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Life trapped in Rafah between Egypt border and Israeli forces
Israeli bombardment of the Gaza strip has forced more than 1.3 million Palestinians to shelter in camps in Rafah in the very south, on the border with Egypt.
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Inside Gaza: Palestinians forced south to Egyptian border
Although we can’t get into Gaza ourselves, the Palestinian filmmaker Yousef Hammash – who also works for the Norwegian Refugee Council – has been filming there for this programme.
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31 premature babies who were evacuated from al-Shifa hospital permitted to enter Egypt
Some people did get out of Gaza in the last 24 hours – dozens of premature babies have been permitted to enter Egypt.
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Controversial Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed dies at 94
Charming, extraordinary, flawed, vindictive. Some of the words used to describe Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed, who has died at the age of 94.
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UN COP27 Climate summit opens in Egypt with warning of ‘catastrophe’
The UN climate summit COP27 has opened in Egypt. Negotiators have agreed for the first time to formally discuss whether vulnerable countries which have already suffered loss and damage from climate change should be paid compensation by rich countries whose emissions caused the problem.
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Family’s plea to save British-Egyptian activist ahead of COP27
As global leaders descend on Sharm-El-Sheik for COP 27, the family of a British Egyptian activist are appealing to them to speak out as they fear he may die in prison.
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Sunak U-turn: PM will attend COP27 in Egypt
Rishi Sunak has said he will be going to the COP27 environment summit in Egypt next week – after originally saying he wouldn’t.
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Egypt pro-democracy activist on hunger strike in jail
The British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd El-Fattah was sentenced for a post he made on Facebook, and has spent most of the last decade in prison.
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Egyptian mediator teams hold talks with Israel and Hamas to shore up ceasefire
Two teams of Egyptian mediators are holding talks to shore up the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, after eleven days of bombardment.
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Ancient Egyptian artefact found in cigar box in Aberdeen
It’s the archeologist’s equivalent of finding a £5 note down the back of the sofa, but on a much bigger scale. Step forward assistant curator Abeer Eladany, doing a stock take in the vaults of the University of Aberdeen when she found an old cigar box with a 5,000-year-old Egyptian surprise.
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Three leading human rights activists arrested in Egypt as security forces crackdown
Under arrest, accused of joining a terror group and spreading false news, three of Egypt’s leading human rights activists are now being detained as security forces step up their crackdown against civil rights groups.
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The life and tragic death of Egyptian LGBT activist Sarah Hegazi
The story of Egypt – of hope and promise giving way to oppression and fear – was brought into sharp focus with the death of one prominent LGBT activist.
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Former Egypt President Morsi dies in court
Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi has died after collapsing during a court session, his family have confirmed.
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Two deaths in a Thomas Cook Hotel lead to evacuation in Egypt
The daughter of a couple who died while at an Egyptian hotel complex has said she believes something suspicious caused their deaths. John and Susan Cooper died within hours of each other at the five-star Aqua Magic Hotel in Hurghada. The hotel said they died from natural causes and Egyptian authorites say their deaths were caused by circulation problems…
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Egypt death toll tops 300
Egyptian officials say 27 children were among those killed at a mosque in the northern Sinai peninsula. Egypt says its warplanes struck vehicles used by the attackers.
