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Israel says Hamas is starving hostages; Security Council members say Israel is starving Palestinians – AP News
- Israel says Hamas is starving hostages; Security Council members say Israel is starving Palestinians AP News
- Hamas says it will allow aid for hostages if Israel halts airstrikes, opens permanent humanitarian corridors Reuters
- Israeli hostage shown in Hamas video is starved, tortured and ‘a broken man,’ cousin says PBS
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Posts claim image of emaciated boy doesn’t represent mass starvation in Gaza. Here’s context – Snopes
- Posts claim image of emaciated boy doesn't represent mass starvation in Gaza. Here's context Snopes
- Photos of a starving baby in Gaza shocked the world. Here's how he's doing now NPR
- We published a photo of a malnourished child in Gaza. It made an impact globally – and created controversy The Guardian
- Opinion | Hamas Starves Jews and Palestinians, and Israel Gets Blamed The Wall Street Journal
- ‘You can’t fake it’: Why images of starving children in Gaza are so difficult to dismiss The Forward
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Russia breaks self-imposed freeze on intermediate-range missiles – The Hill
- Russia breaks self-imposed freeze on intermediate-range missiles The Hill
- Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles AP News
- Ex-Russian president warns enemies of 'new reality' as Kremlin ditches nuclear treaty NBC News
- Trump is sending a message to Russia over its ‘irresponsible rhetoric' with nuke sub movement, argues Dan Hoffman Fox News
- Russia Says It Will Stop Abiding by Missile Treaty The New York Times
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Increase in vapes found on Britain’s coastline by beach clean volunteers
Marine Conservation Society calls for swift action as its litter surveys show some forms of plastic are on the rise
Volunteer beach cleaners are finding more vapes than ever before as plastic pollution chokes Britain’s coastline.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) on Wednesday launches its annual beach clean, which last year involved more than 15,000 volunteers who completed more than 1,200 litter surveys.
Continue reading...Rachel Reeves needs to put up taxes to cover £40bn deficit, thinktank says
NIESR suggests a rise of 5p in the pound on basic and higher rate of income tax would fill the budget gap
Rachel Reeves will need to raise taxes to close a government spending gap that is on course to reach more than £40bn after a slowdown in economic growth and higher-than-expected inflation, according to a leading thinktank.
In a blow to Labour’s hopes of balancing the books without breaking manifesto commitments ruling out personal tax rises, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said a number of factors would knock off course the chancellor’s plans to stay within Whitehall spending limits.
Continue reading...Prince Harry among those criticised in report on dispute at Sentebale charity
Watchdog says all parties, including trustees, patrons and chair Sophie Chandauka, should not have had row in public
The Charity Commission has criticised Prince Harry for allowing a row with the chair of his African charity to “play out publicly”, as the watchdog cleared him of racism.
The prince was engaged in a public war of words earlier this year with the chair of the Sentebale charity, Dr Sophie Chandauka, after his resignation as a patron.
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