Debbie Nolan, head of health services for Citizens Advice Liverpool, says the data “reflects what the voluntary and community sector sees every day – women’s health is shaped as much by poverty, housing, caring responsibilities and safety as by healthcare”.

The BBC asked Texans and those visiting the state what they make of US President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb three nuclear sites in Iran.

Trump told the nation in a televised address on Saturday night that the US had carried out “massive, precision strikes” on three key facilities.

Iranian officials confirmed sites were struck but denied they suffered any major damage.

The attack comes after escalation between Israel and Iran that has entered its third week.

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“We will respond wherever, whenever, however we can to support people in need, including reception centres – food, water, fuel, tents, blankets,” said Tom Fletcher, Emergency Relief Chief and head of the UN aid coordination office, OCHA.

The dramatic development in the Syrian capital follows a lightning advance by armed opposition forces, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), on 27 November from their stronghold in the country’s northwest into Government-controlled areas.

After sweeping into Syria’s second city, Aleppo, Hama, Homs and now Damascus have fallen in quick succession, despite suggestions that the Security Council-designated terrorist group lacked the means to sustain their stunning gains.

We’ll be updating this fast-developing story all day…

Iran cannot defeat Israel militarily. Its air force is old and decrepit, its air defences are porous and it has had to contend with years of Western sanctions.

But it still has an enormous quantity of ballistic and other missiles as well as explosive-laden drones and numerous allied proxy militias around the Middle East. Its next volley of missiles could well target Israeli residential areas, rather than military bases. The attack by an Iran-backed militia on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities in 2019 showed just how vulnerable its neighbours are to attack.

The IRGC Navy, which operates in the Gulf, has large flotillas of small, fast missile attack boats which could, potentially, overwhelm the defences of a US Navy 5th Fleet warship in a swarm attack. If it had orders to do so, it could attempt to sow mines in the Strait of Hormuz, interrupting the flow of up to 20% of the world’s daily oil exports, something that would have a major impact on the global economy.

And then there are all the US military bases, dotted up and down the Arabian side of the Gulf, from Kuwait to Oman. Iran has given warning that if it is attacked it won’t just hit back at Israel, it will target any country it perceives as supporting that attack.

These then, are just some of the scenarios that defence planners in Tel Aviv and Washington will now be considering.

The OIC convened in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Wednesday, at the request of Iranian and Palestinian officials.

Acting Iranian Foreign Minister Baqeri Ali Bagheri Kani told members “it is expected” that they support Iran’s response to the killing.

“Iran’s action is not only a defence of its own sovereignty and national security but also a defence of the stability and security of the entire region,” he said.

A statement later released by the OIC said the bloc holds Israel “fully responsible” for the “heinous attack”, which it described as “a serious infringement” of Iran’s sovereignty.

But it stopped short of endorsing any Iranian military action.

In April, Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel – nearly all of which were shot down – in retaliation to an attack on its diplomatic compound in Syria. Many fear Iran’s response on this occasion could take a similar form.

OIC Chair Mamadou Tangara said Haniyeh’s killing had the potential to cause “a wider conflict that could involve the entire region”.

The killing “will not quell the Palestinian cause but rather it amplifies it,” he said.

Saudi Arabia commented on the killing for the first time on Wednesday, with deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji calling it a “blatant violation” of Iran’s sovereignty.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the US hoped “all parties that have a relationship with Iran impress upon Iran, the same way we’ve been impressing upon the government of Israel, that they shouldn’t take any steps to escalate the conflict”.

Miller said the US had been in contact with some members of the OIC and believed there is a “broad consensus” that “escalation would only exacerbate the problems facing the region”.

Diplomatic efforts have been ongoing since the start of the week, with US President Joe Biden speaking on the phone to the leaders of Jordan, Qatar and Egypt on Tuesday.

“No one should escalate this conflict. We’ve been engaged in intense diplomacy with allies and partners, communicating that message directly to Iran. We communicated that message directly to Israel,” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Tuesday.

In a phone call on Wednesday, French president Emmanuel Macron told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that an Iranian escalation “would lastingly harm regional stability.”

Pezeshkian told Macron that if the West wants to prevent war it “should immediately stop selling arms and supporting” Israel, his office said.