Middle East
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Area | 7208 |
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| Population | 371 million (2010) |
| Countries | Israel |
| Iran | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| Turkey | |
| Egypt | |
| Syria | |
| Iraq | |
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| ID | 405649 |
About Middle East
The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey, and Egypt. Saudi Arabia is geographically the largest Middle Eastern nation while Bahrain is the smallest. The corresponding adjective is Middle Eastern and the derived noun is Middle Easterner.
Israel-Gaza: UK launches surveillance flights to find Hamas hostages
...By Ruth ComerfordBBC NewsThe UK will carry out unarmed surveillance flights over the Middle East to search for Hamas hostage locations, the Ministry of Defence says...
British soldier killed off duty in Kenya
... He was commissioned from Sandhurst in August 2014 and was deployed in Europe, the Middle East, the Falklands and Africa...
Bowen: US sets clearer red lines for Israel as ceasefire ends
... A new Palestinian refugee crisis would be another dangerous and desperate moment for the Middle East...
Mia Schem: Wounded festival-goer in Hamas hostage video freed
... Speaking on his third visit to the Middle East since the war broke out last month, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he wanted to see the truce extended...
Dr Martens shares plunge after profit warning
... The company said in its results that widespread caution among Dr Martens wholesale customers had resulted in a " weaker order book than in prior years" but added that trade in recent weeks in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific had improved...
Henry Kissinger: Divisive diplomat who towered over world affairs
... He became a powerful critic of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton s foreign policy, arguing the presidents wanted too fast a leap towards peace in the Middle East...
Royal Navy sends second warship to Gulf
...By Jonathan BealeDefence correspondentThe UK is to send a second warship to the Gulf, in response to rising tensions in the Middle East...
Burlington, Vermont, shootings leave one troubling question: Why?
... The following day, prosecutors said, he started an argument about the Middle East and attacked his lodgers, Hanaan Shahin and her son Wadea Al-Fayoume...
Coronavirus: Captain Tom Moore's £23m in the NHS-fundraising
A 99-year-old War Veteran , was left "speechless" after raising More Than £23m for the NHS. to increase
captain Tom Moore originally directed, £1,000 for NHS Charities Together through the completion of the 100-round his garden before his 100th birthday.
The Duke of Cambridge, welcomed him as a "one-man fundraising machine."
His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said: "There are no more words to say. We can not believe that people for his generosity, and he is just floored by him. "
'A list celebrity'the Ms Ingram-Moore continued: "We are all speechless. There is no Two Weeks ago, since this started. We work to support our socks off, and to him this phenomenon.
"Yesterday, we have 35 interviews and another 17 today, but the Yorkshireman takes everything in his stride.
"He is A celebrity. I'm just the sidekick. "
More Than A Million people have now donated the money to his JustGiving page.
And More Than half A Million people have for Capt Tom will be knighted in a petition to the honors Committee.
The petition, which earlier This Week received More Than 680,000 signatures has, after his efforts, grabbed The Nation 's attention.
Prime Minister , Boris Johnson has said he is looking for opportunities to recognize his "heroic efforts".
As he on Thursday, that increases said About £14m, Capt Tom, it was "an absolutely fantastic sum of money".
In a He Said he would do, "to talk less walk" but on Friday wanted to, the TV channels in the United States , Argentina, Europe and the Middle East .
Speaking on BBC Radio 2 , He Said the money was "absolutely huge" and "very difficult to imagine". He also thanked all who had donated, for their support.
"I say Thank You . I guess it is because the object for which we donate is so important and so necessary. I think you are all so kind and considerate to contribute to this thing," He Said .
in total, are a covert donation to The Duke of Cambridge, the, recorded with The Duchess of Cambridge, a special video message for the veterans.
Capt Tom served in India and Burma during the second World WarPrince William said: "It is amazing, and I also love that he has a 99-year-old war vet.
"It's been a long time, he knows everything and it is wonderful that everyone was inspired by his story and his determination.
"He's a one-man fundraising machine, and God Knows what will be The Final sum. But good on him, and I hope it lasts. "
In response, Capt Tom said: "It is absolutely amazing that my super Prince can Say Something like that. "
He also said it was "a moment we will never forget".
captain Tom, originally from Keighley in West Yorkshire , has seemingly.
Keighley has the city Council that it is "in honor of the fundraising hero" with the freedom of the city.
Capt Tom with grandson Benji, daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and granddaughter, Georgiacaptain Tom started to thank the procurement of funds, the NHS staff who helped him with the treatment for cancer and a broken hip.
With the help of a Walker, he completed the 100-lap 25-metre (82ft) - loop in his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, in the 10-round pieces before his birthday on 30 April.
the NHS, charity organisations, said it was inspired "really humiliated" by his efforts.
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