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Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world
ByLiz Cookman, Tom Levitt, Hoda Osman and Zeinab Mohammed Salih December 22, 2025

Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and SudanThirty women were sheltering in the Saudi maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on 28 October when the massacre b…

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The moment this year I’ll never forget – podcast
By December 22, 2025

Today in Focus hears from Guardian journalists all around the world about their most memorable moments – and sounds – of 2025A cafe in Damascus, a valley in the Amazon, a sacred river in India, a detention centre in Florida and a rape trial in France.T…

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Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank
ByAssociated Press in Tel Aviv December 21, 2025

Decision takes the total number of new settlements to 69 in past few years as construction binge continuesIsrael has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as the government pushes ahead with a construction binge in…

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Israeli troops kill six Palestinians, including a baby, sheltering in Gaza school – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 20, 2025

The Israeli military has killed six Palestinians, including a baby, who were in a school that sheltered displaced people in Gaza City on Friday, hospital officials have said. Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line that they have withdrawn to, kil…

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Israeli troops kill six Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
ByWilliam Christou December 20, 2025

Attack brings total numbers of Palestinians killed by Israel to 401 since October ceasefire took effectThe Israeli military killed six Palestinians, including a baby, who were in a school that sheltered displaced people in Gaza City on Friday, hospita…

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The volunteers putting their bodies between Israel settlers and a Palestinian village
ByJulian Borger and Quique Kierszenbaum in Ras Ein al-Auja, West Bank December 20, 2025

In the Jordan valley, teenage settlers drive herds of goats into a Palestinian community in a bid to force families out – volunteers are trying to hold the lineIt is a daily onslaught. Every morning, teenage Israeli settlers drive a herd of goats from …

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell December 19, 2025

The Bondi beach terror attack, the Brown University shooting, ICE in Chicago and a fallen Statue of Liberty: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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Gaza no longer in famine but hunger levels remain critical, UN says
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut December 19, 2025

Monitor says almost one in eight people face food shortages as flooding and cold exacerbate humanitarian emergencyThe famine in Gaza has ended as a result of increased humanitarian aid deliveries into the territory, the UN said on Friday, though it war…

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Gaza PhD student and family evacuated to UK after Foreign Office U-turn
ByThaslima Begum December 19, 2025

Manar al-Houbi’s family had been denied entry despite a scholarship covering their living costs, but other students remain strandedThe UK government has finally evacuated Manar al-Houbi, the Gaza student who won a fully funded scholarship to pursue her…

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Iranian boxing champion at imminent risk of execution as retrial request rejected
BySarah Johnson December 19, 2025

Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, 30, was arrested in 2020 for taking part in nationwide democracy protests, and has been tortured in prisonA boxing champion in prison in Iran is thought to be at imminent risk of execution after his request for a retrial was…

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