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2 weeks ago | 
cambridge-news.co.uk | Sophie Robinson
The family of the British survivor of the Air India plane crash say they are “heartbroken” and have had no support while they desperately try to get plane tickets to visit him in hospital. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, was on the flight with his brother Ajay but is believed to be the only survivor on the plane involved in the disaster in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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2 weeks ago | 
ids.ac.uk | Sophie Robinson
The Spending Review was published in the UK this week, with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves setting out the government’s spending plans for the next few years. It is of course dismaying to see the reduction in funds associated with the Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) budget, and consequently the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) having fewer resources to work with, given the growing magnitude of global challenges.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Josh Payne |Sophie Robinson |Neil Lancefield
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Josh Payne |Sophie Robinson |Neil Lancefield
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2 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Josh Payne |Sophie Robinson |Neil Lancefield
Fifty-two Britons are confirmed to be among more than 240 people who died after a Gatwick Airport-bound plane crashed in a fireball in India. Air India confirmed 241 of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner were killed on Thursday when the aircraft crashed into a medical college shortly after its take-off from Ahmedabad Airport. It is one of the deadliest plane crashes in terms of the number of British nationals killed.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Josh Payne |Sophie Robinson |Neil Lancefield
Air India confirmed 241 of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner were killed on Thursday when the aircraft crashed into a medical college shortly after its take-off from Ahmedabad Airport. It is one of the deadliest plane crashes in terms of the number of British nationals killed. We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Josh Payne |Sophie Robinson |Neil Lancefield
A British man who survived the Air India plane crash has “no idea” how he escaped the aircraft, his relatives have said. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was carrying more than 240 people from the city of Ahmedabad to Gatwick Airport, including 53 British nationals, when it collided with a medical college shortly after take-off on Thursday, sparking a huge fireball. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, is believed to be the only survivor of the crash.
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2 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Josh Payne |Sophie Robinson |Neil Lancefield
British man has ‘no idea’ how he escaped doomed Air India aircraft, family sayA British man who survived the Air India plane crash has “no idea” how he escaped the aircraft, his relatives have said. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was carrying more than 240 people from the city of Ahmedabad to Gatwick Airport, including 53 British nationals, when it collided with a medical college shortly after take-off on Thursday, sparking a huge fireball.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Josh Payne |Sophie Robinson |Neil Lancefield
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was carrying more than 240 people from the city of Ahmedabad to Gatwick Airport, including 53 British nationals, when it collided with a medical college shortly after take-off on Thursday, sparking a huge fireball. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, is believed to be the only survivor of the crash. Speaking outside the family home in Leicester, his brother, Nayan Kumar Ramesh, 27, said: “We were just shocked as soon as we heard it. “I last spoke to him yesterday morning.
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2 weeks ago | 
ids.ac.uk | Sophie Robinson
On 30 May 2025, IDS Honorary Associate and former UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths described the situation in Gaza as genocide. Alongside IDS Research Fellow Philip Proudfoot, here he calls for a decisive realignment of humanitarian law and humanitarian action to halt genocide and other atrocities in Gaza. Few acts more starkly violate humanitarian principles than soldiers firing on civilians seeking aid.
