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How deadly conflict and climate crisis left the ‘food basket of Nigeria’ a humanitarian disaster zone

IN FOCUS: Two million people have been left forced from their homes by conflict between herders and farmers that has seen thousands killed and many more left malnourished, writes Nick Ferris

The Independent UK

'Hope is all I have': the refugees searching for family from Kenya's Kakuma camp

At the Kakuma refugee camp in the northwest of Kenya, more than 200,000 refugees from across Africa have sought safety – in many cases leaving loved ones behind. The Red Cross's Restoring Family Links programme seeks to reunite these families torn apart by conflict.

Radio France Internationale

Israel-Gaza latest: Netanyahu warns Palestinians ‘leave now’ before ‘hurricane’ strikes as six killed in Jerusalem

Two Palestinian gunmen killed by security officer and passer-by

The Independent UK

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Hamas releases video showing Israeli hostages held in Gaza

Hamas initially took 251 hostages into the enclave after its cross-border raid on southern Israeli communities

The Independent UK

Voices: Trust me, splitting up refugee families is not the answer to the migrant crisis

COMMENT: As the Home Office pauses reunion applications, Alex Fraser of the British Red Cross explains how the government needs to better support refugees – starting with a focus on family

The Independent UK

Israel wants to halt aid in northern Gaza as it escalates its offensive in Gaza City

Israel called on Palestinians to evacuate Gaza City, a move the Red Cross warned as 'unfeasible and incomprehensible.'

Euronews

Red Cross Warns Against Evacuation Of Gaza City As Israel Tightens Siege

The Red Cross warned on Saturday that any Israeli efforts to evacuate Gaza City would put residents at risk, as Israel's military tightened its siege on the area ahead of a major planned offensive.

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Climate change intensified weather that fuelled deadly wildfires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus

Researchers found that weather conditions which drove deadly fires in Türkiye, Greece and Cyprus were made more intense by climate change. They expect similar results from their ongoing analysis of blazes in Spain.

Euronews

Sir George Reid obituary

SNP politician, journalist and humanitarian for the International Red Cross who became the Scottish parliament’s presiding officer

The Guardian - UK

Spain's Deadly Wildfires Ignite Political Blame Game

As helicopters dump water over burning ridges and smoke billows across the mountains of northern Spain, residents from wildfire-stricken areas say they feel abandoned by the politicians meant to protect them.

International Business Times

UN agency says Gaza famine is direct result of Israel’s actions and may amount to war crime – as it happened

A report by Forensic Architecture and the World Peace Foundation says Israel has dismantled the proven model of aid distribution

The Guardian - UK

Searchers Seek Missing After Deadly Italy Migrant Shipwreck

Italian authorities searched Thursday for migrants missing at sea after two crowded boats sank off the island of Lampedusa, killing at least 27 people.

International Business Times

Soaring demand at food banks across Africa thanks to massive aid cuts

IN FOCUS: Food banks in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa say they are under increasing pressure, writes Nick Ferris – with aid cuts by Donald Trump’s US and other nations compounding the impact of the climate crisis and a spike in the cost of living

The Independent UK

Gaza latest: Netanyahu to seek cabinet backing for full Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, say reports

Netanyahu said Israel was ‘committing to free Gaza from the tyranny of these terrorists’

The Independent UK

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Videos of emaciated Israeli hostage spark outrage as Hamas sets conditions for aid to captives

Hamas says any coordination with the Red Cross is contingent upon Israel permanently opening humanitarian corridors and halting airstrikes during the distribution of aid

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Grace Kelly’s Granddaughter Revives One Of Her Most Legendary Looks At Charity Event

Grace Kelly's granddaughter Camille Gottlieb attended a Red Cross event wearing a dress similar to the one Kelly wore in the film "Rear Window"

The Guardian - UK

Israeli airstrike kills at least 10, including six children, at Gaza water station, say health officials

Nine killed in separate bombing of a home on Sunday and 31 others shot dead near aid distribution site on Saturday

The Guardian - UK

‘These are traps set for the people’: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza

A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter

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The Independent UK

At least 21 Palestinians killed while heading to Gaza aid hub, hospital says

At least 21 people were killed as they went to receive aid from an Israeli-backed foundation in the Gaza Strip, according to a nearby hospital run by the Red Cross that received the bodies

The Guardian - US

Sexual exploitation and domestic violence soared after Lahaina wildfire, report finds

Exclusive: One in six female survivors surveyed felt forced to engage in ‘survival sex’ for necessities after 2023 catastrophic Hawaii fire

The National (Scotland)

Learn how golfers showed iron will in wartime at new R&A exhibition

A fascinating new exhibition at The R&A World Golf Museum in St Andrews explores golf’s surprising ties to warfare – from royal bans to…

The Independent UK

How the British Red Cross tried to blow the whistle about conditions inside crisis-hit migrant detention centres

In autumn 2022, overcrowding at migrant processing centres prompted national outrage. As the truth of the conditions inside began to emerge, British Red Cross staff were on site trying to support residents. Emails, performance reports and letters released to Holly Bancroft show how the charity was battling to get officials…

The Independent UK

Red Cross escorts over 1,000 disarmed Congolese soldiers from rebel-controlled city to capital

Over a thousand disarmed Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families have safely been transferred from the rebel-controlled city of Goma in eastern Congo to the capital Kinshasa over the last two weeks

International Business Times

Israel's Aid Blockade To Gaza 'Unacceptable': Red Cross

The Red Cross on Thursday denounced the human cost of the war raging in Gaza, slamming Israel's "unacceptable" full blockade on aid into the besieged and conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory.

The Independent UK

Red Cross escorts hundreds of stranded Congolese soldiers from rebel-controlled city to capital

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is helping transfer hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers from the rebel-controlled city of Goma in eastern Congo to the capital Kinshasa

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