News in Brief 8 February 2024

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 

The UN's head of humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, said Israel's military offensive meant there were no safe spaces left for aid agencies in southern Gaza. Also: Blinken and Cameron agree about the dangers of blocking US financial support for Ukraine, and Italian opera is a ... Show More

Twenty trucks of humanitarian aid have been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt, for the first time since the start of the latest war. Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza two weeks ago after Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel. The UN says far more humanitarian ... Show More

About 20 trucks carrying food, water and medical supplies may be allowed to enter Gaza in the coming days. But leading humanitarian organisations warn the aid delivery will only be a drop in the ocean. Israel cut electricity, most water and stopped deliveries of food and medicine ... Show More

The UN - the biggest aid provider in Gaza - says its work will stop tonight if it doesn't get fresh supplies. Israel is stopping new fuel supplies reaching Gaza, but accuses Hamas of stockpiling hundreds of thousands of litres. We’ll also hear from health workers in Gaza about th ... Show More

Thousands of people break into UN aid warehouses to loot basic supplies, such as soap and flour. We hear reaction from the Director of the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees, Tom White, who says people have become desperate and fears a collapse of Gazan society. Also on the progr ... Show More

Ein Video des Nachrichtensenders Euronews zeigt Szenen vom Montagabend in Rafah, wie man sie aus dem Gazastreifen lange nicht mehr gesehen hat. Tanzende, vor Freude springende junge Männer, die Arme sind nach oben gereckt zum Jubeln. Sie feiern, weil kurz davor eine Nachricht die ... Show More

بودكاست أخبار. توزيع المساعدات المغربيـة الموجهة لفلسطينيي قطاع غزة مستمر. تنويه وإشادة بالمساعدات الطبية المغربيـة لفلسطينيي قطاع غزة. سبل تعزيز التعاون الثنائي محور مباحثات الحموشي مع مسؤولين أمنيين ألمان. فرنسا, توترات وانقاسامات مع بدء العد العكسي للانتخابات التشريعية المبكرة ... Show More