuggled into Syria by a Canadian spy’, new book claims
The lawyer for Shamima Begum, who fled from the UK as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group, has called for an inquiry – after reports that she was smuggled into Syria by a Canadian intelligence agent.
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Pakistan flooding ‘unprecedented’, says UN’s Jawed Ali Khan
We’re joined by Jawed Ali Khan from the United Nations team in Islamabad.
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Somalia: At least 12 killed in al-Shabab Mogadishu attack
At least 12 people have been killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu, after an attack by the Islamist extremist group al-Shabab.
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IS jihadist ’Beatle’ sentenced to life in prison
In the US state of Virginia the British Islamic State jihadist El Shafee Elsheikh has been sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty earlier in the year for kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder.
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Israel-Gaza conflict: Talks under way to broker ceasefire in Gaza
Talks are under way, brokered by Egypt, between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants after 3 days of violence which has seen at least 31 Palestinians killed.
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Second day of Israeli strikes on Gaza following arrest of Palestinian militant
Israeli forces have targetted the Gaza Strip with air strikes for a second day, with Palestinian officials stating 15 people have now been killed in the current violence.
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At least nine people killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza
At least nine people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and in the last hour, rockets have been fired back at Israel from within the territory.