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In the face of war, famine and homelessness, desperate Gazans are paying a private company in Cairo exorbitant “travel co-ordination fees” to help them escape into Egypt through the Rafah border. One international affairs expert says the system is war profiteering “at its worst.” CBC | World News
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Rishi Sunak ‘confident’ he will stop the boats despite massive hike in crossings
More than 5,400 illegal migrants have made the crossings this year, up 43% increase on last year. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »12-year-old detained after Finland school shooting kills 1, injures 2
A 12-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland and wounded three other students on Tuesday, police said. The suspect was later taken into custody. CBC | World News
Read More »Japan’s notoriously private royal family joins Instagram to appeal to a younger audience
Japan’s imperial family made an Instagram debut with a barrage of posts on Monday, hoping to shake off their reclusive image and reach out to younger people on social media. CBC | World News
Read More »Three British aid workers among those killed in ‘unintentional’ Gaza airstrike
Seven people working for food aid charity World Central Kitchen were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit with explosives. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Crisis in UK seaside town as charity shop forced to shut because of shoplifting
Heartbroken Graeme Sergeant says a perfect storm of thefts, waning donations, the domination of larger charities and personal reasons led to the decision by trustees to call it a day. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Fed-up Tory grassroots draws up fresh de-selection hit list of ‘un-conservative’ MPs
Names on the new list include former Defence Select Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood and current Health Secretary Victoria Atkins. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Tourists in cruise nightmare after being abandonned on island 190 miles from Africa
The couple, who regularly go on cruises, said they had never experienced anything like this before. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Andrew Neil furious at £1.4bn drone shambles as they don’t work in bad weather
The former heavyweight BBC presenter slammed the MoD for leaving taxpayers to pick up the costs of its “procurement shambles”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »New weapons for Ukraine: Has the U.S. Congress logjam finally broken?
It’s been a cold, brutal winter on a vital political front in Ukraine’s war of self-defense. There hasn’t been much good news lately from Washington. That may be changing. U.S. lawmakers are now predicting a vote on a multibillion-dollar weapons package that would arm Ukraine throughout the year. CBC | World News
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