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Here on Lampedusa, the crisis we face alone is a humanitarian one – not a migrant invasion

Thousands of desperate people have arrived, yet hostile Italian and EU leaders offer no help – to them or to islanders, writes former mayor of Lampedusa Giusi Nicolini

The Guardian - UK

Immediate aid and sustainable solutions: how the Red Cross is bringing relief to drought-stricken Kenya

Countries across sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing multiple, overlapping crises. In Kenya, where drought is affecting millions, the Red Cross has supported more than 200,000 people as part of its response – providing access to life-saving humanitarian support

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: how Russia deliberately targeted Kherson’s hospitals

Study shared exclusively with Guardian details extent of attacks in south Ukrainian city

The Guardian - UK

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Fundraising appeal launched as 5,300 feared dead in flood-hit eastern Libya

The British Red Cross has launched an appeal and said that three Libyan Red Crescent volunteers lost their lives while trying to save others.

The Independent UK

The international Red Cross cuts budget, staffing levels as humanitarian aid dries up

The part of the international Red Cross that deals with conflict and prisoners of war announced it will trim its projected budget by about one-eighth next year and cut nearly 20% of staff at its headquarters

The Independent UK

Morocco earthquake: mourning begins as rescue continues with death toll over 2,000

Villagers bury their dead while Red Cross warns recovery may take years and other countries offer aid

The Guardian - UK

Thousands more refugees facing homelessness after government eviction rule changes

140 organisations, including Red Cross, Crisis and Shelter, write to Michael Gove and Suella Braverman

The Independent UK

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An evacuation order finds few followers in northeast Ukraine despite Russia's push to retake region

Neighborhood children frolic in a playground in the village of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, seemingly immune to the war unfolding a short distance away on a front line where Russia has assembled combat troops

The Independent UK

Stampede at opening ceremony of Indian Ocean Island Games kills 13 and injures over 100

Visuals from the rescue operations showed Red Cross workers tending to injured people near the athletics track

The Independent UK

A go bag is an essential tool during natural disasters. Here's how to build your own

Natural disasters can happen anywhere with little to no notice. FEMA and the Red Cross say everybody should have an emergency go bag prepared.

WEKU

Agriculture Minister P. Prasad to hoist national flag in Alappuzha

As many as 18 platoons of the Police, Excise, National Cadet Corps, Student Police Cadet, Bharat Scouts and Guides, Red Cross, and so on will participate in the parade.

The Hindu

The Geneva Conventions explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.

The Week

Residents, tourists flee wildfire on Greece’s Rhodes island

Authorities transport some 16,000 people across land, with 3,000 evacuated by sea as firefighters battle blaze.

Al Jazeera

Belarus Red Cross sparks outcry after its chief says it brought Ukrainian children to Belarus

The Belarus Red Cross has sparked international outrage after its chief told state television that the organization is actively involved in bringing Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine to Belarus

The Independent UK

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Acropolis' midday closure leaves many tourists in the lurch as a heat have lashes southern Europe

Disgruntled tourists are bemoaning the temporary closing of the Acropolis in Athens as Greek authorities proactively shut the world monument’s gates between midday and early evening amid a heat wave gripping southern Europe

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh volunteer celebrates 75 years with British Red Cross benefitting 'thousands of people'

A British Red Cross volunteer is celebrating 75 years of working with the organisation and benefitting 'thousands of people' since joining the service the same year the NHS was formed.

The Guardian - UK

He’s the world’s richest man. So why do we hear so little from Bernard Arnault?

France does not expect much in the way of philanthropy from its low-profile billionaire class. Perhaps it should, says Alexander Hurst of Sciences Po

The Independent UK

NHS worker to receive British Empire Medal for global crisis voluntary work

Liz Tait has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List for helping people through crises all around the world

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Zelenskiy steps up criticism of International Red Cross over inaction at Kakhovka dam

Ukrainian president’s remarks echo previous comments about international bodies’ failure to intervene more decisively

ABC News

Red Cross Lifeblood calls for poo donations to carry out lifesaving treatments and research

Poo donations are being used to treat a deadly gut infection, with trials recording a huge cure rate. Donors say its easier than giving blood, but there's not enough of them.

Daily Record

Kilmarnock-born aid worker helped Brits flee war-torn Sudan

Liz Tait has told of her heartache for a woman forced to leave her terminally ill husband behind.

Reuters

Congo Red Cross halts search for hundreds of flood victims

The Congolese Red Cross has suspended its search for hundreds of victims of recent deadly floods in eastern Congo as it lacks the machinery needed to dig through metres of mud and debris, its local representative said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Red Cross warns of possible humanitarian disaster on Sudan-Chad border

Sudanese refugees are streaming into Chad so quickly that it will be impossible to relocate them all to safer places before the start of the rainy season in late June, a senior Red Cross official said on Tuesday, flagging the risk of a disaster.

Daily Record

Covid hero Richard from Perth stands among celebrities at Westminster Abbey coronation event

A guest from Perthshire at the coronation ceremony described unforgettible day standing among VIPs in the queue into Westminster Abbey.

Reuters

A week after Congo floods, volunteers dig through debris for bodies

With shovels, sticks and bare hands, Red Cross volunteers struggled to clear caked mud from around a body half buried in a landslide in Bushushu village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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