Gaza health crisis will last for ‘generations’, WHO chief warns

Sean Seddon, Wahiba Ahmed and Anna Foster Gaza health crisis will last ‘for generations’, says WHO chief Gaza is experiencing a health “catastrophe” that will last for “generations to come”, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that a massive increase in … Read more

Who are the released hostages?

BBC The Israeli military says 20 living hostages and the bodies of 15 deceased hostages have been handed over by Hamas and have returned to Israel under the Gaza ceasefire deal. Until 13 October, 48 hostages were still being held in Gaza, 28 of whom were dead. All but one of the hostages were among … Read more

Vance and Rubio criticise Israeli parliament’s vote on West Bank annexation

Yolande Knell,Middle East Correspondent, Jerusalem and David Gritten Rubio: An Israeli annexation of West Bank would threaten peace deal US Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have criticised a move by Israel’s parliament towards annexation of the occupied West Bank. On Wednesday, far-right politicians in the Knesset took the symbolic step of … Read more

Running fixes what junk food breaks in the brain

Researchers at University College Cork, led by Professor Yvonne Nolan, have uncovered the specific metabolic processes that explain how exercise helps offset the harmful behavioral effects of eating a Western-style cafeteria diet. Published on October 21 in the peer-reviewed journal Brain Medicine, the study shows that voluntary running can reduce depression-like behaviors triggered by diets … Read more

This everyday vitamin could be the closest thing we have to an “anti-aging pill”

A new review suggests that vitamin D supplements may help protect the ends of our chromosomes, known as telomeres, which play a vital role in slowing the aging process. This finding has raised hopes that the “sunshine vitamin” could support longer-lasting health. Researchers found that taking 2,000 IU (international units, a standard measure for vitamins) … Read more