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Biden has done more than arm Israel. He’s complicit in Gaza’s famine

An investigation by The Independent uncovers the missteps, missed opportunities and political choices made by the Biden administration that allowed a famine to take hold in northern Gaza. With access to leaked documents, testimony from current and former officials and voices from Gaza, it paints a damning picture of an entirely preventable catastrophe. By Richard Hall, Bel Trew and Andrew Feinberg.

<p>Palestinians line up to receive meals at Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, March 18, 2024. The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas.</p>

Trump on trial

<p>Michael Cohen seen in courtroom sketch as he is questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger during Donald Trump's criminal trial on May 13 2024</p>
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Loyalist. Bully. Liar: The many faces of Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen has been described as Mr Trump’s ‘fixer’, a convicted felon and a liar. Now has earned a new title as a compliant witness. Kelly Rissman and Alex Woodward report from Manhattan criminal court

abortion rights

Tennessee woman denied abortion after fetus’ ‘brain not attached’

State lawmakers ‘don’t see the mourning and the grieving that these moms’ experience after getting a heartbreaking diagnosis, Breanna Cecil tells Kelly Rissman

<p>Breanna Cecil and her husband in 2021</p>
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Tracey Emin: ‘What would I have done all these years if I was sober?’

The artist talks to Geordie Greig about the afterlife, giving up booze after her cancer diagnosis, her decision to use her millions to fund new art, and why she is still painting like a demon

<p>Emin has a knack for capturing life at its most earthy and emotionally truthful</p>
<p>US president Joe Biden meets with members of the National Security team regarding the unfolding missile attacks on Israel from Iran on 13 April 2024 in the White House Situation Room in Washington, DC</p>
POLITICS

Inside the newly-revamped White House Situation Room

Nerve centre beneath the West Wing has been the scene of many a tense moment since 1961 and its use is said to ‘reflect the personality’ of the commander-in-chief in power at the time

crime

Her husband pretended to be her stalker ex-boyfriend. Now he’s charged with her murder

Daniel Krug appeared on Thursday in a Colorado court accused of murdering his wife Kristil — but in a bizarre twist, authorities say Krug pretended to stalk his wife in order to frame her ex-boyfriend

<p>Daniel Krug on the left and his wife Kristil Krug, who he is charged with murdering</p>

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