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Canada wildfires: Thousands flee city in ‘apocalyptic’ scenes
They’ve got until Friday at noon to leave town – 20 000 people considered at the highest risk from the approaching wildfires have begun leaving the Canadian city of Yellowknife in long convoys of traffic – as officials warned flames could reach its outskirts by the weekend.
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UK foreign aid: Thousands of women could die due to cuts
Ministers were warned by their own advisers that cutting the UK’s foreign aid budget means thousands of women in Africa will die in pregnancy and childbirth
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Rhodes fires: flights cancelled as thousands of tourists and residents evacuated on Greek island
It’s an island inferno. As flames continue to lick coastal tourist areas after ripping through the mountainous interior of Rhodes, the Greek authorities say they’re dealing with the country’s biggest fire evacuation ever. Nineteen thousand people have been rescued from villages and hotels – three thousand of those picked up in boats from the beaches…
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Strikes: Thousands of RMT workers begin three-day walkout
It’s been yet another day of disruption for train passengers.
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Thousands of Sudanese flee West Darfur to Chad
The United Nations Human Rights office says it has ‘credible information’ that the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces or RSF – which is currently fighting the Sudanese army – is responsible for a mass grave in West Darfur.
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Chad: Inside the border town home to thousands of Sudanese fleeing war
Thousands of people have been killed and millions more have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan – since brutal fighting erupted in April between the country’s army and the rebel Rapid Support Forces. Sudan’s health ministry said an air strike on Saturday, which the army denies, killed at least 22 people in Omdurman.…
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Unnamed BBC presenter accused of paying thousands to teen for explicit photos
The BBC has said it would treat any allegations very seriously, and had processes in place to deal with them.
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Biden’s decision to send thousands of cluster munitions to Ukraine divides NATO
President Biden is expected to announce that the United States will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine – widely banned by many countries, and condemned again today by the UN because of the danger unexploded munitions pose to civilians. The US believes they’ll help Ukraine in its struggle to break through Russia’s front lines, heavily outnumbered…
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Councils warn thousands of Afghans who came to UK after Taliban seized power could become homeless
Councils have warned that up to eight thousand Afghans who came to the UK seeking asylum after the Taliban seized power are at risk of becoming homeless.
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Revealed: Thousands dying in hospitals because patients cannot be discharged
None of us like to think of our own death, but when we do, most of us hope we will be in our homes, peacefully, surrounded by loved ones.
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Forty-thousand police officers deployed across France to prevent third night of violence
Forty-thousand police officers are being deployed across France to try to prevent a third night of rioting.
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Sudan: At least a thousand people killed in two months
In Sudan, fighting continues to rage between government troops and rebel militia forces, reaching a grim, two-month milestone this week. In that time, thousands have been killed and more than two million people displaced. Neighbouring Chad is the destination for an increasing number of them, and there are fears that in West Darfur, the war…
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Thousands gather for vigil paying tribute to victims of Nottingham attacks
Profound shock and grief run through the tributes paid today to two nineteen year old students and a sixty-five year old school caretaker who were fatally stabbed in Nottingham yesterday during an incident that also left three others injured, one of them seriously.
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Humza Yousaf will not suspend Nicola Sturgeon from SNP
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf said he will not be suspending Nicola Sturgeon from the SNP, insisting there was “no pressure” on his predecessor to quit the party following her arrest yesterday.
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Canadian wildfire smoke cloaks eastern USA
Millions of people in the east of the United States have been told to stay indoors or wear masks as smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires makes breathing hazardous.
