WHO reports that hospitals in Taiz, Yemen, are near collapse due to critical shortages of fuel, oxygen, medicines and supplies. In Taiz city alone, 42 health facilities report acute shortages; more than 1,110 kidney failure patients need daily dialysis, 192 patients are in intensive care, and 154 newborns are in incubators. Hospitals and ambulances need over 156,000 litres of fuel per month. The crisis follows renewed fighting and displacement: more than 256,000 people have fled since August, with Taiz a major origin and destination.
Houthi forces have encircled Taiz and cut the main supply route from Aden, blocking humanitarian aid and essential supplies. Fuel shortages also threaten water pumping, sanitation, oxygen production, ambulances and vaccine cold chains, raising the risk of cholera and other diseases.
WHO says 42 health facilities in Taiz city are reporting acute shortages of fuel, oxygen, medicines and supplies; more than 1,110 dialysis patients, 192 ICU patients and 154 newborns in incubators need daily care, and hospitals need over 156,000 litres of fuel a month. This is a promotional description of AP's documentary; no factual claim needing a check.
The Guardian reports Andy Burnham vowed the UK will hit net zero despite the Jackdaw gasfield approval, pledging to block new North Sea licences.
The Guardian reports the UK government will create an AI “Cobra” unit to spot wildfires after the country's hottest-ever summer, with funding for protective gear and military aircraft.
The Guardian reports Raye won the 2026 Mercury Prize for her album “This Music May Contain Hope.”
The Guardian, citing Hollywood Reporter and Variety, reports finalists including Callum Turner and Jack Lowden will screen-test for the next James Bond role in Denis Villeneuve's installment.
BThe WHO says hospitals in Taiz, Yemen, are near collapse — 42 facilities in the city alone reporting acute shortages of fuel, oxygen, medicine.
BAnd the numbers behind that are brutal. Over eleven hundred dialysis patients need daily treatment. A hundred ninety-two in intensive care. A hundred fifty-four newborns in incubators.
BThe Houthis have had Taiz under siege for years, but the UN human rights chief says closing the only supply route from Aden is putting civilians at grave risk.
BThis is the part that gets me — hospitals need over 156,000 litres of fuel a month just to keep the lights on and the oxygen flowing. They're not getting it.
BWHO says twelve hospitals had about four days of fuel left. Oxygen cylinders in what they call a daily deficit.
BAnd it's not just the hospitals. Fuel shortages hit water pumping, sanitation, vaccine cold chains. Oxfam says the city is running out of water and fresh food.
BMore than 256,000 people have fled since August, and Taiz is both a major origin and destination. People are fleeing into a city that can't care for them.
BI keep thinking about the dialysis patients. If the fuel runs out, those machines stop. It's not a slow crisis for them — it's days.
BAnd the Houthis know exactly what they're doing. This isn't collateral damage. It's a weapon.
BThat's the argument the UN is making — that blocking aid is a deliberate act. Volker Türk demanded immediate access. The Houthis haven't budged.
BStaying in Britain: the next James Bond may finally be close. Reports say finalists screen-test this week.
BCallum Turner and Jack Lowden are in the mix for Denis Villeneuve's installment. That's a serious director taking on Bond.
BVilleneuve doing Bond is the most interesting part of this. He doesn't do quippy. He does dread and scale.
BWhich is exactly what Bond needs after the last few. Less winking, more weight.
BThe Guardian says the screen tests are happening this weekend, citing Hollywood Reporter and Variety. No official word yet on who's got it.
BI'd put money on Lowden. He's got that quiet intensity. But Turner's got the charm.
BYou're not putting money on anything. We don't do that here.
BFine. I'll just say I'm curious.
BOne more from the UK: Andy Burnham is vowing Britain will hit net zero despite approving the Jackdaw gasfield.
BThat's a tough needle to thread. You approve a new gasfield, but you promise to block new North Sea licences and stay on track for net zero.
BHe says his determination is unwavering, and he's framing it as making the transition work for Britain.
BI get the politics — energy security, jobs, not wanting to be seen as anti-worker. But the climate doesn't care about your messaging.
BThe counterargument is that gas is a bridge fuel while renewables scale up. You can't just switch off the grid.
BBut every new gasfield locks in emissions for decades. That's not a bridge, that's a destination.
BAnd yet he's also announcing an AI unit to spot wildfires after the hottest summer on record. He's trying to do both.
BThat's the tension. You're fighting the fires while approving the fuel. I don't know how you square that.
BHe'd say you square it by being honest about the transition — it's messy, it's gradual, and you don't abandon people along the way.
BI'll give him this: at least he's not pretending the gasfield is green. He's owning the contradiction.
BThat's more than most politicians do. But the test is whether the net zero target actually holds.
BAnd whether the AI wildfire unit is real or just a shiny announcement. We'll see.