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Infected blood scandal: Victims ‘scared they won’t live to see compensation’

The inquiry into the scandal is set to reopen later this week amid concerns about delays to compensation, despite a commitment of £11.8bn in last year's budget.

Recovery of sunken Bayesian superyacht begins off coast of Italy

The yacht sank near Sicily last August, killing tech tycoon Mike Lynch and five others, including his 18-year-old daughter Hannah.

One man accused of killing an Alawite during the sectarian violence in March tells the BBC that armed civilians were advised and monitored by government forces.

The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis’ “pope-mobile” – a vehicle outfitted to protect the pontiff during his 2014 trip to the birthplace of Jesus Christ – is being converted into a mobile children’s clinic in Gaza according to the Holy Father’s dying wish.
The Catholic non-profit organization Caritas Jerusalem made the announcement on Sunday.
In a press release, the non-profit said that Francis directed the humanitarian organization in his final months to “turn his pope-mobile into a mobile health station for the children in Gaza.”
“The purpose of the initiative is to safeguard and uphold children’s fundamental rights and dignity,” Caritas Jerusalem wrote, releasing the first photos of the converted pope-mobile.
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Peter Brune, Secretary General of Caritas Sweden, which is supporting the initiative, said the vehicle “will be able to reach children who today have no access to healthcare – c..

Fourteen children arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over Gateshead fire released on bail

Layton Carr, 14, was found dead near the site of a fire at Fairfield industrial park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead on Friday.

Royal Family ‘fully focused’ on VE Day, palace aide says after Prince Harry’s interview

A palace aide said that “The King, Queen and other members of The Royal Family are much looking forward to all the week's VE Day events”.

The military says its aim is to increase pressure on Hamas militants to return hostages they still hold.

Netanyahu vows to retaliate against Houthis and Iran after missile attack

The missile impact left a plume of smoke and briefly halted flights and commuter traffic at the airport. Some international carriers have cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv for several days.
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Israeli police officers investigate the missile crater. Pic: Reuters

TEL AVIV – A leading archaeologyjournal has effectively barred submissions by Israelis on Judea and Samaria unless they “have cooperated with the relevant Palestinian authorities,” in what analysts say is a microcosm of the harm caused by a global campaign to whitewash the Jewish people’s history in the Land of Israel.
According to a report recently published by The Press Service of Israel (TPS-IL), the Palestine Exploration Quarterly (PEQ)—a peer-reviewed journal of the London-based Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF)—is refusing to accept submissions from researchers affiliated with institutions operating in what it refers to as “occupied territory,” citing concerns over alleged Israeli violations of international law.
“Publication in PEQ is guided by the PEF’s ethical policy. The main aspect of this is international law, by which many academic institutions and publications, including PEQ, are bound,” Charlotte Whiting, the journal’s editor-in-chief, told TPS-IL.
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Eight arrests in connection with two separate terrorism investigations

Counter-terror police arrested five men in one investigation and a further three in another. Both operations concerned Iranian nationals, though were not connected to each other, police said.