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Three weeks after welcoming her newborn son, a stroke left a fit and active mum-of-two paralysed.

Unable to move the left side of her body, Becki watched as family life continued around her.

Determined to regain her independence, she embarked on a gruelling rehabilitation process that enabled her to be there for her children again.

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The World Food Programme says it will have to drastically reduce lifesaving food aid in Gaza because of a lack of funding.

Overall the number of Palestinians helped by the United Nations agency will drop by about a third from 1.6 million people to 1.1 million.

The agency says it urgently needs $450m over the next six months to sustain critical operations in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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Saudi Arabia has said the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen will face “consequences” after a series of deadly attacks on Riyadh’s airport and other sites across the country.

Meanwhile, Houthi media reported an oil facility in the Yemeni capital Sanaa has been hit by Saudi-coalition forces.

And the head of MI5 said Iran is expanding a hybrid campaign in the UK, targeting Jewish communities and military bases.

Elsewhere, the International Monetary Fund said the global economy has dealt with the impacts of war in Iran better than expected, but warns that countries are running out of flexibility to tackle rising prices.

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At least 33 children and one teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in Pakistan, with hospitals saying the large majority are children under the age of 13.

Police have arrested the owner of the school and the structure of the building is being investigated.

Emergency services rushed to the private Al-Khair school in the Dir Colony neighbourhood from after 08:48 local time (04:48 BST).

Rescue workers and residents searched the rubble for hours, looking for more children who could be trapped.

In a statement, the office of Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari says “this heart-wrenching tragedy has plunged the entire nation into shock”.

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