UNICEF warns just 40 percent of Gaza’s drinking water-production facilities are estimated to be functional. Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Israel’s blockade of fuel entering Gaza is causing a “man-made drought,” according to a warning from the United Nations...
A minibus carrying schoolchildren has been swept away by heavy flooding in South Africa, a spokesperson for the Eastern Cape provincial government has told the BBC. Khuselwa Rantjie said it was unclear how many children were on the bus, but three had so far been found alive. Rescue efforts had been suspended as night had...
Andrea Ormsby BBC News, Devon Christine Reid Christine Reid was injured in a fall on a pavement A church in Tavistock has said members of its congregation are being left “black and blue” after tripping over uneven pavements in the town. Elders from the United Reformed Church said some pensioners are now so scared of...
It left him lacking grip at the restart to those around him and resulted in a madcap, almost unbelievable, series of incidents. Verstappen almost lost his car when he had a massive wobble coming out of the fast final corner as the race restarted with five laps to go. Leclerc pulled alongside on the straight,...
Steve Jones BBC News, Yorkshire PA Media Mansfield Town forward Lucas Akins admitted causing the death of Adrian Daniel in a crash in Huddersfield A professional footballer has been jailed for 14 months for causing the death of a cyclist in a crash in West Yorkshire. Adrian Daniel, 33, died 10 days after he was...
A van driver who took “at least 20 lines of cocaine” in the hours before he hit a tram and then a three-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. Louisa Palmisano, known as Lulu, died in hospital after she was struck while walking holding hands with her parents on Mosely Street...
