News in Brief 6 October 2023

WFP food warehouse stormed by desperate civilians, as starvation loomsThe UN honours the service and sacrifice of peacekeepersA new $15 million initiative to boost sustainable development in the Congo Basin 

Climate change: World likely to breach 1.5°C limit in next five yearsGaza: 50,000 children killed in less than 600 days warns UNICEFEssential supplies reach Sudanese hospital: WHO 

Gaza: UN agencies call for an aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan beginsUkraine’s battered communities face ongoing deadly Russian attacksSudan’s health system is on the brink of collapse, warns the WHO 

<p>Friday briefing: Southern border barrier extension; deadly strike in Ukraine; Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi; and more </p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/the-seven/2023/10/06/what-to-know-for-october-6/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=refer ... Show More

First: Jailed Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is still fighting for women's rights in Iran at great cost to herself and her family. Christiane speaks with her daughter, Kiana  Plus: Origin is a movie like no other. Director Ava Duvernay takes a deep, inpiring dive into the origin ... Show More

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo – a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Israel strikes the heart of Beirut but fails to assassinate the Hezbollah figure they targeted. Hurricane Milton did not trigger the ca ... Show More