Tuesday, November 21, 2023

'God help us,' says Gaza doctor as wounded Palestinians flee one hospital for the next

A man carries an injured teenage boy through a crowd. The boy is holding a blanket over his leg and making a pained expression.

As fighting centres around the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, medics are trying to move patients out of the line of fire to Nasser Hospital in the south. But a doctor there says he fears the facility will soon become a target.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/nasser-hospital-southern-gaza-doctor-1.7035541?cmp=rss

1 dead, others believed missing in Alaska landslide, authorities say

Looking from the water toward a landslide visible on the side of a mountain.

At least one person has died and others are believed missing after a large landslide ripped down a mountain near Wrangell, Alaska, during the night, authorities said Tuesday. Three homes were in the direct path of the landslide.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/alaska-landslide-wrangell-1.7035487?cmp=rss

'I don't believe that I'm alive right now': Canadian recounts perilous journey from Gaza to Egypt

Akram Al-Sabbagh is embraced by his daughter Samah as he's reunited with his family at Toronto Pearson International Airport after a perilous journey from northern Gaza to Cairo

After a perilous journey from Gaza to Egypt, which included a five-kilometre walk on foot, with his hands up as missiles exploded around him, Akram Al-Sabbagh was welcomed by his relieved family at Toronto Pearson International Airport Tuesday morning.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/akram-al-sabbagh-gaza-egypt-1.7034708?cmp=rss

Rescue efforts continue to get 41 trapped workers out of India tunnel collapse

A man in a white hard hat in a tunnel.

The first images emerged Tuesday of 41 men trapped for more than a week in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, showing them standing in the confined space and communicating with rescue workers.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-tunnel-collapse-himalayas-1.7034737?cmp=rss

BBC parks popular Top Gear show after presenter injured

A man in sunglasses, a bucket hat and a sweatshirt points on a cricket pitch.

The British version of the globally popular BBC car show Top Gear will not return for the foreseeable future, the broadcaster said, after a crash in December which left presenter Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff with serious injuries.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bbc-top-gear-andrew-freddie-flintoff-1.7034691?cmp=rss