At least eight Palestinians shot dead at food distribution point in Gaza

At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded yesterday in a shooting near Israeli and US-supported food-distribution points in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials.

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‘Your holidays, my misery& & overtourism protesters take to the streets of southern Europe

Thousands of people took to the streets of cities in southern Europe on Sunday to demonstrate against overtourism, firing water pistols at shop windows and setting off smoke in Barcelona, where the main protest took place.

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Helicopter crash in northern India kills seven on Hindu pilgrimage route

All seven people on a helicopter in northern India were killed early on Sunday when it crashed while ferrying passengers on a popular Hindu pilgrimage route in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, officials said.

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Barry O&Halloran: Iran&s weakness proved too tempting a target for Israel

Early on Friday morning, the skyline above Tehran was lit up as 200 Israeli fighter jets rained down high explosives on up to 100 key military and nuclear targets, both in the city and across Iran.

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‘None of this needed to happen& & words of tragic Berkeley balcony collapse victim still resonate 10 years on from preventable catastrophe

Special memorials marked the 10th anniversary this weekend of the Berkeley balcony tragedy in the US which claimed the lives of seven young people.

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