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From dentist to artist: Sudanese exile turns to photography as an outlet for trauma
ByKaamil Ahmed August 11, 2025

Hashim Nasr’s striking images are winning awards and gaining attention across the globe‘For me, red is always a representation of blood and losing people, so I tend to use this red fabric to represent our trauma.” The Sudanese photographer Hashim Nasr …

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Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif among five journalists killed by Israel in Gaza – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian August 11, 2025

Seven people were killed in the attack on Sunday, including Sharif, the Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, according to the Qatar-based broadcaster. Last month, a spokesperson…

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Mourners gather amid outrage over Israeli troops’ killing of journalists in Gaza – as it happened
ByHayden Vernon August 11, 2025August 11, 2025

UN condemns killing of Anas al-Sharif and colleagues, calling it a ‘grave breach of international humanitarian law’Anas al-Sharif among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrikeReporters Without Borders has condemned the “acknowledged murder by the …

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Netanyahu’s Gaza City outrage fulfils his messianic fantasy of a Greater Israel. The world must stop him | Nimer Sultany
ByNimer Sultany August 11, 2025

Ignore suggestions that further occupation would be temporary. Act now! This outrageous landgrab is ethnic cleansing in plain sightIt is hard to describe in words the pain of witnessing your people being destroyed for more than 670 days. It is even mor…

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Monday briefing: What a new investigation tells us about the shooting of Palestinians at Gaza aid sites
ByAamna Mohdin August 11, 2025

In today’s newsletter: A Guardian investigation uncovers chilling evidence that civilians in Gaza appear to have been targeted by coordinated gunfire during food distributionsGood morning. In May 2025, Israel dismantled the United Nations-led humanita…

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Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem August 10, 2025August 11, 2025

Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospitalA prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel has been killed along with four colleagues in…

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UN ambassadors discuss Israel’s Gaza City seizure plan – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian August 10, 2025

The UN security council met on Sunday after Israel said its military would ‘take control’ of Gaza City. Many ambassadors condemned Israel’s plans, including the coordination director of the UN’s humanitarian office, Ramesh Rajasingham, who said they wo…

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Netanyahu defends Gaza City plan as UN warns of ‘calamity’ and starvation
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem August 10, 2025

Israeli PM says taking over city is ‘best way’ to end war, despite condemnation from within Israel and around worldMiddle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has defended his plan to take control of Gaza City in the face of widespread internat…

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Ella Baron on the Palestine Action arrests – cartoon
ByElla Baron August 10, 2025

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UK’s chief rabbi criticises Labour’s Palestine pledge at march for hostages
ByMorgan Ofori August 10, 2025

Sir Ephraim Mirvis joins relatives of hostages in calling for their release before any recognition of a Palestinian stateThe chief rabbi has criticised Labour’s pledge to recognise a Palestinian state at a “national march for the hostages” in central L…

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