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Israeli strike on Gaza church kills three and injures priest Pope Francis called daily
ByAngela Giuffrida in Rome July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

Two of the dead named as Pope Leo renews ceasefire call after strike on territory’s only Catholic churchAn Israeli strike has hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing three people and injuring 10 others including the parish priest, who used to rec…

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Could Trump be persuaded to save Palestinians in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth
ByKenneth Roth July 17, 2025

It seems paradoxical to look to Trump to save Palestinians, yet no recent US president has been better placed to stop IsraelIt seems paradoxical to look to Donald Trump to save the Palestinians, yet no recent American president has been better placed t…

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Fire at newly opened Iraqi shopping centre kills 61 people
ByAgence France-Presse in Kut July 17, 2025

Survivor says blaze at mall in eastern city of Kut started after air conditioner unit explodedA fire has torn through a shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, killing at least 60 people, as desperate people searched for missing relatives.Offic…

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More than 60 die in fire at newly opened shopping mall in Iraq
ByAgence France-Presse in Kut July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

Survivor says the blaze, which killed at least 61 people in the eastern city of Kut, started after an air conditioning unit explodedA fire has torn through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, killing at least 61 people, as de…

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Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve
ByKat Lay, Global health correspondent July 17, 2025

The country, beset by war, has the world’s lowest rates of vaccination, says the World Health Organization, as global immunisation drive also stallsChildren in Sudan, caught up in what aid organisations have called the world’s largest humanitarian cris…

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Israeli airstrike hits Sweida city in Syria as tribal fighters clash with Bedouins
ByGuardian staff and agencies July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

Conflict restarts in southern province as Druze groups reportedly target Bedouin villages in ‘revenge’ attacksSyrian government forces have withdrawn from the Druze-majority province of Sweida, ending four days of clashes between the army and local Dru…

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European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza
ByJuliette Garside, Manisha Ganguly and Ariane Lavrilleux July 17, 2025

Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UKEurope’s largest missiles maker, MBDA, is selling key components for bombs t…

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European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza
ByJuliette Garside, Manisha Ganguly and Ariane Lavrilleux July 17, 2025

Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UKEurope’s largest missiles maker, MBDA, is selling key components for bombs t…

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How EU’s largest missile maker is selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza – video
ByJuliette Garside, Harrison Taylor, Mathilde Poncet and Sarah Bertram July 17, 2025

Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UK. The bombs have been shipped in their thousands to Israel and used in airst…

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Relatives mourn Palestinian American beaten to death by Israeli settlers: ‘He made everyone feel loved’
ByJoseph Gedeon July 16, 2025

Sayfollah ‘Saif’ Musallet, 20, was an ice-cream shop owner in Florida, and a beloved member of a tight-knit family with deep ties to the US and PalestineWhen Fatmah Muhammad thinks about her younger cousin Sayfollah Musallet, affectionately known as Sa…

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