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May 2, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Lucy Swan |Tural Ahmedzade |Bryony Moore |Alex Olorenshaw
The war in Gaza has unleashed the biggest outpouring of US student activism since the anti-racism protests of 2020. Tent encampments of pro-Palestinian protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support the war have spread across campuses nationwide. Ensuing police crackdowns have led to hundreds of arrests. Where did the protests start and how have they spread?
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Paul Scruton |Lucy Swan |Alex Olorenshaw
Israel launched an attack on Iranian soil on Friday, in a tit-for-tat battle between the two foes, days after Iran launched an unprecedented strike on Israel with a barrage of drones and missiles, most of which were shot down. The Iranian strike was a response to an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus on 1 April.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Lucy Swan |Harvey Symons |Faisal Mohammed Ali |Elena Morresi |Alex Olorenshaw
Hamas launches an unprecedented sea, air and ground offensive against Israel. The group fires a barrage of rockets towards Israeli cities and thousands of militants breach the frontier fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel. This footage shows a section of the border fence being bulldozed:The militants murder Israeli civilians in their homes, on the streets of their communities and at other locations along a broad swathe of territory bordering Gaza. Dozens of people are taken hostage.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
msn.com | Lucy Swan |Harvey Symons |Faisal Islam |Elena Morresi |Alex Olorenshaw
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Alex Olorenshaw |Faisal Mohammed Ali |Harvey Symons |Glenn Swann
What do we know about the flooding? Parts of eastern Libya have been hit by devastating flooding in recent days after storm Daniel pounded the country’s Mediterranean coast. As of Tuesday afternoon the toll had been put at 5,200 dead and 8,000 injured or missing, the majority in the port city of Derna, from where apocalyptic footage has emerged of widespread damage:This footage shows inundated farmland south of the city:Why was Derna so badly hit?
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Alex Olorenshaw |Faisal Mohammed Ali |Harvey Symons |Glenn Swann
What do we know about the flooding? Parts of eastern Libya have been hit by devastating flooding after Storm Daniel pounded the country’s Mediterranean coast. Confirmed death tolls given by officials so far have varied, but all are in the thousands, with thousands more on lists of the missing. Apocalyptic footage of widespread damage has emerged from the port city of Derna, where officials estimate that as many as 20,000 people may have died.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Alex Olorenshaw |Faisal Mohammed Ali |Glenn Swann |Harvey Symons
What do we know about the flooding? Parts of eastern Libya has been hit by devastating flooding in recent days after storm Daniel pounded the country’s Mediterranean coast. As of Tuesday afternoon the toll had been put at 5,200 dead and 8,000 injured or missing, the majority in the port city of Derna, from where apocalyptic footage has emerged of widespread damage:Derna floods footageThis footage shows inundated farmland south of the city:Flood farmland near Derna. Why was Derna so badly hit?
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
msn.com | Alex Olorenshaw |Faisal Mohammed Ali |Paul Scruton |Natalie Croker
Greece has been stricken by hundreds of wildfires this summer, with dozens of fires breaking out each day. The vast majority are extinguished quickly but some have blazed out of control. One fire, in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region in the north-east, has destroyed homes and vast tracts of forest since it started on 19 August. Another fire on the island of Rhodes burned for days in July, forcing holidaymakers and local people to flee homes and hotels.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Alex Olorenshaw |Faisal Mohammed Ali |Paul Scruton
Greece has been stricken by hundreds of wildfires this summer, with dozens of fires breaking out each day. The vast majority are extinguished quickly but some have blazed out of control. One fire, in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region in the north-east, has destroyed homes and vast tracts of forest since it started on 19 August. Another fire on the island of Rhodes burned for days in July, forcing holidaymakers and local people to flee homes and hotels.
