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The Independent • 8th March 2026

‘Israeli snipers shot my sons dead as they crawled to hospital. We deserve justice’

Israeli snipers shot and killed two brothers as they crawled towards a hospital in Gaza seeking medical help, a harrowing new investigation has found. Husam, 27 and Saad al-Aweini, 22, were carrying their wounded brother Abdullah towards Nasser Hospital when they were shot at multiple times by Israeli forces who were laying siege to the southern city of Khan Younis. Abdullah, 29, had earlier been injured by a missile strike on his home while gathering clothes for his wife and son. All three of t...
The Independent • 4th November 2025

How climate change fuelled Hurricane Melissa – and why it is only going to get worse

Hurricane Melissa tore its way through the Caribbean this week, with 185pmh winds laying waste to anything in its path.Dozens of people have died and billions of dollars worth of damage has been caused after the category 5 storm made its way through Jamaica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and the Bahamas. However, while it was dubbed the “storm of the century”, forecasters have warned it could be anything but. Experts say climate change means storms of this severity are becoming far more co...
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