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Swimming sheepdog rescues ewes stranded by flood
A sheepdog has swum across flooded fields in Wales to rescue three stranded ewes. Farmer Llŷr Jones said Patsy dove into the water after heavy rain from Storm Babet caused flooding in the village of Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr in Conwy county. “I know she’s a good swimmer and I thought I’d let her have a…
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Rushdi Abu Alouf: My daughters beg for Gaza City return – but our old lives are over
By Rushdi Abu Alouf in Khan Younis, Gaza BBC News Two days ago, my wife and children nearly died. They were on the ground floor of a four-storey building in Khan Younis, Gaza, near a hospital where I’m sleeping in a tent. They were about to leave for the day to meet me when an…
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Cairo Summit: Arab leaders reject forced displacement of Palestinians
By Ece Goksedef BBC News Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said he rejects the forced displacement of Palestinians into the Sinai peninsula as the first aid convoy entered Gaza after two weeks of war. Speaking at a summit in Cairo, Mr Sisi said the only solution was an independent state for Palestinians. The summit…
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Israeli Arabs arrested over Gaza social media posts
By Sara Monetta BBC News, Jerusalem Dozens of Arab citizens of Israel have been arrested in connection with social media posts about the war in Gaza. Among them is a well-known singer and influencer from Nazareth, Dalal Abu Amneh, who was held in police custody for two days before being released on Wednesday on bail.…
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Pro-Palestinian protests take place in London, Birmingham and Salford
By Sean Seddon BBC News Thousands of people are taking part in a pro-Palestinian protest in London for the second consecutive weekend. The Met Police estimated up to 100,000 people had joined the march, which was due to end in a rally near Downing Street, as of 14:00 BST. It comes as the first aid…
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Emily Blunt sorry for ‘hurtful’ comments in resurfaced video
British actress Emily Blunt has apologised after an interview in which she mentions a server’s appearance resurfaced on social media. In the clip from the The Jonathan Ross Show, first aired in 2012, Blunt describes a waitress as “enormous”. The video was widely shared online this week, with some criticising Blunt for being “fatphobic”. The…
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Ukraine war: Why Kyiv’s Dnipro east bank gain could be significant
By Jenny Hill BBC News, Ukraine Ukrainian fighters on the frontline say troops have not only crossed into Russian occupied territory but held a position, apparently for the first time, on the fiercely defended east (or left) bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region. The development is potentially significant. Ukraine’s counteroffensive aims to slice…
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Gaza neighbourhood flattened and hospital told to evacuate
Continuing Israeli air strikes on Gaza have destroyed most of a neighbourhood and officials from the Hamas-run health ministry say the overall death toll has risen to more than 4,300 people. More than half of those killed are women and children, the ministry says. About 1.4 million Gazans have been displaced with more than half…
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How to spot disinformation on social media
The conflict between Israel and Gaza has been full of claims and counter claims from both sides about what is happening on the ground. Those claims have been turbocharged by social media, which has been flooded with pictures and videos. There’s lots of misleading and false information, and conspiracy theories too. The BBC’s disinformation and…
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The forgotten Israeli hostages kept by Hamas in Gaza for years
By Laurence Peter BBC News The anguish over some 200 people kidnapped by Hamas in its brutal attack on Israel is in the spotlight – but Hamas has been holding at least two Israelis for years. Very little has been heard about Ethiopian-Israeli Avera Mengistu and Bedouin Arab Israeli Hisham al-Sayed, seized in 2014 and…