Kieran Innes was just 25 when he was diagnosed with kidney failure and told he would need dialysis three times a week. He was devastated and worried that he would have to curtail plans of a dream wedding and honeymoon with fiancée Lara Russell. Two years later his future has been transformed thanks to his kidney donor – his 63-year-old dad Brian. “This has 100% made our bond stronger, I feel forever like I owe him,” said Kieran. “Everything I’m able to do now is because of him and I have no worries any more.” The couple are due to...

On the frozen frontline in the east of Zaporizhzhia, a Ukrainian soldier surveyed the fallout from a Russian assault. It was the middle of January 2024 and the ground was covered in ice. Two weeks earlier, an 18-strong Russian assault team had broken through the line and seized three positions, killing five Ukrainians and losing 10 Russians before ceding the thin stretch of land back to the Ukrainians just hours later. The three positions that had changed hands were each just a few foxholes in the ground –⁠ dots on a devastated landscape of craters and shredded trees. The Ukrainian...

State of Israel in a post confirmed causalities in the ongoing conflicts between the country and Israel and has pledged to defend its citizens at all cost: “Tonight, once again, the Iranian regime deliberately targeted Israeli civilians as they slept. 8 people killed, including 4 children. Over 200 injured. 35 still missing. Families torn apart. “Iran targets innocents. Israel targets nuclear and military sites – to stop the world’s most dangerous terror regime from acquiring the world’s most dangerous weapons. “We will do whatever it takes to defend our people. Israel is doing what must be done.” Photo credit:X|@Israel