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An Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut in October.

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A Palestinian boy mourns relatives killed in Israeli missile strikes in the central Gaza Strip last month (Picture: Eyad Baba)

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Palestinian civilians evacuate the area following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City in October last year (Picture: Mahmud Hams)

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Projectiles are intercepted by Israel above Tel Aviv as air raid sirens sound a day after the army launched ground operations into southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah positions.

Iran launches barrage of missiles at Israel as conflict escalates

Former first minister Humza Yousaf and wife Councillor Nadia El-Nakla.

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Plumes of smoke rise from the sites of Israeli airstrikes near the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin (Picture: Kawnat Haju)

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A woman reacts at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in the town of Maisara, north of Beirut

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Smoke billows from a site targeted by Israeli shelling in the southern Lebanese village of Zaita (Picture: Mahmoud Zayat/AFP via Getty Images)

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference, at the ACC Liverpool. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

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Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the border. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Israel strikes Lebanon as pager attacks a 'declaration of war'

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Kye Rowles celebrates his first goal in Australia colours.

Hearts and St Mirren duo have landmark moments for Australia in win over Lebanon

Hibs' Martin Boyle goes down injured after colliding with Rangers' John Souttar.

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Israel has claimed that it is not responsible for an airstrike on the al Alhi Hospital in Gaza which killed at least 500 people, with Israeli officials instead placing blame on the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Credit: Getty Images)

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Israeli police stand around a car involved in an attack in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Two British-Israeli sisters die in gun attack in surge in West Bank violence

Emergency response teams, isolation centres and treatment tents have been set up by the Ugandan health authorities around the central Mubende district after 17 recorded deaths and 48 confirmed cases from an outbreak of the Ebola virus. The first death from this outbreak of the Ebola-Sudan strain of the virus was announced on 19 September and as yet, there is no vaccine for this strain.

UNCHR unable to supply soap to prevent Ebola spread due to funding gap

This satellite photo provided by Planet Labs PBC shows the Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni, center with white masts, docked at the port in Odesa, Ukraine. Picture: Planet Labs PBC via AP

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Suzan al-Daher, from Syria, has been separated from her two adult daughters and grandchildren.

Refugees in Scotland: ‘We just want to be together again'

Joe Bilan carried out over 30 structural inspections in two weeks in Beirut.

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Basama Hamaedh with husband Azzam Al Hussain and children Fatima, Hoda, Aisha and Abbas came to Edinburgh a year ago.

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Maggie Tookey and Nabil Khallouf at Edinburgh Direct Aid's workshop in Beirut.

The Scots charity and the Syrian refugees helping to rebuild Beirut

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Beirut falls silent to remember those killed in explosion

Organisations like the Lebanese Red Cross are helping victims in Beruit. (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Norrie McKay plans to step down as KCA Deutag CEO later this year, with Joseph Elkhoury taking the reins from 1 July. Picture: Newsline Scotland

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Left to right: Lubna Akbar, Charlotte Gibson, Helen Watson, Stefy Bouchagiar, Erica Brooks, Nora Washbourne and Ed Watson. Picture: Neil Hanna

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Hibs winger Martin Boyle scores twice for Australia

Martin Boyle celebrates scoring a goal with team-mate Milon Degenek. Picture: Getty

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Martin Boyle celebrates scoring his first goal for Australia. Picture: Getty

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Denis Rutovitz, 90, will complete two 10km runs to help Syrian refugees. Picture: Jon Savage

Edinburgh aid worker, 90, runs 20km to help Syrian refugees

Syrian refugee families arrive at their new homes on the Isle of Bute in December last year. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Syrian refugees in Scotland '˜much happier' than those in England

US President Trump vowed to respond "forcefully" to Saturday's chemical weapons attack on civilians. Picture: AFP/Getty

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