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Residents of Mississippi's capital prepare for flooding

Some Jackson residents are moving belongings out of their homes while others are stocking up on sandbags in anticipation of the Pearl River flooding Mississippi’s capital city

The Independent UK

Dutch agencies help migrants sleeping outside crowded camp

Aid agencies are tending to hundreds of migrants camped in sweltering heat outside an overcrowded asylum-seekers center ín the Netherlands

The Independent UK

Cruel man jailed for murdering heroic rescue dogs with poisonous sausages

A man has become the first person in Mexico to be jailed for animal abuse charges after being found guilty of killing two brave dogs who worked for the Red Cross rescue team in Querétaro

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Government should chip in to help Ukraine Family Scheme members, charity says

The British Red Cross has been supporting Ukrainian refugees since their arrival earlier this year.

The Independent UK

Kyiv’s apparent return to normality is deceptive on eve of independence day

Celebrations commemorating freedom from Soviet rule have been banned in Ukrainian city as spectre of war looms large

The Guardian - UK

Volunteers in Ukraine Are Stepping Up Where the Government Is Failing

"It was learning by doing," says one ambulance driver. "Most things that happen here are done by volunteers, not government officials."

Reason

Resume aid to Taliban-run Afghanistan, Red Cross urges

The Red Cross on Monday appealed to states and donors to set aside their political objections to the Taliban and resume aid flows to Afghanistan's state institutions to ease an "unbearable" humanitarian situation there.

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Love Letters Reveal Heartbreak Of Separation For WWII Couple

Their son discovered the letters and later on published a book based on them.

Zenger

Deaths of young recruits cast a shadow on Cuba’s claimed victory over Matanzas fire

One wanted to be a neurosurgeon and was a Real Madrid soccer fan. Another one loved to play basketball. A third one liked to pose for selfies to show off his tattoos.

Miami Herald

As Cuba struggles to put out oil tank fire, questions about disaster response mount

Cuban authorities were still struggling Monday to contain a raging fire at an oil storage facility at the port of Matanzas, after new explosions spread the flames to other oil tanks, raising questions about the country’s disaster preparedness and its ongoing energy crisis.

Miami Herald

‘Absolute evil’: inside the Russian prison camp where dozens of Ukrainians burned to death

Entrepreneur Anna Vorosheva accuses Moscow of murder after spending 100 days in the Olenivka detention centre

The Guardian - UK

Relatives of POWs call on Red Cross to help find loved ones

Relatives of prisoners of war taken captive by Russia after the fall of Azovstal steel plant are calling for answers a week on from a prison attack in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine that reportedly killed dozens

The Independent UK

Ukrainian officials press for information on prison attack

Ukrainian officials say they are struggling to establish the truth surrounding an explosion that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured by the Russians following the fall of Mariupol

The Independent UK

As Russia and Ukraine trade blame for prisoner-of-war deaths, what becomes of the Geneva Convention?

The deaths of more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war last week is not only an apparent war crime, but also another sign the situation is becoming a race to the bottom when it comes to international law and conventions.

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Reuters

Red Cross renews appeal to visit site of Ukrainian POW attack

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has not yet received permission to visit the site of Friday's attack that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war, it said on Sunday, condemning the incident at the Olenivka facility.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelensky Urges Evacuation of Ukraine's Frontline Donetsk

Ukraine's president urged civilians on Saturday to evacuate the frontline Donetsk region, the scene of fierce clashes with the Russian military, as Kyiv called on the Red Cross and UN to gain access to its soldiers being held by Moscow's forces. The eastern Donetsk region has faced the brunt of…

France 24

Ukraine’s Mykolaiv hit by heavy Russian strikes

Authorities in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv said Sunday that widespread Russian bombardments overnight had left at least one person dead, as Moscow continued to pummel the sprawling front line. Earlier, Russia invited United Nations and Red Cross experts to probe the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners held by…

Reuters

Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon; drone hits Russian naval base

Russian missiles pounded the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, killing the owner of a major grain exporter, while a drone strike on Russia's Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol was launched from within the city in a "terrorist attack," a Russian lawmaker said.

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Reuters

Russia says it has invited U.N., Red Cross experts to probe jail deaths

Russia has invited experts from the United Nations and the Red Cross to probe the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners in a jail held by Moscow-backed separatists, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine to ship grain for first time since Russia invasion amid food shortage fears

The country is a global exporter of grains including wheat, barley and corn prompting fears of a food shortage after Russia declared war on the country and blocked shipments

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Says Russian Attacks Hit Kharkiv, Mykolaiv

Russia launched nighttime attacks on several cities in Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said Saturday as they and officials in Moscow blamed each other for the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war in a separatist-controlled area of the country's east. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United Nations and the…

The Independent UK

Red Cross requests access to Ukraine prison after POWS die

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross have a duty to react after an attack on a prison complex killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war

The Independent UK

Ukraine urges UN and Red Cross to investigate prisoner of war deaths after rocket strike

Volodymyr Zelenksy says attack was a ‘deliberate Russian war crime’

Reuters

Ukraine demands U.N., Red Cross react immediately react to killing of POWs

Ukraine's security agencies on Friday demanded the United Nations and Red Cross immediately react to killing of prisoners of war in a Russian-held jail, noting the two bodies had given guarantees the detainees would be well treated.

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t know if they are alive’: anguish of Tigrayan families cut off by telecom shutdown

The ‘partial blockade’ of the war-torn Ethiopian region has added to Tigrayans’ fears and distress

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