Paraic O'Brien
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United Kingdom
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Syria earthquake: The miraculous rescue of family buried alive
Tragedy piled upon tragedy for the people of northwest Syria - the earthquake on the 6 February shattered lives which were already in pieces. → Read More
Yeva’s story: 13-year-old Ukrainian refugee turned author meets Michael Morpurgo
Yeva Skalietska was just 12-years-old when Russia invaded her homeland. → Read More
Eight children among 39 rescued after boat capsizes in English Channel
Eight of 39 people rescued after their small boat began sinking in the Channel yesterday were unaccompanied children. Search efforts continue to find those still unaccounted for. At least four people are known to have died in the incident. → Read More
Russian air strikes target Ukrainian power stations
In Ukraine, Russia has ramped up its attacks on the country's critical infrastructure, launching missiles against its power stations and triggering blackouts. → Read More
Ukraine: The impact of Russia’s attacks on Zaporizhzhia
More than 30 settlements across Ukraine have been hit by Russian missile strikes in the last day, damaging civilian homes and critical infrastructure. → Read More
Fast track deportation of Albanians planned – as French police clash with people trying to cross Channel
The numbers around migration can be dizzying, the ethics always complicated, and then there's the politics. → Read More
Russia Ukraine conflict: The girl fleeing a war
Over two million have now fled the conflict in Ukraine. Over 2 million personal stories. We have been following 12-year-old Yeva and her grandmother who fled from their home in Kharkiv to escape the war in Ukraine. Yeva has been writing a diary since the conflict began. Now they’ve reached Hungary, but are preparing to set off once again for a new life in Ireland. → Read More
Russia Ukraine conflict: Inside a refugee centre as 1.3 million flee Russian invasion
The UK’s Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal for Ukraine has now raised more than £85 million. They have urged people to donate money rather than goods so it can be used most effectively by their teams on the borders and inside Ukraine. More than 1.3 million people have now fled Ukraine – most of them women and children. We went to a refugee centre on the border. → Read More
NEW: Former Ukrainian MP denies Russia plot
A former MP in Ukraine has told this programme he could sue the British Foreign Office after it said the Kremlin was plotting to install him as a pro-Moscow leader in Ukraine. → Read More
English Channel deaths: Children and pregnant woman among victims
Twenty-seven people lost their lives making the perilous journey across the Channel yesterday. → Read More
Around 50 arrested in Poland as Belarus migrants try to cross border
Up to 50 migrants have been arrested in Poland as they tried to cross the border from Belarus, according to police, who said they feared that much larger crowds of people were preparing to break through. → Read More
At least six shot dead by guards at migrant detention centre in Libya, say UN officials
At least six people have been shot dead by guards at a migrant detention centre in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, according to United Nations officials, after yesterday’s mass breakout by hundreds of people. → Read More
Met Police under fire for advising women stopped by lone officer to ‘wave down a bus’
The police watchdog is investigating five serving Met officers who are accused of sharing what are described as "discriminatory and inappropriate" WhatsApp messages with Sarah Everard's murderer Wayne Couzens. → Read More
US airstrike in Kabul targets suicide bomber
The US claims it's averted another "imminent threat" to Kabul airport → Read More
British Afghans call on western nations for support in London rally
Hundreds of British based Afghans – many of whom escaped Taliban rule more than twenty years ago – joined a rally in central London – flying the Afghan flag and calling on Western nations to do more to restore peace in the country. Many of them still have relatives in Afghanistan and say their lives are in danger. → Read More
Charlie Watts: Rolling Stones drummer dies at 80
He was one of the greatest drummers the rock world has known. → Read More
Northern Ireland deputy First Minister calls for calm, amid tensions over loyalist bonfires
Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill has appealed for calm, amid tensions over loyalist bonfires marking the eve of the Twelfth of July parades. → Read More
Pro-democracy protesters clash with police over the killing of a student in Eswatini
A curfew has been imposed in Eswatini, after days of violent clashes between security forces and pro-democracy protesters, leaving dozens of people dead and injured. → Read More
43 people feared dead as boat capsizes on the Mediterranean
At least 43 people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying migrants across the Mediterranean capsized. → Read More
100 years on: How do today’s Loyalist teenagers see their Northern Irish identity?
The Queen has hailed the continued peace in Northern Ireland as a credit to its people - in a message marking a hundred years since its creation. → Read More