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Families currently receiving the WFP food handouts complained to the BBC that already these were insufficient and gave them little diversity in their diets. “The flour isn’t enough and the food boxes aren’t enough either,” said Dalal al-Dahdouh, who is living in the ruins of her home in Gaza City with her family of eight. […]

On Sunday the Secretary General of the CGT union, Sophie Binet, accused Macron of failing to address students’ concerns, the cost-of-living crisis or the dwindling quality of public services in France. He’s apparently passed that baton to Prime Minister Lecornu. Yet he and his interior minister are charged by many in France with being woefully […]

Mackenzie’s son, Dan Paul Mackenzie, said he worked as a cameraperson in the church. “The children would sit at the back, adults in the middle, and everyone would sing worship songs all morning.” The pastor would start his fiery sermons at noon, some of which included “casting out demons”. The main church shut down in […]

The boss of one of Ukraine’s biggest steel companies has called on the European Union to drop import restrictions on products made from the country, arguing it has been “bundled together” in measures aimed a curbing cheap imports from the likes of China. Yuriy Ryzhenkov, chief executive of Metinvest, told the BBC the recently-imposed tariffs […]

A historic town hall in the French city of Limoges has been damaged in an apparent arson attack following a day of nationwide protests on Saturday. Dramatic footage shared online shows the 19th-century building engulfed in flames, with the spire of its clock tower later collapsing. On Sunday, stunned residents watched as firefighters, who had […]

Four service members are confirmed to have died, Carney said on Sunday. He also said “dozens” had been “seriously wounded”, without providing further information on their conditions. Prior to Carney addressing the nation, Canadian media reported the death toll as seven citing unnamed military sources. The prime minister did not indicate whether or not the […]

At least one person has been killed in an overnight attack on St Petersburg that successfully targeted two of the city’s oil facilities. The region’s Governor Alexander Beglov said fires were being extinguished at the St Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Ruchyi oil depot following the attack, which also injured at least five. A logistics […]

Pope Leo XIV held his first public engagement since his lung cancer surgery on Sunday, as he recited the Angelus prayer from the window of Vatican’s Apostolic Palace. The surgery had taken place just a few days before, after Pope Leo had been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer. After […]

As the wind blows through a tall oak tree beside us, she says: “The day I found out I was pregnant, I was on my way to commit suicide. I was so fed up with trying to quit. I was so fed up with living in a tent in the woods, using a bucket. I […]

At least 17 people have been killed and many more injured in a crush at an event in the Indian city of Kolkata to mark the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, officials say. The incident occurred during sudden rainfall, which witnesses say prompted a surge of people to try to seek shelter. West Bengal’s Chief […]