Despite increasing awareness, diagnosing a meat allergy can be difficult.

Symptoms often develop at night, hours after people have eaten their evening meal, and for those suffering asthma, the two can often be confused.

Van Nunen describes it as an "an anytime but not an every time allergy".

Symptoms may sometimes not appear at all, while at other times they may be exacerbated by factors including the type of meat, how it is cooked and if it is spicy, as well as whether a person drinks alcohol with

The Bab al-Mandab Strait, a 32km-wide (20-mile) waterway located between south-western Yemen and the Horn of Africa. It connects the Gulf of Aden with the Red Sea, which is linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez canal.

Soon after the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, the Houthis began attacking merchant vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with missiles, drones and small boats, saying they were acting in support of the Palestinians

One of the most notorious figures in Mexico's drug cartels, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, will spend the rest of his life in prison, a US judge ruled has ruled, two years after Zambada was lured to the US in an elaborate sting operation.

The 76-year-old, who founded the violent Sinaloa Cartel with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, was also ordered to pay $15bn (£11bn).

In 2024, El Chapo

But Russia's ramping up of attacks against cargo ships is likely meant to deter foreign companies from buying Ukrainian products and using its Black Sea maritime corridor.

On Sunday, Ukraine's Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi said his government and the military command were "preparing decisions that will enhance the safety of navigation and help protect civilian vessels and seafarers" from Russian attacks.

Despite the constant shelling, Odesa remains a prime holiday destination for Ukrainians.

Kiper said earlier this month that air raid shelters had been set up in 40

Hamas is going through one of the most difficult periods in its history.

The group - which is designated as a terrorist organisation by Israel, the UK, the US and many other countries - has been severely weakened by the Gaza war, during which much of its senior military and political leadership has been killed, its governing structures dismantled, and large parts of the Palestinian territory have been destroyed.

The leadership contest has exposed a widening strategic divide within Hamas over its future.

Meshaal, who previously led the movement for decades

The pattern has now become wearily familiar in Nigeria.

Many die in a boat accident; officials say the regulations should be followed; their calls are ignored; campaigners say the resources are not available; another tragedy happens.

This time, a search-and-rescue team is looking for survivors of a capsized wooden canoe in Jigawa state.

Forty were thought to be on board, mostly female farmers and labourers, when it sank on Sunday. Twenty-three people have been rescued alive but seven bodies have been recovered from

Spanish footballer Lamine Yamal may have lifted the World Cup but it is his little brother Kenye who appears to have stolen the spotlight.

The three-year-old quickly become an internet sensation after footage of his exuberant celebrations following Spain's 1-0 victory over Argentina spread across social media on Sunday.

While the footballer, just 19 himself, continued his rise by helping Spain achieve football's biggest prize, attention swiftly turned to his younger brother's joyful reactions from the sidelines.

From sticking out his

An Australian woman has given birth to rare, naturally-conceived identical quadruplets after a pregnancy described as "extremely high risk" by the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.

The four girls, who were delivered via caesarean section at 28 weeks and four days on 14 July, were monozygotic quadruplets - where a single fertilised egg splits into four embryos.

The hospital said the girls' mother, 34-year-old Jenitar Na'amoana, and her husband Jortham, already had four children and were