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British Israeli families are anxiously waiting to hear if their loved ones will be released during the ceasefire. Getty

British hostages’ families wait for news of releases as Israel approves ceasefire

Hamas has agreed to free three female hostages on Sunday and a further 30 over the next six weeks

Millionaires head for UAE as they quit UK amid tax hikes

An inquiry is being launched to examine the treatment of migrants at a processing centre in the UK.

Asylum seekers win funding for inquiry into 'appalling' overcrowded UK immigration centre

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People celebrate the ceasefire agreement in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP

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Mark Shrime. Photo: Mercy Ships

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Zaid Al-Qassab, chief executive officer of M&C Saatchi Plc, before a Bloomberg Television interview in London. Bloomberg

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Hanan Issa. Photo: Camera Sioned / Literature Wales

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Robert Mardini had many guises at the ICRC, including regional director of the Near and Middle East for seven years, but each role was always much more than just a job. Photo: Shutterstock

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From his desk overlooking Tuborg Harbour near Copenhagen, Novo Holdings chief executive Kasim Kutay manages the assets of the world’s wealthiest enterprise entity, the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Photo: Novo Holdings

Why boss of Ozempic parent company revels in his Arab-British heritage

Memories of the community in the block where he grew up while military conflict reigned outside left an indelible mark on the young Habib Haddad's consciousness that was to inform his life's work. Photo: Habib Haddad

Tech entrepreneur Habib Haddad's childhood lesson from war-torn Beirut

The life's work of the Lebanese-British archaeologist Claude Doumet-Serhal at the Sidon site began from a hunch as to the whereabouts of the mysterious ancient capital of the Canaanite and Phoenician people. Photo: Claude Doumet-Serhal

Arab ShowcaseArchaeologist Claude Doumet-Serhal unearthed secrets of a lost civilisation

Dr Charles Elachi. Photo: Christopher Michel / Wikimedia Commons

Arab ShowcaseCharles Elachi's stellar career from Bekaa to the great beyond

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Zaid Al-Qassab, chief executive officer of M&C Saatchi Plc, before a Bloomberg Television interview in London. Bloomberg

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Hanan Issa. Photo: Camera Sioned / Literature Wales

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Robert Mardini had many guises at the ICRC, including regional director of the Near and Middle East for seven years, but each role was always much more than just a job. Photo: Shutterstock

On a mission: How former ICRC chief found hope in darkest of times

From his desk overlooking Tuborg Harbour near Copenhagen, Novo Holdings chief executive Kasim Kutay manages the assets of the world’s wealthiest enterprise entity, the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Photo: Novo Holdings

Why boss of Ozempic parent company revels in his Arab-British heritage

Memories of the community in the block where he grew up while military conflict reigned outside left an indelible mark on the young Habib Haddad's consciousness that was to inform his life's work. Photo: Habib Haddad

Tech entrepreneur Habib Haddad's childhood lesson from war-torn Beirut

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