Hospitals to share waiting lists under Labour plans for quicker care

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Party says pooling resources across regions would deliver 40,000 extra appointments a week for patients

Hospitals would have to share waiting lists and pool resources under Labour’s plans to reduce waiting times by delivering up to 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week.

The party has announced that patients would be offered appointments at nearby hospitals, rather than necessarily at their local one, which would enable people to receive faster treatment. Hospital staff and resources would be pooled across a region and would run evening and weekend surgeries.

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U.S. Ammo Has Reached Ukrainian Brigades—And Now They’re Blasting Away – Forbes

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  1. U.S. Ammo Has Reached Ukrainian Brigades—And Now They're Blasting Away  Forbes
  2. Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front as Russians advance on cities  Reuters.com
  3. Ukraine reports no shortages of artillery shells for first time: Zelenskyy  Business Insider
  4. Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbas are fed up waiting for Western munitions  Le Monde
  5. Zelensky: No reports of artillery shortages for first time in full-scale war  Kyiv Independent
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A U.S. doctor in Gaza wants President Biden to know ‘we are not safe’ – NPR

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  1. A U.S. doctor in Gaza wants President Biden to know 'we are not safe'  NPR
  2. Hugs, smiles abound as Michigan doctor returns home from Gaza  Detroit Free Press
  3. American medics are stuck in Gaza. Hear one doctor’s message to the US government  CNN
  4. Trapped US doctors are out of Gaza, White House says  Reuters.com
  5. Medical Workers Evacuated From Gaza, but 3 Americans Refuse to Leave  The Intercept
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Ukraine’s divisive mobilization law comes into force as a new Russian push strains front-line troops – The Associated Press

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  1. Ukraine's divisive mobilization law comes into force as a new Russian push strains front-line troops  The Associated Press
  2. Zelensky Signs Law Allowing Convicts to Fight for Ukraine  The New York Times
  3. Ukraine's Zelenskyy signs law allowing some convicts to serve in the army  POLITICO Europe
  4. Inside a Kyiv recruitment center: 'Someone has to hold a weapon'  Le Monde
  5. Ukraine allows some convicts to join armed forces in manpower push  Reuters.com
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Tunisia says 23 people missing in Mediterranean sea – BBC.com

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  1. Tunisia says 23 people missing in Mediterranean sea  BBC.com
  2. At least 23 people missing off Tunisia coast, authorities say  Al Jazeera English
  3. At least 23 migrants on boat bound for Italy are missing, Tunisian officials say  Yahoo News UK
  4. Mediterranean: Tunisia says 751 migrant crossing attempts halted from January to April  InfoMigrants
  5. 23 missing for two weeks off Tunisia, say officials  newagebd.net
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Tony O’Reilly, one of Ireland’s leading business figures, dies aged 88

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O’Reilly, who was also an international rugby player for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, died in Dublin on Saturday

Tony O’Reilly, one of Ireland’s leading business figures, has died at the age of 88.

O’Reilly, who had a career in the media as well as being an international rugby player for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, died in St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin on Saturday.

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Right-wing activist attacks October 7 survivor at at protest for hostages in Tel Aviv – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Right-wing activist attacks October 7 survivor at at protest for hostages in Tel Aviv  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Ambassadors, musicians headline rally highlighting plight of international hostages  The Times of Israel
  3. Protesters and Israeli police clash in Tel Aviv  Yahoo! Voices
  4. Thousands protest across Israel as Lapid calls on Gantz and Eisenkot to leave gov't  Haaretz
  5. An ultimatum raises pressure on Netanyahu to make postwar plans for Gaza, even as fighting rages  KSAT San Antonio
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Georgia’s president vetoes media legislation that has provoked weeks of protests – The Associated Press

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  1. Georgia's president vetoes media legislation that has provoked weeks of protests  The Associated Press
  2. Georgian president vetoes ‘foreign agents’ bill after widespread opposition  CNN
  3. Georgia and Russia's 'Hybrid War' - WSJ  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Georgia's President Vetoes Foreign Influence Law  The New York Times
  5. Georgian president vetoes 'foreign agents' bill, TASS reports  Reuters.com
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Nadhim Zahawi says it was a mistake for Tories to force Boris Johnson from No 10

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Former chancellor, who was one of those who urged Johnson to go, says Tories should have realised ‘Twitter was not the country’

Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has said he and his Conservative colleagues were wrong to force out Boris Johnson as prime minister in 2022.

