"Often the water turns out to be half sweet [fresh], half salty," said Raed al-Zaharneh, a father-of-four in Khan Younis who, like most Gazans, now relies on water delivered on lorries.
After the Games, Gkolomeev was recruited to the University of Alabama by former British Olympic coaches Dennis Pursley and Jonty Skinner, where he studied human performance exercise science alongside his swimming.He won two collegiate titles before beginning his professional career.
In addition to fifth-place finishes at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, he won a world silver medal in the 50m freestyle in Gwangju in 2019 and the European title in Belgrade in 2024.When Japan's farm minister declared that he never had to buy rice because his supporters give him "plenty" of it as gifts, he hoped to draw laughs.Instead Taku Eto drew outrage - and enough of it to force him to resign.
Japan is facing its first, which is hitting a beloved staple: rice. The price has more than doubled in the last year, and imported varieties are few and far between.
Eto apologised, saying he had gone "too far" with his comments on Sunday at a local fundraiser. He resigned after opposition parties threatened a no-confidence motion against him.
His ousting deals a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's minority government, which was already struggling with falling public support."So we're asking again for those people to please come forward because we just want justice and the truth for Marian."
This week police said they were reviewing the murder and appealed to anyone with fresh information to come forward.PSNI Dt Insp Thompson said: "I appreciate this murder took place over 50 years ago but we would like to talk to anyone who was at the dance at Hadden's Garage on the night of Friday, 30th March 1973.
"Marian went there with a girlfriend to listen to her brother's band. Did you see who she was dancing with or speaking with? Did you see her leave the dance with a man?"Do you know who he was? Did you see her in the car park at the quarry any time after 1.15am on the Saturday morning?