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Famine now unfolding in Gaza, says UN-backed monitor – Middle East crisis live

Airdrops are not enough to avert the humanitarian catastrophe, says the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative

The UN’s World Food Programme has warned that the disaster unfolding in Gaza is reminiscent of last century’s famines seen in Ethiopia and Biafra in Nigeria.

WFP emergency director Ross Smith told reporters in Geneva:

This is unlike anything we have seen in this century. It reminds us of previous disasters in Ethiopia or Biafra in the past century.

We need urgent action now.

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© Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA

© Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA

© Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA

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England victory parade: fans to join Lionesses in London after Euro 2025 triumph – live

And then back home. Nike pulled out the stops for the plane with the word Home branded on the wing, the H made up of the roman numeral two to represent back-to-back Euro wins. Fans waited at Southend airport before the players were whisked away by coach to 10 Downing Street for a special reception. They were hosted by Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister as Keir Starmer had been in Scotland for talks with the US President, Donald Trump.

The win was history making. It was the first time England had won a major tournament away from home. The Lionesses also became the first senior English side to defend their title – and they did it by coming from behind at half-time – the first time that had been done before at the women’s Euros.

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© Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

© Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

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Abramovich business associate Eugene Shvidler fails to overturn UK sanctions

Supreme court dismisses appeal by Russian-born tycoon, in test case of sanctions regime

A business associate of the oligarch Roman Abramovich has failed to overturn sanctions imposed on him after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, after a supreme court judgment seen as a test case for the UK’s sanctions regime.

Eugene Shvidler served on the board of companies owned by the former owner of Chelsea football club and now lives in the US. He was placed under sanctions by the UK government in March 2022 as part of measures to target Russia-linked oligarchs and officials after Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

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© Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

© Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

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