News in Brief 7 November 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>From new conflicts in <a href= "https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/middle-east-and-north-africa/palestine"> Gaza</a> and <a href= "https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/africa/east-africa/sudan">Sudan</a>, to flood disasters in <a href= "https://interactive.thenewhumanitarian.org ... Show More

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The humanitarian crisis is older than the war in Gaza. For years, Palestinians inside the besieged enclave have struggled to secure some of the basic needs for life.The war, which has now entered its four month, has turned crisis into catastrophe. All 2.2 million residents of Gaz ... Show More

<p>Late last month, an explosive allegation that workers from a crucial U.N. relief agency in Gaza had taken part in the Oct. 7 attacks stunned the world and prompted major donors, including the United States, to suspend funding.<br />Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief ... Show More

<p>Les bombardements israéliens sont à présent généralisés à l'ensemble de la bande de Gaza. La situation humaine et sociale n'y cesse de se dégrader tandis que l’aide humanitaire arrive au compte-gouttes. On décompte des dizaines de milliers de blessés à ce jour, et le bilan s’é ... Show More

Gaza faces what the World Food Program is calling “catastrophic levels of hunger.” And the United Nations recently issued a report that said a famine is “imminent.” Ravi Agrawal is joined by two experts on the humanitarian situation in Gaza to discuss what the international commu ... Show More

<p>L’Egypte s’enfonce dans la crise alors que les attaques des Houthis perturbent le trafic du canal de Suez. Le tourisme est aussi touché. Dans «&nbsp;La Story&nbsp;», le podcast d’actualité des «&nbsp;Echos&nbsp;», Pierrick Fay et Justine Babin reviennent sur la situation écono ... Show More

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepts resignation of PM Mohammad Shtayyeh and his government. UN chief Antonio Guterres accuses multiple nations of 'ignoring' international laws and calls for urgent reforms of the UN Security Council. South Korea's government sets a Thursda ... Show More

This week on the show, as the war in Ukraine marks two years since Russia's invasion, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski joins Fareed to discuss Donald Trump’s comments about letting Russia “do whatever the hell they want” with NATO countries that don’t “pay [their] own bills ... Show More