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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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‘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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Members of British Jewish body suspended after criticising Israel to launch appeal
ByHarriet Sherwood June 26, 2025

Board of Deputies representatives hit by disciplinary action say they remain ‘deeply concerned’ about Gaza warMiddle East crisis – live updatesThirty-six elected representatives to the UK’s largest Jewish organisation are to appeal against disciplinary…

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Trump edges closer to war: could he drag the UK in? – Politics Weekly UK
By June 18, 2025

As Israel and Iran trade escalating blows, and the horrific situation in Gaza continues, Trump has suggested the US could get directly involved. So how is Keir Starmer going to handle all this? And what could it mean for millions of Iranians? John Harr…

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Woman dies of rabies in Yorkshire after contact with dog in Morocco
ByRaphael Boyd June 18, 2025

Yvonne Ford, from Barnsley, had contact with stray animal while on holiday, UK Health Security Agency saysA woman from Yorkshire has died from rabies after contact with a stray dog while on holiday in Morocco, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has …

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