#NationalWalkingMonth 💚Epping Forest Heritage Trust #London

Arrest warrant issued for Central African Republic’s former president François Bozizé over crimes against humanity.
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New York police enter Columbia University campus and make arrests after Gaza demonstrators occupy building and refuse to leave protest camp - follow live
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Riot lining up outside #CUNY . Officer tell us says can’t say plan but “stay safe.” Protestors chanting “shame on you, who do you serve who do you protect.”

Powerful report from ITV News on the story of one little boy and the work of charity Save A Child with a project funded by British medics - interesting questions raised about international support for children in #Gaza and how this group including little Ahmed ended up in Italy.

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We are aware of graphic images and video on social media following the attack in Hainault.

We ask users to consider the impact of sharing these, particularly those of the fatally injured victim.

Anyone with footage which may assist our criminal inquiry should share it with us

I’ve spent months investigating how staff filmed on CCTV hitting, kicking and leaving special school pupils sat in urine were not sacked
 
Annabel Deas and I have discovered that staff were proven to have abused pupils at Whitefield - but still work there
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Adnan El-Bursh reported on the Gaza war living in a tent, eating one meal a day, and struggling to keep his wife and five children safe.

Warning: This video contains images some viewers may find disturbing.

#WorldServicePresents his full YouTube doc bbc.in/44oRmkn

US State Dept finds 5 Israeli military or police units committed gross violations of human rights in unnamed incidents. But they all remain eligible for US military assistance - it says because… 1/

#Columbia university - students are defying a 2pm deadline to clear the encampments. Many others have joined circling around in support.

BBC News (UK) Live page here: bbc.com/news/live/worl…

With Yousaf and Varadkar gone - the looming general election and the mayoral elections will be interesting to see how long this actually lasted and whether we’ll see more of it. #HamzaYousaf #Scotland #UK #Ireland #Asian #British

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces he will not resign following opposition attacks on wife over corruption allegations the socialist PM has in recent weeks been lobbying EU partners for Palestinian state recognition. bbc.in/3JGraIG #bbcnews

Important work from #BBCAfricaEye on horrific accounts of widespread sexual abuse of women and children in Sierra Leone.

I found this trailer difficult viewing. #BBCNews

'He had lost his kids, his grandkids, his home,' Sam recalls, 'and he's alone in the corner of this dark hospital, maggots going out of his wounds, and he was screaming: 'The worms are eating me alive please help me’” -US medic in Gaza, by Fergal Keane
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Currently happening outside of the White House Correspondents Dinner:

Human rights activist Munther Amira was taken at gunpoint from his home in Bethlehem. He says he was beaten and stripped naked in custody.

He says that - Palestinian prisoners are 'beaten every day'.

Sky's Dominic Waghorn reports

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It’s so so sad to see such misleading media which can inflame tensions … the Met police here has therefore had to share the headline to clarify that the Park Authorities do this regularly for many other events …

Shaima Refaat Alareer, the daughter of a prominent Palestinian poet, was killed alongside her husband and two month old baby, in an Israeli airstrike on a house west of Gaza City on Friday, according to multiple sources.

It came four months after her father died in a similar

UK forces may be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid - by James Landale
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