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Nov 2023
59m 9s

'A never-ending humanitarian nightmare'

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That's how the UN Secretary-General has described the situation in Gaza. As tens of thousands of people flee south, the IDF allowed another evacuation corridor for six hours and agreed to continue daily pauses in areas of northern Gaza, according to the White House. Correspondents Jomana Karadsheh and Nada Bashir report on the increasing humanitarian crisis. 

Also on today's show: Sasha Dovzhyk, Editor, London Ukrainian Review; Susanne Nossel, CEO, PEN America; Katalin Kariko, Winner, 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine / Author, “Breaking Through” 

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