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NHS surgeon who insulted Jews and called for 'Death to Israel' in anti-Semitic rants on social media is suspended for nine months

An NHS vascular surgeon, Dr Muhammad Khalil, was suspended for nine months after a tribunal found his fitness to practise impaired over antisemitic social media posts that called for 'Death to Israel' and denied Hamas's October 7 massacre. The complaint was brought by UK Lawyers for Israel, which argued Jewish and Israeli patients could feel unsafe being treated by him.

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Why 90 percent of US baby formula lawsuits landed in two Illinois counties

The article argues that roughly 90% of baby formula lawsuits are filed in two Illinois counties because trial lawyers seek plaintiff-friendly courts, and it criticizes Illinois judicial practices and Gov. Pritzker's legislation. It defends preterm formula as safe and indispensable while framing the litigation as a jackpot-justice business model that threatens supply. The Supreme Court is urged to intervene to limit forum shopping.

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More than FOUR MILLION people now getting disability benefits after PIP claims surge by almost 500,000 to record high under Labour

New DWP data show PIP claimants in England and Wales reached 4.09 million, up nearly 485,000 since Labour took power, with psychiatric conditions including ADHD driving a large share of new awards. The article stresses rapidly rising costs and gives prominent space to Conservative criticism that the sickness benefits system is broken and discourages work. It also notes Labour shelved plans to tighten PIP eligibility after a backbench revolt, with a government review due in autumn.

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Surrogate who refused to have abortion at wishes of biological parents files frantic last-minute appeal to BLOCK them moving newborn out of Texas

A surrogate who refused to abort a baby with a treatable heart defect is asking the Supreme Court to block a California order that recognizes the biological parents as legal parents, which could let them move the five-week-old out of Texas. The infant remains hospitalized in Dallas, and the surrogate argues the couple may not provide life-saving care.

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