Israel raids, shutters UNRWA lifeline for Palestinian refugees
An UNRWA vocational centre in the occupied West Bank has been raided by Israeli forces and ordered to close.
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Chinese rescuers race to reach mudslide survivors in Nepal-China border
Rescuers raced to clear roads leading to the mudslide-hit border port of Gyirong, China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Al Jazeera • 29 Aug, 01:45 pmIsraeli settlers surround Palestinian home in occupied West Bank’s Qusra
At least four Palestinians are trapped inside the home, while settlers have set fire to nearby Palestinian land.
Al Jazeera • 29 Aug, 01:45 pmFourth time lucky as Chris Cantrill’s spoof whodunnit wins Edinburgh comedy award 2026
Nominated in three previous years, the rambunctious standup – one half of The Delightful Sausage – wins the prize for his show Rewilding while Marty Gleeson is named best newcomer The annual Edinburgh comedy award has been won by the standup Chris Cantrill, two years after his comedy partner Amy Gledhill – in the raucous northern double act The Delightful Sausage – won the same prize. Cantrill, 42 and from Bradford, received the so-called “Oscar of live comedy” for a show, Rewilding, about his new life in rural Northumberland, where an act of vandalism shocks the local community – and a spoof whodunnit ensues. It builds on the foundations laid in 2024 by Easily Swayed, which documented his move to the countryside and secured what was then Cantrill’s third nomination (but first as a solo act) for the award...
The Guardian • 29 Aug, 01:31 pmAlonso gets Chelsea’s priorities right by ditching Sánchez for winner Martínez | Jacob Steinberg
Signing of World Cup winner adds to sense that this is the summer when BlueCo got serious in transfer market Carlo Cudicini was a very good goalkeeper. However, José Mourinho was ruthless when he became Chelsea manager in 2004. Very good was not good enough. Mourinho wanted the best and one of the main factors behind the Portuguese winning the Premier League during his first season in charge was the decision to replace Cudicini with Petr Cech. There is an old line about a great goalkeeper being worth 15 points a season. It is not for nothing, for instance, that Brian Clough regarded Peter Shilton as one of his most important signings at Nottingham Forest. Shilton was key when Forest defied the odds by winning the Division One title in 1978 and there are plenty of other examples of promising teams taking the next step only after buying a top No 1...
The Guardian • 29 Aug, 01:31 pmMigrant dies and 72 others rescued from small boat trying to reach UK
One migrant has died and 72 others have been rescued from a small boat trying to reach the UK from France.
Sky News • 29 Aug, 01:15 pmIndonesia sets up shelters for babies, children affected by wildfire smoke
Indonesia sets up shelters for babies, children affected by wildfire smoke
Al Jazeera • 29 Aug, 01:15 pmUNRWA’s first and last vocational college in East Jerusalem is under threat
Israel threatens the Qalandiya Training Centre, one of Jerusalem's oldest still-operational educational institutions.
Al Jazeera • 29 Aug, 01:15 pmGaza farmer returns to the grapevines he couldn’t bear to abandon
After nearly three years of war, a farmer returns to Sheikh Ijlin’s renowned grape fields.
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