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Day: October 29, 2023
Thousands of people marched in London on Saturday to show their solidarity with the Palestinians and demand an end to the Israeli attacks on Gaza and accountability of Israel’s War Crimes.
The protesters, who were estimated to number over 100,000 by the organizers, waved Palestinian flags and banners, chanted slogans, and called for a ceasefire and an end to the occupation.
The march started at Marble Arch and ended at Downing Street, where the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lives. Some protesters clashed with the police near Downing Street and 10 people were arrested for various offenses.
The protest was part of a nationwide campaign by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other groups to raise awareness and pressure the British government to take action.
Protesters urged UK government to stop supporting Israel’s war crimes and as participatory of the Palestinians‘ genocides.
Similar protests were held in other cities across the UK, such as Glasgow, Manchester, and Birmingham.
Schools will move to an online regime starting Monday in Ukraine’s central city of Vinnytsia after a hepatitis A outbreak sent scores of children and adults to the hospital, the country’s chief sanitary official said over the weekend.
“The main thing now is to establish the center of the outbreak and the causes in order to stop the spread of the viral hepatitis A among the population as soon as possible,” Chief Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Ihor Kuzin wrote on Facebook on Saturday.
Kuzin, who also serves as Ukraine’s deputy health minister, said 141 people in the city and the region were in a hospital. Vinnytsia, which had a pre-war population of around 370,000, is the administrative center of the Vinnytsia region in central Ukraine.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hepatitis A is a highly contagious, short-term liver infection that can be spread through close personal contact or eating contaminated food or drink.
People who get hepatitis A may feel sick for a few weeks to several months but usually recover fully, unless they are in a higher risk group or have pre-existing health conditions.
“So far, there is no single cause of the outbreak,” Kuzin said. “We are analyzing the centers of spread and are working with the population, in particular to establish a circle of contact persons.”