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Published 1 hour ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Image source, Adele Johnston By Angie Brown BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter When Adele Johnston was a bodybuilder she was on gruelling diets and fitness regimes that left her hungry and exhausted all the time. The Scottish double gold bodybuilding champion’s hair began to fall out, she had bleeding gums, heart palpitations, itchy skin and painfully swollen genitals. After years of scans and painful tests it was discovered these were symptoms of early perimenopause – the…

Published 12 minutes ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Image source, Getty Images By Nadine Yousif BBC News The chief executive of the US gun lobby group the National Rifle Association (NRA) has resigned, the organisation has said. Wayne LaPierre, 74, will step down as of 31 January after leading the NRA for more than three decades. His resignation comes days before a New York civil trial, in which he and other senior leaders are accused of misusing NRA funds. In a statement, Mr LaPierre said…

Published 49 minutes ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Image source, IDF The UN says a new land route has been used to deliver food to northern Gaza for the first time in three weeks. The Israeli military said six lorries from the World Food Programme crossed via a gate in the Gaza border fence. Tuesday night’s delivery was “part of a pilot to prevent Hamas from taking over the aid”, it added. It comes amid global pressure on Israel to allow more access to the…

Published 1 hour ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Image source, EPA By Tom Bateman, State Department Correspondent & Kathryn Armstrong BBC News The US has warned Israel that staging a military offensive into Gaza’s southern city of Rafah without proper planning would be a “disaster”. The White House said it would not support plans for any major operations in Rafah without due consideration for the refugees there. The comments come a day after Israel’s leader said the military had been told to prepare to operate…

Published 1 hour ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing By Nomia Iqbal BBC News, Cap-Haitien, Haiti For the last month, Nun Neethoudjif Méléance has got used to a painful routine. She checks her phone daily to see if her family is still alive. The 22-year-old teacher lives in Cap-Haitien with her brother. But 10 members of her family including her father and other siblings are still in Port-au-Prince, where gangs are in control of about 80% of the capital. “They are living in a kind of…

A top general says diminishing foreign military aid is already having an impact on the battlefield.This post was originally published on this site