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The IPC declared famine in areas of Gaza, including Gaza City, on 22 August 2025. This is the latest in a series of dire warnings about the humanitarian situation on the ground.
With 470,000 people facing starvation and an IPC-backed famine declared in parts of Gaza, unimpeded humanitarian aid access is desperately needed. But how will it get delivered?
News and updates about the 2025 Pakistan floods. What’s happening and how the Red Cross is supporting those affected.
Find out what help you can get from the British Red Cross as a refugee, asylum seeker or vulnerable migrant in the UK.
Read the story of one mother, Ghada, who gave birth to her daughter at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Gaza and learn of the dangers her new-born baby faces.
Responding to the NHS 10-year plan, Lisa Hollins, British Red Cross UK executive director said: “We welcome the focus on health inequalities and neighbourhood health centres. Our teams see first-hand ...
Magen David Adom in Israel and the Iranian Red Crescent Society are helping people caught up in hostilities in the region.
A British Red Cross volunteer from Epsom who has spent 40 years with the organisation has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the King’s Birthday Honours.
Read our statment on the UK Government's plans to, by the end of this Parliament, end the use of hotels for people seeking asylum.
The British Red Cross has struck gold at its debut at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, in the small show garden category. The British Red Cross ‘Here for Humanity’ Garden, designed by multi-RHS medallists ...
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