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Time running out to get aid into Gaza ‘hellhole’ – UN A bomb-damaged Rafah crossing into Gaza is stopping crucial aid from reaching the Gazian people, as Egyptian diggers work to repair the road. There are 20 aid lorries waiting to enter Gaza. If the road can be fixed, aid could get in today. However, sources are saying the aid could be delayed until the weekend due to the damage on the road. Gaza remains under siege with Israel blocking supplies of water, electricity, food and fuel across its border. An agreement to allow aid into Gaza via the Egypt…

Niger junta says ousted President Mohamed Bazoum tried to escape Former president Mohamed Bazoum attempted to flee custody in the night along with his family, cooks and security. The military government in Niger says it has foiled an attempt by the deposed Bazoum. There were plans for the group to fly out on helicopters but the plan was foiled, a military spokesman said. Bazoum has been under house arrest since members of his presidential guard staged a coup in late July. The attempted escape happened at around 03:00 on Thursday, military spokesman Amadou Abdramane said on state television. “The ousted…

Travis King: Soldier who fled to North Korea ‘charged back in US’ US solider Travis King, who was returned to the US last month, is reportedly facing charges including desertion, and soliciting and possessing sexual images of a child. The charges also reportedly include assault against fellow soldiers. King illegally crossed into North Korea in July while on a guided tour of a border village. North Korea eventually released him without further details. The charges have not yet been officially announced according to the Reuters news agency, which broke the story, he appears to be facing eight charges. King, 23,…

Walliams is suing the producer over the leaked rant.

The Guardian – Warning that relief  October 20, 20232 Mins Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Warning that relief convoy for Gaza too little, too late The Guardian leads on the news that aid agencies have warned that the humanitarian aid due to arrive in Gaza could be “too little, too late” as a small convoy prepares to cross the border. An image of pure destruction leads the paper, showing a lone woman making her way through the rubble that was once a residential building in the al-Zahra district of central Gaza. An agreement was…

Elementor #555975 October 20, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – Armed police swoop on water pistol boy The news that armed police rammed a boy off his bicycle and held him at gunpoint after mistaking a water pistol for a real firearm is the lead story in the Metro. The 13-year-old boy was “rammed” off his bike by armed police who “held him at gunpoint ‘inches from death’ after his bright blue water pistol was mistaken for a real gun”. The paper says the child – who was having a water fight at the…

‘He makes me feel as if I’m asking too much.’

Elementor #555969 October 20, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Financial Times – Israel’s allies warn citizens to leave Lebanon as regional tension rise  The Financial Times leads on the news that countries including the UK, US and Germany have told their citizens to leave Lebanon amid fears the war between Hamas and Israel could spill over into the country. Shelling between northern Israel and southern Lebanon – a stronghold of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah – is rising, increasing fears of a conflict wider than just between Israel and Hamas. The paper says that the British embassy’s…

Elementor #555963 October 20, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – Reckless & Callous  The Daily Mirror leads on the news that Rishi Sunak has been branded “callous and reckless” for launching the Eat Out to Help Out scheme during the pandemic by families at the COVID inquiry. The paper says this is what some victims’ families felt about Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme after the inquiry was told there had been no scientific consultation before it was implemented. One woman, whose mother died of the disease in 2021, told the…

Elementor #555957 October 20, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – In The Name of God … Save The Children  The Daily Express reports that aid charities are demanding an immediate ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas saying that people in Gaza have no food, sanitation or medicine during the siege. The paper quotes rescue workers who fear up to 600 infants could be buried under rubble in Gaza. The health ministry is reported as saying it believes there are survivors under destroyed houses, but constant Israeli airstrikes make it hard to…