my father is a highly respected nhs doctor of more than 30 years. he travelled to sudan to celebrate eid with our extended family, but he was caught off guard by the war. and on thursday, the 20th of april, the day before, my dad s car was ambushed and my father sustained a bullet injury while trying to move my sister and our vulnerable grandmother to a safer location. his mobility is limited and he is currently being cared for by my sister. and if you saw the car where the gunshots were made, it s a miracle that actually he s still alive and he urgently needs medical attention and his wound care is suboptimal. my sister has been using pillowcases as pressure on his wounds because they cannot access hospitals and so on. what has the foreign office said to you about supporting your family and bringing them home? i have been in contact with the foreign office and they ve stated that they can only evacuate british citizens and their immediate family members. this policy doesn t
After weeks of controversy, Luis Rubiales has resigned as president of the spanish football federation. It follows weeks of pressure for him to resign, after he kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips after spains victory over england in last months world cup final. Hermoso said the kiss was not consensual. The spanish football journalist and author Guillem Balague gave me his view of how people are reacting to the resignation. Generally of celebration. At the same time, quiet celebration, because this should be the beginning of something, or at least the continuation of something. When the 81 female players decided not to join the National Team next when they get called up, said they wanted the directors to actually be removed from the federation. They werent just talking about Luis Rubiales, they were talking about systemic discrimination against women. Theres so many examples. The assembly that decides everything in the federation, 43 members, only seven women, and it goes on and on and on
Britain s GMB trade union said on Thursday more than a thousand workers at two Amazon fulfilment centres in England would take strike action in early August in an ongoing pay dispute.