Really strong coverage on Somalia across BBC News (UK) today, focusing on climate change and conflict. Good to work with Justin Rowlatt Alyona Synenko and karim254 to make it all happen.

Update: 9,444 Palestinians reported missing to ICRC in Gaza. icrc.org/en/article/isr…

I sincerely hope this is based on an error in reporting because this is not how #IHL works. Civilians may have a myriad reasons to stay behind and they are protected from attack *unless and for such time as* they directly participate in hostilities. 🔗theguardian.com/world/live/202…

THREAD: 1. PERSONAL NEWS: Today BBC News has announced plans to close BBC HARDtalk after 3 decades holding the world’s politicians and powerbrokers to account. This is sad news for me personally, but much more important, I think it’s depressing news for the BBC🧵

ICRC teams were recently in the north of Gaza and saw firsthand the devastating humanitarian situation civilians are experiencing. Deputy head of Gaza sub-delegation Stephanie Eller shares more 👇🏽

The whole of Beirut now waits each night to learn where will be bombed. Israel's evacuation orders and the fire balls that follow play live on almost every news channel. Before, the strike opposite Rafic Hariri hospital, there was no warning. "The damage was not only material,

It was hard working in this story, and I am proud to see it published. Also grateful to people who had the courage to share their testimonies and of my amazing colleagues at ICRC. We Need to Talk Directly to Armed Groups About Sexual Violence nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opi…

The ICRC visited #Sednaya prison today. We remain committed to alleviating the suffering of those who have been without news about their relatives, often for many years. In #Syria, we have been working for many years to clarify the fate of the missing.

📍Israel and the Occupied Territories | We, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), are ready to help implement the agreement reached by the parties and bring hostages and detainees home. Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President, shares: ms.spr.ly/6019UBkFN

"As stockmarket futures tumbled, shares in Nike, which has factories in Vietnam (tariff: 46%) fell by 7%. Does Mr Trump really think Americans would be better off if only they sewed their own running shoes?" Not sure I've read such an eviscerating Leader from the Economist.

“British gov’t lawyers have said Israel is bound by the Geneva conventions to give the International Committee of the Red Cross access to Palestinian prisoners and cannot justify its refusal to do so by pointing to Hamas’s treatment of Israeli hostages.” theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

Beautiful piece by the supremely talented Alyona Synenko nytimes.com/2025/03/09/opi…

📍 Gaza | On 10 July, an ICRC staff member and a PRCS volunteer were injured by gunshots during a joint rescue mission. We are outraged by this attack, which is a stark reminder of the grave danger civilians in Gaza face every day. Read more: ms.spr.ly/6188S7sXr

AFP Journalists’ Association on reporters in Gaza: ‘Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die’

Horrifying account of a litany of atrocities - ‘Israeli authorities accuse us of being the problem. They say we’re failing to collect goods from the crossings. We aren’t failing, we’re being obstructed’ ⁦The Guardian⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We obtained data from a classified Israeli intelligence database indicating that at least 83% of people killed in Gaza were civilians. The data lists all militant deaths the army was able to confirm. An investigation for +972 Magazine and The Guardian with Emma Graham Harrison

The world's leading genocide scholars' association passed a resolution Sunday saying Israel's actions in Gaza "meet the legal definition of genocide." The vote among the 500-member body passed with 86 percent support: reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Israeli intelligence data: Militants account for only 1 in 4 Gaza detainees Classified Israeli army database indicates vast majority of 6,000 Palestinians arrested in Gaza and detained in appalling conditions are civilians. +972, שיחה מקומית & The Guardian 972mag.com/israeli-intell…

📍 Gaza | “What I witnessed is beyond imagination. Hospitals have turned into graveyards.” Hisham Mhanna, ICRC's spokesperson, described to BBC Radio 4 Today the devastating scenes he has seen in Gaza City, and urged protection for civilians who remain there 👇🏽

Fascinating work here tracing how the IDF recycled 3D assets from a cyberpunk sci-fi art project, the Scottish Maritime Museum and elsewhere to populate its widely-seen models of supposed enemy locations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. One of the most infamous, the alleged underground