Four Gaza hostage families torn apart by 7 October: ‘Screaming for the world to help’ independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

Voices from Gaza on their year of hell: ‘I lost 11 people from my family’ independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

Some professional news. After ~9 years~ of contributing to the 5 Things morning newsletter, I’m making a shift. Starting next week, Tracy Alloway and I are turning the Odd Lots newsletter from weekly to daily, and that’s where I’ll be posting my writing.

Great reflective piece: American Jews are coping with the fallout a year after October 7 washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/…

Also if you're not a subscriber to the Bloomberg website, you can use this link and get a 50% off discount right now bloomberg.com/subscriptions/…

Every times Darren Grimes repeats his persistent lie that somebody has been jailed for "flying England's flag" there should be an equally persistent effort to be clear that he is lying. Conveniently leaves out the guilty plea for "with plans to set the Islamic Centre on fire"

The number of irregular migrants living in the UK and other large European countries has not changed for years despite hostile political discourse about migrants overwhelming the continent, according to researchers. theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…

The stories of Gaza’s oldest victim and its youngest theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…

dramatic shift in war goals from israel pm. from pushing back hezbollah from the border (and returning 60,000 israelis to their homes), it’s now removing hezbollah from power. the most serious escalation from israel since the war in gaza began.

Netanyahu warns Lebanon of 'destruction like Gaza' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

In October 2023, the IDF tweeted grainy videos of 17 airstrikes in Gaza with generalised captions about targeting Hamas. Airwars and Sky News found that more than 440 civilians were killed in those strikes alone. Almost half were children. idf-tweets-gaza.airwars.org

Keir Starmer’s new UK government will unveil a package of new workers’ rights on Thursday. Here’s what to expect — and what not to expect trib.al/VjuSt5U

2 Israelis killed in a #Hezbollah rocket attack on the northern #Israel town of Kiryat Shmona.

A year on from 7 October, British Muslims and Jews alike are grieving and feeling alienated. Both communities feel the trauma of a year of conflict but politically their experiences are very different: hyphenonline.com/2024/10/09/gaz…

Exc: Yvette Cooper enjoyed freebie tickets courtesy of Taylor Swift label after pushing Met for extra security She went as a guest of her husband which her team tried unsuccessfully to declare - so this not public until today She went to one of the gigs with extra security.

A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. manager has filed a £3.8 million sex-discrimination claim against the investment bank, alleging he was unfairly fired for taking six months of paternity leave bloomberg.com/news/articles/…