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Ex-British army chief calls on ministers to back MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans
ByDan Sabbagh Defence and security editor February 1, 2026

Nick Carter says easing controls on MDMA will allow drug to be used as alternative treatment for those with PTSDA former head of the British military is calling for the government to ease restrictions on the party drug MDMA so that it can be tested mor…

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‘I wish I had the power to ease his suffering’: Gaza’s cancer patients trapped by war and blockade
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem, Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Sufian Taha in Nablus January 24, 2026

Thousands of Palestinian cancer patients are living without treatment as they await medical evacuationWhen the Gaza war began, Ismail Abu Naji was just 18 months old, his small body covered in swollen, bleeding lesions. Months earlier, doctors had diag…

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Families washed out of tents as flood waters course through Gaza
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem December 12, 2025

Gaza has been hit by heavy rains and low temperatures, deepening the misery of most of its 2.2 million population who are living in tents after two years of Israeli bombardment. Thousands of homeless people have been washed out of their makeshift shelt…

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NHS doctor suspended over alleged antisemitic social media posts
ByRachel Hall November 27, 2025

Rahmeh Aladwan barred from practising for 15 months pending inquiry amid claims she ‘celebrated terrorist acts’An NHS doctor accused of antisemitism has been suspended for 15 months pending an investigation, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (…

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‘I have searched and searched for help’: the Sudanese women left alone to live hand to mouth in Chad’s desert camps
ByKaamil Ahmed in Metche October 8, 2025

As the war in Sudan pushes more people across the border, malnutrition is on the rise in Chad’s remote settlements where 86% of the refugees are women and childrenFor hours, jolting along the waterlogged dirt track to the hospital, 18-year-old Makka Ib…

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‘I have searched and searched for help’: the Sudanese women left alone to live hand to mouth in Chad’s desert camps
ByKaamil Ahmed in Metche October 8, 2025

As the war in Sudan pushes more people across the border, malnutrition is on the rise in Chad’s remote settlements where 86% of the refugees are women and childrenFor hours, jolting along the waterlogged dirt track to the hospital, 18-year-old Makka Ib…

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Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen
By September 23, 2025

While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among the firstWhen she woke on that Sunday morning, Fati…

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First group of children from Gaza arrive in UK for life-saving NHS treatment
ByNadeem Badshah September 15, 2025

Care and support package, including housing, will help 30-50 young Palestinians for an initial two yearsThe first group of children from Gaza have arrived in the UK for specialist life-saving treatment on the NHS, the Guardian understands.Yvette Cooper…

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Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed
ByKat Lay, Global health correspondent August 14, 2025

MSF charity calls situation ‘beyond urgent’ as thousands seeking refuge from war rely on contaminated waterThe “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Fro…

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100 Gaza children hope to be evacuated to UK for urgent medical care
ByGeneva Abdul August 5, 2025

Charities urge government to move quickly after it announced scheme to help critically ill and injured childrenMore than 100 critically ill and injured children in Gaza hope to come to the UK as soon as possible after the government announced a scheme …

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