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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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Germany halts arms exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza as global outcry grows
ByDeborah Cole in Berlin and Lisa O’Carroll in London August 8, 2025August 8, 2025

Friedrich Merz announces policy amid international outrage over Israel’s expansion of offensiveMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe German chancellor has indicated a significant shift in Berlin’s staunch support for Israel by stopping the export of mil…

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‘Heartbreaking’: a London surgeon on the trials of operating in a Gaza hospital
ByJennifer Rankin August 5, 2025

Dr Graeme Groom has visited Gaza 40 times and says he has never before witnessed such trauma, hunger and bravery from Palestinian colleaguesEvery day between 4am and 6am, Graeme Groom, an orthopaedic surgeon from London, would be woken by a dawn chorus…

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‘Heartbreaking’: a London surgeon on the trials of operating in a Gaza hospital
ByJennifer Rankin August 5, 2025

Dr Graeme Groom has visited Gaza 40 times and says he has never before witnessed such trauma, hunger and bravery from Palestinian colleaguesEvery day between 4am and 6am, Graeme Groom, an orthopaedic surgeon from London, would be woken by a dawn chorus…

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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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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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Jobless, homeless and helpless without a man: Afghan women expelled by Iran into hands of the Taliban
ByFarshid Aram and Rad Radan, for Zan Times August 4, 2025

Those who fled Afghanistan fearing gender apartheid have been forced back to live in a society in which, without a male ‘guardian’, they cannot work or rent a home, leaving them in poverty and open to abuseSafia* thought she had finally found safety …

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Jobless, homeless and helpless without a man: Afghan women expelled by Iran into hands of the Taliban
ByFarshid Aram and Rad Radan, for Zan Times August 4, 2025

Those who fled Afghanistan fearing gender apartheid have been forced back to live in a society in which, without a male ‘guardian’, they cannot work or rent a home, leaving them in poverty and open to abuseSafia* thought she had finally found safety …

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Children and elderly people most vulnerable as Gaza famine deepens, warn experts
ByPeter Beaumont July 30, 2025

Aid agencies, governments and UN’s food security monitor report evidence of worsening starvation, particularly among under-fivesHumanitarian experts and doctors are warning that children, elderly people and those with pre-existing health conditions are…

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The Oath: to be a Palestinian doctor in Israel’s healthcare system – documentary
By July 30, 2025

Across the world, newly graduated medical students take an oath to uphold the ethics of medical practice. Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan, a Palestinian living and working in Israel, teaches medical ethics as well as practising as a physician, caring for both Isr…

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