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Why has Iraq decided to ban online map service Waze?
Iraq plans to ban Waze, citing Israeli origins, and suggests alternatives like Google Maps or local app in development.
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Fuel prices added to Google Maps as petrol and diesel costs soar
A search for forecourts will now display their pricing, using the government's Fuel Finder scheme.
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Sheer devastation: '80 percent of Gazan infrastructure has been destroyed'
New images posted this week by Google Maps show the utter destruction in Gaza. It's been estimated that 61 tonnes of rubble need to be cleared – that's 20 times the amount of rubble generated in all wars across the world over the last 18 years.
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How to live in Gaza? Let's talk with J.-F. Corty, B. Nabli and M.-J. Sader.
It is an application of everyday life, in which the reality of the war has arisen in recent hours: Google Maps has updated its maps of Gaza. Lots of rubble instead of what the same application showed three years ago: neighborhoods, schools, shops, places of residence. According to the United Nations, Gaza was destroyed or 80 per cent damaged by Israeli bombings following the 7 October terrorist attacks. How to live in Gaza?
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Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepens as new satellite images show scale of destruction
Google Maps has updated its satellite imagery of the territory for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began nearly three years ago. The images show vast areas reduced to rubble, highlighting the extent of the devastation caused by the conflict. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire, with Israeli strikes continuing across the territory.
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New Google Maps images show a ruined Gaza: maps before and after
The implementation has renewed satellite images from much of the Gaza Strip with photographs of February 2026 that reflect the effects of the Israeli offensive
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Ireland fines Google with 403 million for violating data protection regulations
The Irish authority concludes that the company failed to treat the location between 2018 and 2020