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| Hello. President Donald Trump’s pick for US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, told senators that he would "make America healthy again". Our US team has the latest. Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell speaks to a father who fears what Israel’s ban on the Palestinian refugee agency Unwra will mean for his children. Also, we have a first look at the newest member of the British Royal Family. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | RFK Jr accused of believing in 'charlatans' |
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|  | RFK Jr received loud applause when he promised to "make America healthy again". Credit: Getty images | Robert F Kennedy Jr faced hours of grilling from a committee of senators at his selection hearing. Protesters twice interrupted the heated proceedings as Kennedy denied being anti-vaccine. Ron Wyden, the leading Democrat on the panel, said Kennedy believed in conspiracy theories, quacks and charlatans. RFK Jr faces more questions on Thursday. |
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| Ex-president's daughter charged over deadly riots | Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is to be charged for her alleged role in the 2021 riots that left over 300 dead in South Africa. | Read more > |
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| Evidence shows Rwanda backing DR Congo rebels | A group of UN experts say the Rwandan army is in "de facto control of M23 operations" in the DR Congo. | Details here > |
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| Princess Beatrice gives birth to daughter | Beatrice has given birth to her second child, named Athena, Buckingham Palace has announced. | See the first picture> |
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| Israel's ban on Palestinian refugee agency will be a ‘catastrophe’ |  | Ahmed Naseer says he doesn't know how he'll feed his nine children if Unrwa meal donations stop. Credit: BBC | As Israel prepares to outlaw Unrwa, the main UN agency for Palestinian refugees, there are warnings that it could undermine vital aid delivery and the long-term chances of peace. Israel has accused Unwra of being complicit with Hamas – an allegation the agency denies. |
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| | Yolande Knell, Middle East correspondent |
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| | Across the Middle East there are some six million Palestinian refugees. They include the Naseer family, currently huddled in a tent in the courtyard of an Unrwa school-turned-shelter in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. They are from Beit Hanoun in the north but have decided to delay returning to the rubble of their home, even as a fragile ceasefire has taken hold.
"I have a disability, and I have a big family," says Ahmed Naseer, a father of nine who says he struggles to access food aid. "Right now, we get hot meals twice a week from Unrwa and people are still starving. What would it be like if it stops for good?" |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Rethinking winter | How six sublime Nordic landscapes can help us "accept the seasonality of life". | |
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And finally... in Cornwall | A couple from the south-west of England have found a spectacular piece of artwork in their newly purchased rubbish-filled barn - a 10ft painting of Jesus. It's not known how the painting - which is said to be in "quite good condition" - got there, or who created it. Take a look at the artwork here. | |
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