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Meet the heroic mum who faced gunfire and risked her life to save hundreds of children from war
Sally Becker on her first mission 'Operation Angel' in Bosnia in 1993
Humanitarianism

Meet the heroic mum who faced gunfire and risked her life to save hundreds of children from war

Sally Becker has rescued hundreds of children from war zones including Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Gaza. Her extraordinary work spanning more than three decades is documented in a new memoir 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'
How adapting controversial play Seven Jewish Children into a film expanded my Jewish identity
A still from the film Seven Jewish Children – A Film for Gaza
Israel

How adapting controversial play Seven Jewish Children into a film expanded my Jewish identity

Donkeys are now the main form of transport in Gaza. Meet the vet keeping them alive
Gaza

Donkeys are now the main form of transport in Gaza. Meet the vet keeping them alive

Why Starmer's cuts to UK aid budget will hurt both at home and abroad
Khusbu Patel

Why Starmer's cuts to UK aid budget will hurt both at home and abroad

Zarah Sultana would 'absolutely' return to Labour after suspension: 'It has to be a broad church'
Exclusive

Zarah Sultana would 'absolutely' return to Labour after suspension: 'It has to be a broad church'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
2024 has seen women and girls in Gaza face unprecedented attacks on their rights
Image of Shurooq, a 31-year-old displaced mother, who was forced to flee from the north of Gaza at the start of the war and is currently sheltering in a school with her family
Riham Jafari

2024 has seen women and girls in Gaza face unprecedented attacks on their rights

'A toy is not a luxury': How games and toys are helping children in Gaza process 'unimaginable' trauma
Gaza

'A toy is not a luxury': How games and toys are helping children in Gaza process 'unimaginable' trauma

As I celebrate Christmas in London, my neighbourhood in Gaza is being flattened
Damage in the Gaza strip
Ahmed Najar

As I celebrate Christmas in London, my neighbourhood in Gaza is being flattened

'There's always room at the inn': How a hospital in Bethlehem offers hope in the shadow of tragedy
Bethlehem

'There's always room at the inn': How a hospital in Bethlehem offers hope in the shadow of tragedy

'The children have seen so much blood': As calls for a ceasefire grow even louder – what's next for Gaza?
Gaza

'The children have seen so much blood': As calls for a ceasefire grow even louder – what's next for Gaza?

Letters: The UK government is assisting the dying every day of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Letters

Letters: The UK government is assisting the dying every day of innocent Palestinians in Gaza

Families fleeing war will be split this Christmas – thanks to the UK's 'cruel' immigration system
immigration and refugeee rights protestors hold up placards reading:
Nick Beales

Families fleeing war will be split this Christmas – thanks to the UK's 'cruel' immigration system

'I will never forget the day it all changed': This is what life is like as an aid worker in Gaza
gaza in rubble
Salwa Al-Tibi

'I will never forget the day it all changed': This is what life is like as an aid worker in Gaza

'I lost everything imaginable': Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives
Shurooq and her children in the school-turned-shelter where they are living.
Shurooq, Asmaa and Raja

'I lost everything imaginable': Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
Review

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation

It's never been more dangerous to be a Palestinian aid worker – we feel the world has abandoned us
Salma Altaweel

It's never been more dangerous to be a Palestinian aid worker – we feel the world has abandoned us

I'm an Israeli who helped survivors of 7 October attack. Here's why we need a ceasefire in Gaza
War in Gaza

I'm an Israeli who helped survivors of 7 October attack. Here's why we need a ceasefire in Gaza

'It's hell on Earth': British doctors recall seeing 'unimaginable suffering' in Gaza
War in Gaza

'It's hell on Earth': British doctors recall seeing 'unimaginable suffering' in Gaza

People in Gaza say they're waiting their turn to be killed – the sense of helplessness is overwhelming
Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike as internally displaced Palestinians sit next to their tents in Khan Younis camp, southern Gaza Strip
Ahmed Najar

People in Gaza say they're waiting their turn to be killed – the sense of helplessness is overwhelming

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza
gaza protest
Israel-Gaza war

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza

'Pinkwashing' or 'unifying'? Why fans are boycotting Eurovision – and why some are watching anyway
Eurovision

'Pinkwashing' or 'unifying'? Why fans are boycotting Eurovision – and why some are watching anyway

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Eurovision star Olly Alexander says he's 'ambivalent' about the 'divisive' Union Jack
Eurovision

Eurovision star Olly Alexander says he's 'ambivalent' about the 'divisive' Union Jack

Letters: I'm autistic and the DWP's benefit reforms make me very scared for the future
Letters

Letters: I'm autistic and the DWP's benefit reforms make me very scared for the future

Sudan's year of war: How British government has failed UK residents with family in Sudan
Sudan conflict protest
Nick Beales

Sudan's year of war: How British government has failed UK residents with family in Sudan

'Helpless' UK residents call for Home Office to help get families out of Gaza: 'We feel betrayed'
gaza
Israel-Gaza war

'Helpless' UK residents call for Home Office to help get families out of Gaza: 'We feel betrayed'

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