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UK could recognise Palestinian state in September: PM

UK could recognise Palestinian state in September: PM

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the United Kingdom will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire.

Over 60,000 Palestinians died in Gaza war: ministry

Over 60,000 Palestinians died in Gaza war: ministry

Over 60,000 Palestinians died in Gaza war: ministry

Over 60,000 Palestinians died in Gaza war: ministry

More than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 21-month Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s health ministry says, with deal to end the conflict in sight.

Trump says many starving in Gaza, vows food centres

Trump says many starving in Gaza, vows food centres

Trump says many starving in Gaza, vows food centres

Trump says many starving in Gaza, vows food centres

US President Donald Trump has urged action to address conditions including "a lot of starving people" in the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli strikes in Gaza as some aid restrictions eased

Israeli strikes in Gaza as some aid restrictions eased

Israel has pounded targets across Gaza, killing dozens of people a day after it eased aid restrictions as global fears grow over mass hunger in the enclave.

Aid lorries enter Gaza as Israel takes 'tactical pause'

Aid lorries enter Gaza as Israel takes 'tactical pause'

Food and medical aid is being allowed into Gaza where famine is affecting the population after Israel agreed a daily "tactical pause" on military action.

Israel announces pauses in Gaza to allow aid for hungry

Israel announces pauses in Gaza to allow aid for hungry

Israel's military says airdrops of aid have begun in Gaza, and humanitarian corridors will be established for United Nations convoys.

Whittaker comes up short in Abu Dhabi UFC clash

Whittaker comes up short in Abu Dhabi UFC clash

Reinier de Ridder has scored the biggest victory of his short UFC career, winning a split decision vote over Aussie Robert Whittaker in Abu Dhabi.

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Gaza baby starves to death weighing less than when born

Gaza baby starves to death weighing less than when born

Gaza baby starves to death weighing less than when born

Gaza baby starves to death weighing less than when born

The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born.

Netanyahu, Trump appear to abandon Gaza ceasefire talks

Netanyahu, Trump appear to abandon Gaza ceasefire talks

Netanyahu, Trump appear to abandon Gaza ceasefire talks

Netanyahu, Trump appear to abandon Gaza ceasefire talks

Remarks from Benjamin Netanyahu Donald Trump appear to leave little to no room, at least in the short term, to resume negotiations for a Mideast ceasefire.

Doctors can't help as children starve to death in Gaza

Doctors can't help as children starve to death in Gaza

Doctors can't help as children starve to death in Gaza

Doctors can't help as children starve to death in Gaza

The hunger that has been building in Gaza for months under Israel's blockade is now reaching a tipping point into accelerating deaths, doctors say.

US cuts short Gaza ceasefire talks, bringing team home

US cuts short Gaza ceasefire talks, bringing team home

US cuts short Gaza ceasefire talks, bringing team home

US cuts short Gaza ceasefire talks, bringing team home

Trump envoy says the US is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing home its negotiating team from Qatar.

More than 100 aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza

More than 100 aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza

More than 100 aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza

More than 100 aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza

More than 100 charity and human rights groups are warning that Palestinians in Gaza are being starved and acute malnutrition is claiming children's lives.

'Starvation is knocking on every door' in Gaza: UN

'Starvation is knocking on every door' in Gaza: UN

'Starvation is knocking on every door' in Gaza: UN

'Starvation is knocking on every door' in Gaza: UN

The UN says the situation in Gaza is a "horror show" and the level of death and destruction is "without parallel in recent times" as people starve to death.

Bedouin civilians leave Sweida as Syria truce holds

Bedouin civilians leave Sweida as Syria truce holds

Bedouin civilians leave Sweida as Syria truce holds

Bedouin civilians leave Sweida as Syria truce holds

Ambulances, trucks and buses have ferried hundreds of Bedouin civilians and wounded people out of Sweida city to nearby Syrian displacement camps.

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UK, Australia, allies say Gaza Strip war 'must end now'

The war in the Gaza Strip should end immediately and the Israeli government's aid delivery model is "dangerous," 25 countries have declared in a statement.

'Countless' Gazans killed while awaiting aid: UN agency

The World Food Programme has accused Israeli forces of killing countless desperate people waiting for aid in one of the latest attacks in Gaza.

Syria forces say truce holds, Bedouin fighters withdraw

Syrian security forces have taken up position on roads near Sweida as authorities say Bedouin fighters have withdrawn from the city.

Hunger worsens in Gaza as Israel orders new evacuations

Officials warn hunger is mounting in Gaza as the Israeli military issues new evacuation orders and says it will expand its operations in the enclave.

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Syrian forces struggle to enforce Druze region truce

Fighting is continuing in the city of Sweida despite the deployment of Syrian central forces following clashes between Druze and Bedouin tribes.

Christian leaders in Gaza after Israel's church strike

Jerusalem's top Catholic and Greek Orthodox officials have entered Gaza in a show of solidarity after Israel's strike on a Catholic church in the enclave.

Syrian forces re-entering Sweida after renewed clashes

Clashes have erupted again between Druze militias and Bedouin clans in southern Syria, prompting government forces to return despite Israeli warnings.

Deadly Israeli strike on Gaza Catholic church condemned

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel "deeply regrets" ammunition hitting a Catholic church in Gaza, killing three people, and says there will be a probe.

Bedouin offensive strains tentative truce in Syria

Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has vowed to protect the country's Druze minority as warring Bedouin tribes continue their attacks.

Two die in church as Israeli strikes kill 22 in Gaza

An apparent Israeli strike has hit a Catholic church in Gaza, killing two people and injuring a priest, as bombardments continue in the Strip and talks drag on.

Syria leader vows to defend Druze rights as truce holds

As fighters in Syria abide by a ceasefire, the president insists that protecting Druze rights is "our priority" while warning Israel against intervening.

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