内容摘要：Layla said: "Gaza is entirely unsafe, entirely destroyed, or burned, including my home university, which has been bombed many times.

Layla said: "Gaza is entirely unsafe, entirely destroyed, or burned, including my home university, which has been bombed many times.

McIlroy's decision and PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan also came to his defence."Rory McIlroy has played in this tournament every year since 2017. And you look at the tournaments that he's supported," said Monahan.

"I don't have any concern, because you look at this on balance over time, his support of our tournaments and our partners is extraordinary."Look at the season that Rory has had. He's had a life-altering season."He's won the Players Championship, you win the Masters Tournament, you win the [career] Grand Slam and you win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am."

Scott Bemand's side begin their tournament against Japan on 24 August with New Zealand and Spain also in their pool.Co-captain Monaghan has not played international rugby since the 2024 Six Nations with the 31-year-old lock missing this season's championship and last year's WXV1 campaign through a knee injury sustained playing for her club Gloucester-Hartpury.

Olympian Parsons has also been absent through injury after she suffered two leg breaks in the space of four months, the second coming when representing Ireland Sevens in December.

With 26 Tests to her name, only Enya Breen has more caps than Parsons among the backs in Bemand's panel.Seasoned professionals who work hard to mitigate the worst of what nature throws at us.

But the longer-term strategies of defence, response and recovery will also need to function effectively; what we learn from flood events, whom we hold to account and where we spend the money to improve protection for communities.All this against a backdrop of tightening budgets.

Even the government's Environment Secretary Emma Hardy has described the state of the UK's flood defences asDespite resounding criticism from its political rivals Reform UK is arguing that its "simplified" approach will better serve the thousands of vulnerable residents, some of whom look nervously to the skies every time the clouds darken.