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| NHS offers ‘improved’ stop smoking pill |
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The NHS will start offering an “improved” stop smoking pill to tens of thousands of people in England who want to quit cigarettes. Varenicline, a daily tablet given over a few months, is as effective as vapes and more effective than nicotine replacement gum or patches, NHS England says. The drug, which fights cravings, was available a few years ago on the NHS under the brand name Champix but was withdrawn due to some impurities. The new version has been approved as safe. E-cigarettes, meanwhile, will “sometimes” be offered, often as a starter kit of about two weeks’ worth of vapes by local NHS stop smoking services, officials said. Varenicline is a prescription only medicine, which means people cannot buy it over the counter at a pharmacy or supermarket and will instead need to see their GP or an NHS stop smoking service to get it. It works by reducing cravings for nicotine and blocking its effect on the brain, while also helping with withdrawal symptoms, such as feeling irritable or having difficulty sleeping. When used alongside behavioural support, such as counselling, it has been shown to help around one in four people to stop smoking for at least six months, said NHS England. That could help more than 85,000 people stop smoking each year, it said, and might prevent around 9,500 smoking-related deaths over the next five years, according to research by University College London, external. |
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| Russian navy warship carrying hypersonic missiles conducts drills in English Channel |
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A Russian navy warship equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles has conducted drills in the English Channel, Russian news agencies have reported. The ship – the Project 22350 frigate Admiral Golovko – passed through the channel to carry out tasks in the Atlantic Ocean, according to state news agency TASS.On Sunday, the Russian ministry of defence said that the Admiral Golovko had crossed the narrowest part of the Channel – Pas de Calais – having left the fleet’s base in Severomorsk, Russia, on 2 November. It said the “main task of the mission” was to “demonstrate the flag and ensure the naval presence in important areas of the off-shore maritime zone”. The frigate was the first Russian navy warship to be equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles. It is fitted with 3S14 VLS cells, which can launch Kalibr, Oniks, or Zircon anti-ship cruise missiles. |
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| Cancer Jews’: Several arrested after tram set ablaze in week’s second Amsterdam riot |
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| In this image taken from video, police officers patrol in riot gear on the streets of Amsterdam, Monday Nov. 11, 2024, as the city is facing tensions following violence last week. (AP Photo) |
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Police in Amsterdam arrested several suspects after dozens of rioters clashed with officers and set a tram car on fire while chanting antisemitic slogans. Footage from the scene caught at least one of the participants shouting, “Cancer Jews,” indicating that the violence was an extension of attacks perpetrated by Muslim and Arab rioters against Israeli soccer fans last Thursday night. Footage from the scene caught at least one of the participants shouting, “Cancer Jews,” indicating that the violence was an extension of attacks perpetrated by Muslim and Arab rioters against Israeli soccer fans last Thursday night. The clip was posted on X by Geert Wilders, a far-right Dutch lawmaker who leads the largest party in parliament. Another video showed a Palestinian flag hung near one of the main points of friction during the clashes. A police spokesman said a tram at the ’40-’45 Square in the west part of Amsterdam had caught fire, likely caused by fireworks thrown at it. The windows of the tram were also shattered. |
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| Four soldiers killed fighting in northern Gaza on Monday, IDF announces |
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Staff Sergeant Orr Katz, Staff Sergeant Nave Yair Asulin, Staff Sergeant Gary Lalhruaikima Zolat, and Staff Sergeant Ofir Eliyahu were all killed in battle while fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Tuesday morning. St.-Sgt. Katz, 20, from Ma’ale Adumim, was a combat medic. St.-Sgt. Asulin, 21, from Carmit, St.-Sgt. Zolat, 21, from Afula, and St.-Sgt. Eliyahu, 20, from Holon, were fighters. |
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| Sharp drop seen in reservist response rate due to burnout amid long war |
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There has been a significant decline in the rate of reserve soldiers showing up for duty in recent weeks compared to the start of the war, The Times of Israel learned on Monday. At the start of the war, the Israel Defense Forces reported that more than 100 percent of reservists called up for duty had shown up — nearly 300,000 reservists in total, marking the largest-ever call-up of reservists in Israel’s history. In some units, the turnout rate reached 150%, with many reservists showing up for duty despite not receiving formal orders. |
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| 7 hurt as Hezbollah shells north; Sa’ar says ‘certain progress’ made on ceasefire |
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| Emergency services survey the damage in Kiryat Ata after a major barrage of rockets was fired at the Haifa Bay area, November 11, 2024. |
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Seven people were wounded Monday, including a toddler, as some 190 rockets were fired at northern Israel by Hezbollah, as Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said there had been “certain progress” toward a ceasefire in Lebanon. A 27-year-old woman was moderately injured and a 35-year-old man and a 1-year-old girl were in good condition after they were hit by shrapnel following a rocket impact in the northern Arab town of Bi’ina just after noon. All three were taken by paramedics to Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya. According to the Israel Defense Forces, some 50 rockets were fired at the Galilee in the attack, some of which were intercepted by air defenses, while several rockets struck the Karmiel area and nearby towns. |
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