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People have come out in force to help the worst-hit areas of Valencia. Some carried shovels and brooms to help clear away debris, while others had bottles of water. As we reported earlier, the mayor of Alfafar has warned residents are not getting enough aid. Some people say they have been left without food, water…
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The World Health Organisation has delivered fuel and medical supplies to two hospitals in northern Gaza. Its director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said al Ahli Arab and al Sahaba hospitals are “functioning” but with “limited capacity”. They “lack food, fuel, specialised staff, anaesthetic drugs, antibiotics and internal fixation devices”. The WHO’s top official said “sustained,…
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Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry is reporting that 112 Palestinians have been killed and another 148 injured over the last 24 hours. It brings the total number of those killed in Gaza since the conflict began to 27,131, the ministry says. A further 66,287 people have been injured. Israel launched its ground and air offensive in…
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Russia’s state investigative committee has released aerial footage of what it says is Il-76 crash site. The graphic footage shows aircraft debris and what the committee says are the bodies of more than 60 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were set to be exchanged for Russian prisoners. The video highlighted one person’s dismembered hand, blurred…
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The death toll in the Israeli strike on Damascus has risen to five, according to Iranian state media. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say a fifth member of their ranks has died after being wounded in the attack in the Syrian capital. The head of the force’s information unit is reported to be among the dead. There…
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday that the number of children killed in the West Bank has reached unprecedented levels and their suffering must not fade into the background of the current conflict. “This year has been the deadliest year on record for children in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with conflict-related…
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A World Health Organisation official said they are receiving estimates that 1,000 bodies are still stuck under the rubble in Gaza and are yet to be identified. They’re not included in death figures provided by the Hamas-run health ministry, the official said. “We also get these estimates that there are still 1,000 plus people under…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG. If you’re just joining us, let’s bring you up to date. Blame continues to be traded for an explosion at al Ahli Hospital, in northern Gaza, which the territory’s health ministry said killed 500 people, warning the number of dead could rise to 800. Hamas accused Israel of striking the hospital,…
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Sparse international aid despite ‘enormous challenges’ This disaster would have challenged a “really rich, fully functioning” country, says Alex Crawford of Sky News. “So the challenges here are enormous”, she says, given how many problems Libya was already facing. Among them are two opposing governments in the east and west, the legacy of a NATO military…
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Two people are injured after Russia launched a three-and-a-half-hour drone attack on the southern parts of the Odesa region today and hit Danube River port infrastructure, Ukrainian officials have said. Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down 22 of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched on the Odesa region in the early hours, the…
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The Enugu State Government has ordered a thorough investigation of the reported sudden death of students of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Agbani. It declared that the Governor Peter Mbah administration was ever committed to a continued safe and better learning environment at the institution. Speaking during a visit to ESUT,…
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The bodies of two young sisters pulled from the rubble of a Florida condo building — so tiny that the 4 and 11-year-olds were placed in the same casket — were buried alongside their parents Tuesday, their white coffin draped with innocent pink and purple ribbons. Lucia Guara, “Lulu bear,” loved watching “Jeopardy” with her…
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State governments in the U.S. are passing their own virus aid, not waiting for Washington. The U.N.’s global vaccine plan is underway, but problems remain. Ghana’s first to get those COVAX shots. The FDA says single-shot dose from Johnson & Johnson prevents severe COVID. And Pfizer’s vaccine works well in first big ‘real world’ test.…
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More than 60 people have reportedly been killed from lightning over the past two days during tropical storms across Bangladesh. Image shows motorcycles and cars abandoned on the road by owners. Leading Bengali-language newspapers Prothom Alo and Samakal reported Saturday that 64 people have been killed by lightning since Thursday.
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A young girl aged 17 has become another victim of an exploding Takata air bag. The girl died after her car crashed near Houston. The girl named Richmond from Texas was driving a 2002 Honda Civic in Fort Bend County when the car crashed into another vehicle forcing the airbags to go off. The malfunctioning airbag…
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