The World Health Organisation says it needs urgent safe passage to send supplies as people are 'dying unnecessarily from a lack of water and medical care'.
President Biden and other world leaders have called on Egypt to open the border known as the Rafah crossing as tonnes of aid piles up.
Sam Fenwick discusses this and more business news from around the w ... Show More
Jul 10
Trump plans to hit Brazil with 50% tariffs
The US president, Donald Trump, has made public the tariffs he intends to slap on imports from another group of countries, including Brazil, from the start of August. The chipmaker Nvidia has become the first company in the world to reach a market value of $4tn on Wednesday. Davi ... Show More
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Jun 2021
The economic life of Gaza
Israel's military says it struck a thousand targets in Gaza last month, in response to more than 4,300 missiles it claims were fired into Israel. With the latest bout of violence now over, the reconstruction can begin once again.Manuela Saragosa speaks to Samir Mansour, who saw h ... Show More
17m 58s
Apr 2024
Israeli airstrikes and the deadly risk of feeding Gaza
On Monday, an Israeli military airstrike hit an aid convoy from World Central Kitchen. The IDF killed 7 workers, including Canadian veteran Jacob Flickinger, and said it was a “mistake” and “misidentification.”
So why didn’t the extensive steps WCK says it took to coordinate its ... Show More
25m 9s
Oct 2023
UN Secretary General urges aid to be allowed into Gaza
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has appealed for dozens of trucks on the Egyptian border to be allowed into Gaza immediately to deliver essential supplies of food, water and medicine.
Also in the programme: US President Joe Biden claims Hamas and Russia both want to " ... Show More
48m 21s
Nov 2023
Is aid sustaining Palestine's occupation? | Rethinking Humanitarianism
Even before Israel’s current siege, 80% of Gazans relied on international humanitarian aid for survival, according to the UN. But under international law, it’s the occupying power’s responsibility to provide food, shelter, medicine, and other essential needs. Have aid agencies ... Show More
59m 29s
Nov 2023
A compounding crisis in Gaza
After weeks of Israeli bombardment, and now a ground invasion, Gaza is in desperate need of food, water, fuel and electricity. We hear about the humanitarian crisis on the ground.
Today, a first hand account of the conditions at the center of Gaza from Amjad Shawa, coordinator fo ... Show More
28m 17s