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What is GBS, the rare paralytic disease in Gaza amid Israeli blockade?

Gaza has recently seen a surge in Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can cause full-body paralysis in extreme cases.

Al Jazeera

Israel destroyed Gaza’s water plants. Now a deadly condition is spreading like wildfire

IN DEPTH: As hospitals in the strip struggle to cope with a stream of injured people, doctors are also battling the rise of a rare disease that has left children paralysed. Alex Croft speaks to medics on the front line

The Independent UK

Celebrities Who Are Obsessed With Thrifting

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Foreign NGOs Say New Israeli Rules Keep Them From Delivering Gaza Aid

New Israeli legislation regulating foreign aid groups has been increasingly used to deny their requests to bring supplies into Gaza, a joint letter signed by more than 100 groups said Thursday.

International Business Times

More than 100 groups blast Israel’s ‘weaponisation of aid’ as Gaza starves

Mass outcry from aid groups as Israel continues to block millions of dollars in aid supplies to starving Palestinians.

Al Jazeera

Middle East crisis live: malnutrition in Gaza on ‘dangerous trajectory’, says WHO, as airdrops of aid begin – as it happened

WHO calls for urgent, sustained efforts to flood the Gaza Strip with food after Israeli military announces pause in activity

The Guardian - AU

More than 100 organisations sound the alarm about imminent famine in Gaza

In a joint statement, leading organisations including Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International and Oxfam said that famine is widespread across Gaza.

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Mass starvation spreading across Gaza, aid agencies warn, as Israeli government says it is not responsible – as it happened

More than 100 aid agencies, including Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam, say ‘our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away’

The Guardian - UK

AFP calls on Israel to allow evacuation of its journalists from Gaza

Paris-based news agency says freelance contributors facing ‘appalling’ situation in the war-ravaged enclave.

Al Jazeera

Nick Cave sparks fan frenzy after donating thousands of books to charity shop

A publicist for the musician hopes the books ‘will remain intriguing mysteries for those who find them’

The Independent UK

Four African billionaires richer than 750 million people living on the continent

Africa’s wealth disparity has reached unprecedented levels, with just four billionaires now holding more wealth than 750 million people combined – half the continent’s population.

Radio France Internationale

Public Or Private? Funding Debate Splits Reeling Aid Sector

As cuts by rich donors decimate aid budgets for the world's most vulnerable, private financing has been touted as the sector's saviour -- but not everyone is convinced.

International Business Times

International charities and NGOs call for end to controversial Israeli-backed aid group in Gaza

International charities, including Oxfam and Amnesty, are urging the disbandment of an Israeli and U.S.-backed aid mechanism in Gaza

The Independent UK

NGO Loses Bid To Block UK Export Of Military Equipment To Israel

The High Court in London rejected a legal challenge on Monday brought by a Palestinian rights group seeking to block the UK from supplying components for Israeli F-35 fighter jets.

International Business Times

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How much more have billionaires amassed in the last 10 years?

Oxfam’s report showed an astronomical rise in the wealth of the richest top 1% over the last decade. Collected, it would be enough to end global poverty more than 20 times over, although the report found an alarming lack of funding for projects to tackle inequality.

The Guardian - UK

Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports

Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says

The National (Scotland)

'Lifesaving' £250K Scottish aid package announced for Democratic Republic of Congo

THE Scottish Government is set to send £250,000 in aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amidst an ongoing humanitarian crisis, activating…

The Guardian - UK

Flight tax could raise €100bn to tackle climate crisis, study finds

Environmental group says adding levies to airline tickets would help ease financial burden on poor countries

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‘Intense and fleeting’ – how festival friendships can touch your soul (and change your life)

One of Glastonbury’s many joys is connecting with like-minded strangers who can suddenly feel like soulmates, writes festival super fan Alexandra Jones

Newslaundry

India’s gender divide in domestic, care work is deeper than you think

Indian men spend less time on unpaid domestic and caregiving work compared to the women, and the little time they do spend is also concentrated in outdoor activities such as shopping, travelling, moving and transporting for family needs, and playing with children, an analysis of data from the Time Use…

Al Jazeera

Thousands attend ‘red line’ protest in The Hague against Israel’s Gaza war

According to Oxfam, nearly 150,000 people in the Netherlands called for the government to do more against the war.

International Business Times

Tens Of Thousands Rally In Dutch Gaza Protest

Tens of thousands of people dressed in red marched through the streets of The Hague Sunday to demand more action from the Dutch government against what they termed a "genocide" in Gaza.

The Guardian - UK

Dorothy Myers obituary

Other lives: Environmentalist whose research identified pesticides with deadly impacts in the global south and contributed to the Rotterdam Convention

The Independent UK

Aid cuts push global funding down by a third in 2025, UN data shows

IN FOCUS: Agency that coordinates humanitarian responses says that for 44 humanitarian crises it has prioritised this year, only around 11 per cent of the required funding as been confirmed, writes Nick Ferris

The Guardian - AU

Complaints from cricket fans as Ashes tickets go on sale – as it happened

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