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UN agency condemns aid halt over alleged help for Hamas attacks The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is urging countries that halted funding to reconsider their “shocking” decision. Philippe Lazzarini emphasised that over two million people in the Gaza Strip depend on UNRWA “for their sheer survival.” The funding pause by eight countries, including the UK, was triggered by Israel’s claim that some UNRWA staff were involved in the October 7 deadly Hamas attacks on Israel. UNRWA is investigating and has already dismissed the implicated employees. Israel has a longstanding accusation of bias and antisemitism against…

Houthis attack British-linked tanker Marlin Luanda in Gulf of Aden A tanker with ties to the UK, the Marlin Luanda, is on fire in the Gulf of Aden following a missile strike by the Houthis.  The Iran-backed group cited “American-British aggression” as the motive for the attack on Friday. In response, the US and UK conducted air strikes on Houthi targets in the Red Sea region. French, Indian, and US naval ships assisted the tanker. An update on Saturday said the fire had been put out and no crew had been injured in the strike. The ship is now sailing…

Elementor #582761January 26, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – EU plan to stockpile drugs will worsen UK shortage The Guardian says the EU is to stockpile key medicines – worsening shortage in Britain. The EU plans to bulk-buy key drugs for all 27 countries, potentially leaving Britain “behind in the queue”, the paper says.US journalist E Jean Carroll is photographed on the front of the paper holding an umbrella outside a court in New York as Donald Trump testified briefly as part of his defence in a defamation case brought by her. The former…

Elementor #582752January 26, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The i newspaper – Labour’s tax trap: Starmer warned he must reverse Tory tax cuts or squeeze UK public services The i newspaper reports Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been warned that any promise to match Tory tax cuts would mean further cuts to public service. The front page also leaves room for a review on a hit movie starring Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott – the reviewer describes it as ‘groundbreaking’.  Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t you share it? its easy … just click…

Elementor #582746January 26, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – Families fury at stab spree sentence: No justice The Metro reports that relatives of those killed by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham have criticised his sentence, saying “true justice has not been served”.Earlier this week he admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. “No justice,” is the Metro’s headline as the families of students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and caretaker Ian Coates say they have been let down and believe “true justice has not been served” after Calocane was given a hospital order. Today’s top…

Elementor #582732January 26, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – Hunt: Today’s tax cuts are just the start Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is the lead story for the Daily Express as the paper says he has “vowed that tax cuts now hitting pay packets are ‘just the start’.”Grieving families of the Nottingham victims are photographed on the top of the paper. The subheading notes comments from the mother of 19-year-old Barnaby Webber who told Nottinghamshire Constabulary “you have blood on your hands”. Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t you share it? its easy ……

Elementor #582726January 26, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – Nottingham Families fury: They were failed The Daily Mirror shows an image of one of the last moments of students Grace O’Malley Kumar and Barnaby Webber before they were stabbed to death last summer. The paper reflects on the Nottingham families’ fury – after the judge sentenced their killer to be detained in a high-security hospital. According to the paper, the families are angry Calocane wasn’t charged with murder – and police failed to arrest him over an earlier attack. Elsewhere on the tabloid’s front, it…

Elementor #582720January 26, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun – Corrie Bill facing bankruptcy The Sun focuses on Bill Roache’s strife as it reports the Coronation Street legend, who plays Ken Barlow, is facing “bankruptcy hell” at age of 91 as he is hauled to court over mystery tax debt. Details of the cause of the tax debt have remained confidential and the actor has declined to comment on the reports, the tabloid says.The front page leaves room for the Nottingham families’ fury over sentencing.  Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t you share it?…

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UN judges on Friday will rule on South Africa’s request for emergency measures against Israel, which is accused at the World Court of state-led genocide for its military operation in Gaza.

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