As Israeli commanders describe house-to-house battles with Hamas in southern Gaza, little aid is getting through and displaced civilians are struggling to find safety.

In ‘apocalyptic … circumstances, there is a heightened risk of atrocity crimes’, Volker Türk told reporters in GenevaCountries supporting Israel with arms have a “permanent stain on their reputation”, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, a major aid agency, has said in a statement.While condemning the 7 October attack on Israel by

Former PM says scenes from Italy ‘rattled me’ but he would not have locked down sooner because that was not the adviceHugo Keith KC is questioning Johnson.He asks if Johnson’s approach has been to give all relevant material to the inquiry.I understand the feelings of these victims and their families and I am deeply sorry for the pain and the

Simon Stiell says’ ‘we need highest ambition, not point scoring or lowest common denominator politics’Countries negotiating at Cop28 must not fall into the trap of point scoring and “lowest common denominator politics”, Simon Stiell, the UN’s climate chief, has said.Stiell, who is executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Cl

The Russian president is visiting the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for talks on oil, Opec, Gaza and UkraineSee all our Ukraine war coveragePresident Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Ukrainians on Wednesday that Kyiv would...

Gaza’s second biggest urban concentration is now being depicted as Hamas’s ‘centre of gravity’Israel-Hamas war – live updatesAt the start of Israel’s now more than 60-day offensive in Gaza, its focus was on the...

Two other people were shot and injured in the shooting, a rarity in Britain. They were taken to a hospital and their status was not immediately clear.

Kash Patel, who held senior positions in Trump administration, said of members of the media, ‘we’re putting you all on notice’A Donald Trump ally who worked in his justice department said on Tuesday that if the former...

About 20% of the country’s residents have no family doctor with reality likely to worsen if not addressed now, say authorsFunding cuts, fewer generalists and inefficient organisation are preventing more and more Canadians...

Ex-PM tells inquiry abusive messages between staff were inevitable passion of people ‘doing their best’ under great stressUK politics live – latest updatesBoris Johnson has insisted he was not properly warned about the...