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It was only when Israeli forces finally withdrew that Hadeel was reunited with her husband, fragile but alive.

Brendan Cummings, conservation director for the Center for Biological Diversity, said that removing deer would offer hope for an island that ranks “among the state’s most fragile and imperiled biodiversity hotspots.”

The people of the world saw their planet as the astronauts saw it - fragile and beautiful, shining in the desolation of space.

Meloni said the US proposal had sparked "hope" of ending the Israel-Hamas war, adding it was "a fragile balance, which many would be happy to destroy".

Business confidence is a vital but fragile thing.