Take it in. The first female chancellor. The first housing secretary who's actually lived in social housing. The first education secretary who was on free school meals. An energy secretary who actually believes in aggressively fighting climate change. Not a bad afternoon.
Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured
As the @UN's agency responsible for public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns Israel's repeated orders for the evacuation of 22 hospitals treating more than 2000 inpatients in northern Gaza. The forced evacuation of patients and health workers will further worsen the current humanitarian and public health catastrophe.
The lives of many critically ill and fragile patients hang in the balance: those in intensive care or who rely on life support; patients undergoing hemodialysis; newborns in incubators; women with complications of pregnancy, and others all face imminent deterioration of their condition or death if they are forced to move and are cut off from life-saving medical attention while being evacuated.
Health facilities in northern Gaza continue to receive an influx of injured patients and are struggling to operate beyond maximum capacity. Some patients are being treated in corridors and outdoors in surrounding streets due to a lack of hospital beds.
Forcing more than 2000 patients to relocate to southern Gaza, where health facilities are already running at maximum capacity and unable to absorb a dramatic rise in the number patients, could be tantamount to a death sentence.
Hospital directors and health workers are now facing an agonizing choice: abandon critically ill patients amid a bombing campaign, put their own lives at risk while remaining on site to treat patients, or endanger their patients’ lives while attempting to transport them to facilities that have no capacity to receive them.
Overwhelmingly, caregivers have chosen to stay behind and honor their oaths as health professionals to “do no harm,” rather than risk moving their critically ill patients during evacuations. Health workers should never have to make such impossible choices.
Additionally, tens of thousands of displaced people in northern Gaza are seeking refuge in open spaces in or around hospitals, treating them as havens from violence as well as to protect the facilities from potential attacks. Their lives, too, are at risk when health facilities are bombed.
There are verified reports of deaths of health care workers and destruction of health facilities, which denies civilians the basic human right of life-saving health care and is prohibited under International Humanitarian Law.
WHO calls for Israel to immediately reverse evacuation orders to hospitals in northern Gaza, and calls for the protection of health facilities, health workers, patients, and civilians.
WHO also reiterates its calls for the immediate and safe delivery of medical supplies, fuel, clean water, food, and other humanitarian aid into Gaza through the Rafah crossing, where life-saving assistance, including WHO health supplies that arrived earlier today, is currently awaiting entry.
@nxcare Hi, my coach early this morning from Luton Airport was delayed by 45 minutes (scheduled for 1.45am, left at 2.30am). The tracker inaccurately showed that it was one minute away for the entire 45 minutes. Can you please direct me to the right place to receive compensation?
#youandyours@BBCRadio4 - when discussing Sunak’s uni plans later today, pls stop using the phrases “low value” & “low quality” to refer to ANY courses: value is in the eyes of the degree-holder & the BBC should be ashamed of its failure to interrogate this language use.
This morning, I’m thinking of all the women still fighting for their right to reproductive healthcare.
A shocking judgment that benefits nobody, causes grave harm and sets a terrible precedent. It must be overturned.
In the phone hacking case, Prince Harry told the court that every single article played a destructive role in his life.
There are no cameras in court so as part of a special programme Sky News has recorded what was said by the Duke, played by an actor.
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One of the reasons London is the greatest city in the world is the contribution of successive generations of immigrants. Immigrants are our neighbours, friends, family members and colleagues.
They are integral to our economy, and enrich our cultural and social life.
AVERAGE PRIVATE RENT IN LONDON: An eye-watering £2,500 a month.
AVERAGE PRICE TERRACE HOUSE IN LONDON: A near-unattainable £850,000.
It’s a grave injustice that young Londoners are struggling to live in the city that raised them.
MYTH: Cut back on your Netflix subscription to save for a house deposit.
REALITY: Recent average deposits for first time buyers in London have been as much as £150k.
My generation must stop indulging the fantasy that the majority of young people can save their way to a deposit.
@nationalexpress Hi, I've booked the 8.25pm coach from Stansted to London Victoria. However, I'm still stuck in Budapest and have been told our flight could be 2 hours later than planned. Is it possible to take a later coach with the same ticket?
All I want is for one of the Conservatives pushing voter ID to explain why this is the case.
Okay, so you think voter fraud is a massive issue (it isn't, but fine). You think people should have to show photo ID.
So why is an over-60 oyster card valid but an over-18 one isn't?