For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly * Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars Mohammed’s skeletal arms stick out of a romper with a grinning emoji-face and the slogan “smiley boy”, which in a Gaza hospital reads as a cruel joke. He spends much of the day crying from hunger, or gnawing at his own emaciated fingers. At seven months old, he weighs barely 4kg (9lbs) and this is the second time he has been admitted for treatment. His face is gaunt, his limbs little more than bones covered in baggy skin and his ribs protrude painfully from his chest. Continue reading...

Six-week-old Yousef's lifeless body lay limp on a hospital table in Gaza City, his skin stretched over protruding ribs and a bandage where a drip had been inserted into his tiny arm. Doctors said the cause of death was starvation.

Podcast Episode · Mental Illness Happy Hour · 20/06/2025 · 1h 58m

Stop de asielwetten! Deze wetten van het kabinet Wilders-Yesilgöz zijn asociaal, onverantwoord en onmenselijk. Teken de petitie en hou ze tegen.

After US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp law The outcome of a court case in the Netherlands could shape the right to protest around the globe for decades to come, campaigners have warned, as figures show a dramatic rise in legal action taken by fossil fuel companies against activists and journalists. Greenpeace International is using a recently introduced EU directive to try to reclaim costs and damages it incurred when a US jury decided it should pay the oil pipeline corporation Energy Transfer more than $660m in damages earlier this year. Continue reading...

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Als de Tweede Kamer morgen voor de asielwet stemt, zullen ongedocumenteerde mensen strafbaar worden. Ook organisaties en mensen die hen helpen, kunnen dan vervolgd worden. Mail nu naar NSC-Kamerleden ...

Nederland kampt al met watertekorten en deze lopen in de toekomst verder op. Provincies zouden watervoorraden aanwijzen. Die doelen worden niet gehaald. ‘Problemen worden niet kleiner, eerder groter.’

Na decennia van afwezigheid is in een sloot bij Strijen (Hoeksche Waard) een zeldzame Grote Modderkruiper waargenomen. De vondst onderstreept de impact van natuurinclusieve landbouw op het…

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.