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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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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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MSF reports tripling of severe malnutrition in under-5s at Gaza City clinic
ByMalak A Tantesh in Gaza and William Christou in Jerusalem July 25, 2025

Charity says number of people needing care for malnutrition has quadrupled since May and blames Israeli ‘policy of starvation’• Middle East crisis – live updatesRates of severe malnutrition among children aged under five at Médecins Sans Frontières’ Ga…

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Two UK charities donate millions to Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank
ByHaroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent July 18, 2025

Charity Commission criticised for endorsing transfer of about £5.7m to a high school in illegal village of SusyaTwo UK charities have transferred millions of pounds to an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank with the endorsement of the charitie…

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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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‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula
ByWilliam Christou in Amman and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza July 5, 2025

Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babiesDoctors in Gaza have warned that hundreds of babies are at risk of death amid a critical shortage of baby milk, as I…

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