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500,000 Trapped in El-Obeid as U.N. Sees Echoes of El-Fasher
The U.N. says half a million people are encircled in El-Obeid after 18 months of siege-like pressure, and it is invoking El-Fasher to warn what could come next.
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vrijdag
7 augustus 2026
Conflict · Houthis target Saudi tankers
Eleven Hurt in Najran, Eight Tankers Claimed: Houthis Push Blockade North to Yanbu
Eleven injured in Najran, 30 troops dead inland, and a Houthi claim of eight tankers hit — with the northernmost strike off Yanbu testing Saudi Arabia's Red Sea workaround.
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Politiek · Epstein probe
A Year Into Epstein Files Fight, Cooperation Is the Contested Question
A year after Congress promised full Epstein disclosure, frustration and DOJ noncompliance claims frame an unverified charge about White House cooperation.
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Energie · South West
Nearly Two Million More Under Hosepipe Ban as Drought Grips England
South West Water switched on restrictions just after midnight on 8 August, becoming the ninth company to act as drought spread to almost three-quarters of England.
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Economie · 23,000 jobs lost
23,000 Jobs Gone: July's Sudden Loss Upends the Slowdown Story
A surprise 23,000-job loss, 103,000 jobs revised away, and a jobless rate that fell for the wrong reason have rewritten the economy's recent past.
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Gezondheid
Two Women Dead, One Known Offender Free: The Bail Chain That Failed
Convicted of 11 sex attacks, on bail and monitored — Simon Levy still murdered Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins five months apart.
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Politiek · police reinforcements
Thetford: 3 Nights Trying to Storm Asylum Homes as Police Call In Reinforcements
Hundreds converged on five streets, officers were bitten and hit with rocks, and asylum seekers were evacuated again as Norfolk drafted in help from across East Anglia.
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