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Health groups urge Burnham to scrap “deadly” NHS agreement with Trump to save over 200k lives

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:8 July 2026
Post last modified:8 July 2026

19 health groups have co-authored a letter sent to new Makerfield MP and likely-PM Andy Burnham to urge him to scrap a terrible agreement made with Trump which could see almost 230k preventable deaths. The new deal will divert £44.7bn from essential health services to cover the cost of new medicines, which comes as a huge boon for greedy Big Pharma and a foreboding death knell for hundreds of thousands of British citizens. Academics from the University of York, Liverpool and Christchurch hospital in New Zealand have found that this level of reduction in NHS spending to foot the bill for…

US revenge strikes leave 20k Iranians without water in deadly heat

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:10 June 2026
Post last modified:10 June 2026

The US launched revenge-strikes after an Iranian drone knocked out an Apache helicopter on 9 June. The US hit two reservoirs in southern Iran, leaving tens of thousands without drinking water in 40-degree heat. The Geneva Convention insists military forces must distinguish between civilian and military infrastructure. The attack was reported as a footnote by legacy media. NBC said: Around 20,000 Iranians have lost access to drinking water after two reservoirs were reportedly struck in U.S. strikes, according to the Iranian judiciary’s official news agency, Mizan. The news agency reported the development after Abdolhamid Hamzehpour, CEO of Hormozgan Province Water and…