A Plymouth hospital will be redeveloped to meet the growing demand for rehabilitation and mental health services in the region, it has been announced. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Livewell Southwest said the changes at Mount Gould Hospital were important as the population gets older. It means wards for general rehabilitation at Mount Gould...
A UN-backed assessment has said that Gaza’s population of around 2.1 million Palestinians is at “critical risk” of famine and faces “extreme levels of food insecurity” as an Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid continues. The latest report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said there had been a “major deterioration” since October 2024,...
Libyan authorities have accused aid groups of plotting to change the country’s ethnic make-up by encouraging African migrants to stay there, and has ordered them to close their offices. Ten groups have been singled out – including Doctors Without Borders, the UN refugee agency, and Norwegian Refugee Council. “This plan to settle migrants of African...