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Posted at 12:25
Israel demands UN chief resign over Hamas comments
By David Gritten
BBC News
António Guterres condemned Hamas's deadly attacks but said they "did not happen in a vacuum".
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Posted at 11:49
SNP renews calls for ceasefire in the Middle East
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Mhairi Black tells the PM joining calls for a ceasefire is the "now the best and maybe the only way to stop to this conflict escalating beyond all control".
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Posted at 11:28
What is happening in Israel and Gaza, and why now?
What is Hamas and how is Israel responding to the deadly attack by the Palestinian group?
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Posted at 10:56
What is COP28 in Dubai and why is it important?
By Mark Poynting
Climate and environment researcher, BBC News
The climate change summit comes after a year of weather extremes and broken temperature records.
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Posted at 8:19
Moroccans protest to demand more earthquake aid
By Gloria Aradi
BBC News
The displaced residents want authorities to speed up aid as living conditions worsen ahead of winter.
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Posted at 7:50
Irish woman sacked for Israel 'terrorist state' post
The woman should seek advice if she was sacked by Wix for her political views, Ireland's leader says.
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Posted at 20:23 24 Oct
The brutal impact of war on Gaza's children
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The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the brutal impact the Israel-Gaza war is having on children in Gaza.
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Posted at 19:07 24 Oct
Gaza health ministry says 700 killed in 24 hours
By David Gritten
BBC News
Hamas-run ministry says deadliest Israeli strikes in war have pushed total killed to nearly 5,800.
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Posted at 17:34 24 Oct
Israel 'breaking international law' in Gaza - Sarwar
The Scottish Labour leader's comments come amid resignations within the party over the crisis
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Posted at 16:56 24 Oct
Who are the hostages taken by Hamas from Israel?
From elderly grandparents to young children, these are the people known to have been taken captive.
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Posted at 14:20 24 Oct
'We're trying to survive': 90 people shelter in one Gaza house
By Deirdre Finnerty
BBC News
A family take in 90 friends and relatives to their home in southern Gaza while the Israeli air strikes continue.
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Posted at 13:46 24 Oct
Family tell of desperate journeys to Gaza border
By Hamzah Abbas & Lauren Hirst
BBC News
A father-of-four describes rockets flying overhead as he and his family flee to the border with Egypt.
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Posted at 13:26 24 Oct
Dubai police in Dublin to discuss Kinahan gang
Police in UAE and Dublin are cooperating on the activities of the gang which is based in Dubai.
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Posted at 12:32 24 Oct
Tanzanian father's anguish over son missing in Israel
By Alfred Lasteck & Natasha Booty
BBC News, Dar es Salaam and London
The BBC names a Tanzanian student still missing in Israel weeks after Hamas attacked civilians.
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Posted at 12:12 24 Oct
I went through hell, says elderly hostage released by Hamas
By Sarah Fowler
BBC News
Yocheved Lifschitz says she was kidnapped and taken into a "spider's web" of tunnels underneath Gaza.
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Posted at 10:41 24 Oct
Released Israeli hostage shakes her captor's hand
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Human rights activist Yocheved Lifschitz said 'shalom', meaning 'peace', to Hamas captor as she left.
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Posted at 8:39 24 Oct
Brussels gunman had escaped Tunisian prison
By Sofia Bettiza
BBC News, Brussels
Abdesalem Lassoued shot dead two Swedes before a Euro 2024 qualifier game last week.
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Posted at 8:28 24 Oct
Gaza hostage release: ‘She said thank you… it’s so her’
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Video caption: Sharone Lifschitz: 'Incredible thing' to see mother after her release by Hamas
The daughter of one of the hostages freed by Hamas says she is keen to share information.
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Posted at 6:55 24 Oct
Two more hostages held in Gaza released
The ICRC says two hostages held by Hamas were transported out of Gaza on Monday evening.
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Posted at 6:12 24 Oct
Algerian court sentences 38 for lynching
Algeria’s appeal court has sentenced 38 people for the 2021 lynching of a man wrongly suspected of starting wildfires.
The court on Monday found them guilty of multiple charges, including murder, torture and incitement leading to murder.
The 38 were handed death sentences, but these will be commuted to life in prison as Algeria has a moratorium on executions.
The lynching victim, 38-year-old Djamel Ben Ismail, had travelled to help fight wildfires in the Kabylie region, east of the capital Algiers.
Locals accused him of starting the fires, before torturing and killing him.
The court acquitted 27 defendants and sentenced 29 others to terms ranging between three and 20 years.
In November last year, an Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death for Ismail’s murder.
However, the rights group Amnesty International in January criticised the mass sentences, saying that the trials “were marred by fair trial violations and torture claims, while at least six were prosecuted due to their political affiliations”.
The rights group called for the overturning of sentences and retrials for “those convicted in their absence or prosecuted over their political affiliations”.
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