
Aleks Phillips
Senior Journalist at BBC
Senior journo for BBC News, previously Newsweek, Express, Chemist and Druggist, and others. DM for tips/stories
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Aleks Phillips
22 hours agoChilling video shows the moment Israeli forces opened fire on a convoy of emergency vehiclesThe attack killed 15 people. “I couldn’t see my two colleagues in the ambulance,” a surviving paramedic told NBC News, “but I heard their final breaths as they died.” Israel says its soldiers shot and killed “terrorists” in a convoy of vehicles advancing in the dark.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Aleks Phillips
Son of British couple held by Taliban asks US for helpHandoutPeter Reynolds, 79, and wife Barbie, 75, have been in prison since the start of FebruaryThe son of a British couple who were detained by the Taliban nine weeks ago is calling on the US to help secure their release from an Afghan prison. Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife Barbie, 75, were arrested on 1 February while returning to their home in the central Bamiyan province.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Aleks Phillips
Parts of UK set to be hotter than the AlgarveBBCWeatherWatchers/sueBBCWeatherWatchers/SoleilDaffodils were in full bloom in Ryhill, Wakefield this morningThis picture, from Midhurst in West Sussex, was two deer to show youTemperatures could reach 22C in parts of the UK on Friday, as mostly clear skies bring a bright, sunny start to April. Parts of southern England have highs in the low 20s forecast for Friday afternoon.
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1 month ago |
businessandamerica.com | Aleks Phillips
At least 13 people have reportedly been killed in air strikes across Gaza overnight, after Israel said it was resuming combat operations in the Palestinian territory. Two civilians were killed and five others injured when an Israeli drone hit a tent near the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports, citing Red Crescent medics. Israel’s army said it had targeted what it called a Hamas military site from where the group was preparing to fire into Israel.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Aleks Phillips
Movie theater in Miami Beach faces eviction after showing documentary 'No Other Land'A movie theater in Miami Beach faces eviction after it showed the documentary that won this year's Academy Award. "No Other Land" follows the displacement of a Palestinian community in the West Bank.
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