Evening Standard • 12th October 2023

Israel festival massacre: Two cousins party together but only one returned home

Many of them had served in the Israeli military, as is compulsory for over-18s in the country, and had been trained to identify different guns by the sound of their shooting. They used these skills to guide them towards the IDF, where they would be safe.

He described “feeling all the emotions you can feel right now” but is said he is “trying to smile and not be sad because it’s not the time to be sad, we need to be strong now – all the Israelis and Jews of the world”.

Metro.co.uk • 8th October 2023

'I still sleep with the lights on': How domestic abuse victims are being failed

Kate can still recall how long and hard she thought about how to tackle a day she knew would be difficult.

But she could never have envisaged how it would turn out to be one of the worst of her life.

She was meeting with her ex to try and amicably discuss ways he could safely see their child. So Kate made the decision to see him in a pub with an outside area so they would be in a public space.

Picking one near her home – so it was familiar to her – she asked a friend to wait at the house in c

Metro.co.uk • 15th April 2023

One victim shares the aftermath of being failed by the criminal justice system

‘It’s like being hit by a truck’: One victim shares the aftermath of being failed by the criminal justice system

‘It’s like being hit by a truck’: One victim shares the aftermath of being failed by the criminal justice system

‘It’s almost a blank because your body and your mind don’t really want to hang on to when you feel horrible.’

She had no sleep the night before and when she came home she ‘basically collapsed’.

‘The idea of even walking to a restaurant around the corner was too far away

Metro.co.uk • 9th July 2023

Asylum seeker tormented by fears for family who 'don't want to die'

‘All they keep saying is that they want to live, they don’t want to die. They are really scared for their lives.’

These are the words that repeat in Sami Ahmad’s mind every day, as he grows more and more desperate to get his mum and two sisters out of the war raging through Sudan.

‘They don’t have anything – they don’t have anybody to feed them or look after them. It’s really, really bad.’

The 40-year-old dad managed to bring his wife and four children to the UK in January last year in a bid

Metro.co.uk • 13th November 2021

What you need to know about the war taking thousands of lives in Ethiopia

Over the last year, hundreds of thousands of people in Ethiopia have died and more than two million people have lost their homes.

Because of the last year, there are currently more than 100,000 children at risk of starving to death. In total, more than 5.2 million people need emergency help.

These figures, published by the Council of Foreign Relations, are the result of a conflict which has seen reports of civilians being murdered by government soldiers, ‘ethnic cleaning campaigns’, sexual vio

Metro.co.uk • 19th February 2023

Meet the women shaping the future of Saudi Arabia's music scene

‘I want to empower other women to be who they are and do what they want to do.

‘Any time I’m on stage I get messages from young ladies, and sometimes even older women, saying thank you.’

This is what Loulwa, one of Saudi Arabia’s most successful blues and soul singers, told Metro.co.uk about finally being able to perform freely on stage.

Up until very recently, artists had to rely on an underground scene to play music for live audiences.

Concerts were banned in the conservative country, with

Metro.co.uk • 17th July 2021

'I was asked if I was a witch and made to feel stupid' says alleged rape victim

A mum said taking her alleged rapist to trial was ‘worse than anything you’ve seen in films’ after lawyers left her traumatised.

A woman called Eve spoke to Metro.co.uk about how she feels the system treats possible victims of sexual assault. She claimed she was made to feel stupid, and was left ‘retraumatised’.

‘I almost felt like I was on trial,’ she said. ‘It was as if I had done something. That’s how it came across.

‘Everything I did to save my life was used against me by the defence.’

O

Metro.co.uk • 13th February 2022

Africa finally has Covid jabs - so why are vaccine rates so low?

African countries were among the last to receive Covid-19 vaccines after the majority of the world’s supply went to nations rich enough to negotiate directly with manufacturers.

By the time the UK was rolling out its booster programme last September, only 1.6% of Kenya’s population was fully vaccinated, with doctors turning people away because they had no jabs.

Developing countries slowly started getting enough doses to begin their own inoculation drives, but WHO figures estimate only 7.5% of

Metro.co.uk • 24th November 2022

Faces of some of the thousands of migrants who died since Qatar got World Cup

Sweltering in 40°C heat on ’75p wages’, the lives of migrant workers in Qatar have been thrust into the spotlight as the World Cup begins.

Amnesty International believes many of them have been exploited and overworked, with labourers often going ‘weeks’ without any days off.

Five of these men, between the ages of 32 and 40, died suddenly, according to the human rights group.

Sujan Miah, from Bangladesh, was found dead in his bed by his colleagues on September 24, 2020.

The 32-year-old had be

Metro.co.uk • 3rd September 2022

Shocking transcripts reveal how groomers are sexually abusing children

The shocking transcripts that reveal how groomers sexually abuse children in their own rooms

The shocking transcripts that reveal how groomers sexually abuse children in their own rooms

Offender: Don’t pay me and I’ll keep sharing (your nudes).

Offender: Block me if you want but I will share them to your contacts and school. So should I share them then?

Offender: Ok I’ll ruin your life then. Bye!

Teenage boy: You already sent it to people?

Teenage boy: I don’t even know what you want!!!!