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Fighting and drone strikes in northern Ethiopia are pushing the country's fragile health system towards collapse, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported in a statement released on Monday that the conflict between rebels from the northern Tigray region and the government in Addis Ababa had killed several civilians in recent days and strained medical facilities. At least 15 people, several of them children, died in a series of drone strikes that hit a camp for displaced civilians in Ethiopia's Amhara region on Friday, sources involved in a rescue operation told the Reuters news agency. Tedros, the world's highest-profile Tigrayan, confirmed that children were among those reported to be killed at the Jaari 2 displacement camp in Amhara. In Rama, in neighbouring Tigray, several people were killed while seeking food.

The trusts said that the Palantir system was either not live or they were not using any of its applications. The trusts said that the Palantir system was either not live or they were not using any of its applications. Exclusive: Gap between NHS claim and trusts' comments described as'very misleading' by senior health official Mon 2 Nov 2026 05.19 ESTLast modified on Mon 2 Nov 2026 05.31 EST More than two dozen hospital trusts the NHS claims have benefited from Palantir's medical data platform are not using all or most of the AI-powered technology, the Guardian can reveal. The 29 hospital trusts that NHS England publicly lists as "realising benefits" from the controversial £330m federated data platform (FDP) have said the system is not live or they are not using any of its applications. The apparent gap between the NHS claim and the trusts' understanding was described as "very misleading" by one senior health official.

'It took years to get pain-relieving surgery - I hope a robot means others won't have to wait' Like thousands of women in Northern Ireland, Colleen Crothers waited decades for medical help to treat chronic endometriosis - and, now thanks to an all-island first, she's hoping her long road will be a thing of the past. Robotic surgery came too late for me, she said. I hope other women won't have to wait as long. She is talking about a new breakthrough for female patients in Northern Ireland - the Da Vinci gynae robot at Belfast City Hospital. Operated by humans, the robot's wrists can twist and turn in tight pelvic spaces and it is said to be more precise at complex surgery than a human hand because it is steadier.

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Senators Demand to Know if Dr. Oz Collaborated With Election Denial Groups A far-right campaign claiming leftists are stealing votes from nursing home residents has centered on changing guidance from Mehmet Oz's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. With a week to go before the midterms, a group of Democratic senators are demanding that Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), share communications his department may have had with far-right groups promoting a baseless conspiracy theory about left-wing groups stealing votes from residents of nursing homes. In July, Oz's agency issued a memo rescinding previous guidance on how staff at nursing homes could help residents to vote by assisting with mail-in voting or transporting residents to polling locations. The memo replaced that guidance with threats of prosecution if staff "engage in inappropriate coercion or other violations of residents' rights." Referring to this memo, election denial groups last month began to boost claims that voter fraud was happening inside care facilities.

How Venezuela's earthquake amputees adapt to life without limbs Experts say recovery for earthquake survivors will likely be a lifelong endeavour, given the physical and mental toll of the June 24 tragedy. Share How Venezuela's earthquake amputees adapt to life without limbs on social media Ricardo Contreras's new leg rests on a wooden countertop. More than four months after twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, the 24-year-old is still recovering from his injuries. When he was trapped beneath the rubble on the night of June 24, he waited hours to be rescued. His left leg had been pinned beneath a fallen door frame, limiting its blood circulation.

UK to invest £100m in'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab The UK says it will establish a national AI Biosecurity Lab (AIBL) to help strengthen its defences against emerging biological threats. As part of Wednesday's Budget, the government will commit £100m to establishing the new, world first institute with the support of leading AI firms. The chancellor will also pledge millions of pounds in spending across a range of initiatives aimed at shoring up the UK's ability to respond to evolving cyber, biological and AI-enabled threats. AI will transform daily life: every firm, community, hospital, school, and every aspect of our economy can benefit, John Healey said. I understand and share the concerns of working people, so I am setting out a distinctively British approach to AI.

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