Category: Middle East
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Gaza faces persistent disease and health-system strain amid widespread damage, UN reports say
Recent UN reports describe infectious disease in crowded displacement sites, inadequate water and sanitation, and hospitals operating under severe constraints. The Guardian headline supplied for this story could be verified, but its individual interviews could not.
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Brent crude rises 5% as Middle East risks and hurricane disrupt supply
Brent reached $105.30 a barrel in Thursday trading, as reported concerns over possible Iran strikes, attacks on Gulf shipping and hurricane-related production cuts supported prices.
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UK to keep East Jerusalem site open as a mission after diplomatic dispute
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the renamed UK Mission, Jerusalem, would continue working with Palestinians, though Israel described the permitted team’s remit as very limited.