Johnson resigned after less than three years in No 10 after more than 50 resignations from government of MPs and staff and waves of backbenchers urging him to quit over the handling of the Chris Pincher affair and numerous other scandals. He resigned as an MP a year later.

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Water firm criticised over scary Devon parasite outbreak – BBC.com

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  1. Water firm criticised over scary Devon parasite outbreak  BBC.com
  2. Anger in Devon as more cases of waterborne disease expected  The Guardian
  3. English fishing village told to boil water after a parasite outbreak sickens over 45 people  ABC News
  4. Infections in water parasite outbreak 'set to keep rising for weeks'  The Independent
  5. Devon: Confirmed cases of disease more than double to 46 after parasite found in drinking water  Sky News
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Latest Houthi strike in Red Sea hits oil tanker: US officials – The Hill

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  1. Latest Houthi strike in Red Sea hits oil tanker: US officials  The Hill
  2. Yemen's Houthi rebels launch a missile that strikes an oil tanker in the Red Sea, US military says  The Associated Press
  3. China-Bound Oil Tanker Hit by Houthi Missile in Red Sea, US Says  Bloomberg
  4. Houthis Attack Another Oil Tanker In Red Sea - I24NEWS  i24NEWS
  5. Houthi missile strikes Greek-owned oil tanker in Red Sea, U.S. says  CBS News
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Israeli minister vows to quit war cabinet if PM fails to agree new Gaza plan

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Benny Gantz’s threat to withdraw his opposition party from coalition calls into question future of government

The Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign if Benjamin Netanyahu fails to adopt an agreed plan for Gaza, calling into question the future of the Israeli government.

During a press conference on Saturday, Gantz announced that if a plan for postwar governance of the territory is not consolidated and approved by 8 June, his opposition National Unity party will withdraw from the coalition government.

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Third of voters believe Starmer was wrong to let Elphicke into Labour party

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In latest Opinium poll, only 16% say accepting rightwing Tory MP’s defection was the right move – against 33% who see it as a mistake

More voters believe Keir Starmer was wrong to allow a rightwing Tory MP into Labour than think it was the right move, after anger from within the party’s ranks over the defection.

Natalie Elphicke, the Dover MP, said the Tories had become “a byword for incompetence and division” when she made her shock departure to Labour earlier in May. The party leadership regarded it as a major coup to win the support of the MP on the frontline of the Channel crossings issue that Rishi Sunak has attempted to prioritise. The move came despite concerns among MPs that her views conflict with Labour in a variety of areas.

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Israel recovers another slain hostage; pushes into new parts of northern Gaza – NBC News

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  1. Israel recovers another slain hostage; pushes into new parts of northern Gaza  NBC News
  2. Israel's war on Gaza updates: 83 killed in unrelenting Israeli attacks  Al Jazeera English
  3. Israel pushes further into parts of north Gaza; new cracks in Netanyahu coalition  Reuters.com
  4. IDF: Tank forces demolish 100 Hamas terror sites, finds 10 tunnel shafts in Rafah  The Times of Israel
  5. Scores of terrorists killed, anti-aircraft guns captured in eastern Rafah  The Jerusalem Post
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Israel IDs fourth hostage found dead with 3 others held by Hamas in Gaza – Axios

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  1. Israel IDs fourth hostage found dead with 3 others held by Hamas in Gaza  Axios
  2. IDF recovers hostage’s body from Gaza one day after retrieving three others  CNN
  3. Fighting intensifies in northern Gaza; body of fourth hostage recovered  CBS News
  4. Shani Louk's parents thankful to have a grave after her body was returned from Gaza  Reuters.com
  5. Israeli army finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza killed at Oct. 7 music festival  Yahoo! Voices
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ ubiquitous in Great Lakes basin, study finds

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PFAS chemicals present in air, rain, atmosphere and water in basin, which holds nearly 95% of US freshwater

Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are ubiquitous in the Great Lakes basin’s air, rain, atmosphere and water, new peer-reviewed research shows.

The first-of-its-kind, comprehensive picture of PFAS levels for the basin, which holds nearly 95% of the nation’s freshwater, also reveals that precipitation is probably a major contributor to the lakes’ contamination.

This story was amended on 18 May 2024 to clarify that Buffalo does not border Lake Ontario.

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