Funerals held in Gaza as Israel renews air raids: Live news
At least 28 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza as Hamas fires rockets into Israel, after days of rising tensions in Jerusalem.
The Israeli military renewed its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, targeting several areas after rockets were fired from the enclave.
At least two people have been killed on Tuesday, health authorities in Gaza said. The new attacks come hours after at least 28 Palestinians – including 10 children – were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes on the strip after Hamas launched rockets from the coastal territory towards Israel, according to the health ministry in Gaza.
Puppet of refugee girl to ‘walk’ across Europe along 12-week arts festival trail
Three teams of four puppeteers will accompany Little Amal from Turkey to Manchester to celebrate refugees
A giant puppet of a nine-year-old Syrian refugee girl is to “walk” from Turkey to the UK through villages, towns and cities for one of the most ambitious and complex public artworks ever attempted.
The Walk project was meant to have taken place between April and July but was delayed by the pandemic. Now the 5,000 mile (8,000km) journey of Little Amal, from Gaziantep, near the Turkish-Syrian border, to Manchester, will take place over 12 weeks from 27 July.
The idea is that the girl is desperately searching for her mother. Along the way she will encounter art installations, performances and events, big and small.
They helped British soldiers in Iraq. Now they have been left behind to die
Despite huge personal risk, locals in Iraq worked as translators for the British Army. But after their identities were leaked to militias, they say their lives are under threat – and they have been abandoned by the UK, reports Bel Trew in Baghdad
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t has been over half a year since he has seen his wife and child or any of his friends. Half a year since he has really left the house where he is hiding. But today, despite the grave dangers, he decided to make an exception.
Hoodie pulled down over his face and sweeping nervous glances side to side, Ali makes his way over to our car, checking he is not being followed.
The chosen meeting place is a busy junction in Baghdad, and we drive around avoiding checkpoints so as to look less out of place. The air crackles with tension: the interview pauses any time someone passes by.
WHO classifies Indian coronavirus mutation as a 'variant of concern'
The global body says the variant may be more contagious than the original form and perhaps resistant to vaccines. India has seen massive infection and death rates, though observers say actual numbers are far higher.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced that it had changed its classification of the B.1.617 coronavirus variant first found in India last October from a "variant of interest" to a "variant of concern."
The announcement was made by WHO lead COVID-19 scientist, Maria van Kerkhove, who said, "There is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of the B.1.617." She also said that this new variant is not the only one circulating in India, noting that the British B.1.1.7 variant, which has been shown to have increased transmissibility, is also present there.
Covid-19: How fake news is hampering Ivory Coast’s vaccination efforts
Disinformation online has led to a sluggish vaccine roll-out in Ivory Coast. Ivorian and international health authorities have told FRANCE 24 that they are concerned about the pandemic of fake news. While this problem is not unique to Ivory Coast, the West African state is lagging behind a number of other countries in the region when it comes to vaccination rates.
“When you get vaccinated, you become sick,” said Anderson Dago, an unemployed 25-year-old standing in a potholed street in Abidjan’s Yopougon neighborhood. “I read on social media that people who are vaccinated get controlled by 5G." His view is typical of people living in the area.
“I don’t believe Covid-19 exists,” said Camara Djaka Sissoko who runs a small boutique. “White people cannot even handle a bit of malaria. We are tougher. We can resist Covid-19.”
Trump drags House GOP deeper into his theater of lies
Updated 0521 GMT (1321 HKT) May 11, 2021
When the House Republican Party moves against Liz Cheney this week, it will prove that it prefers to unite behind a lie rather than stay divided over truth.
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