UN News Today 7 August 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 

Markets brace for Monday open after massive sell-off; RFK Jr. says vaccine is 'most effective way' to fight measles; Dangerous flood emergency unfolds across the South; and more on tonight’s broadcast. 

An ordinary lawn becomes a wildflower oasis. Plus, UVM Medical Center gets bad news on its rate hike request, up-to-date covid vaccines are coming, a funding plan for low-interest affordable housing loans, and the governor renews a push for land-use reform. 

12 countries in Africa will receive 18 million doses of the RTS,S malaria vaccine in the coming days. The roll out will begin in the new year. The doses are injections for children between 5 months and 2 years old. Kenya, Ghana and Malawi have already been using the vaccine in a ... Show More

Updated to include: Iran's stance on renewing talks with the U.S., Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's public appearance, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on South Carolina's effort to defund Planned Parenthood and Israel stopping aid deliveries from entering northern Gaza. Iran l ... Show More

The Trump administration is welcoming the Ukraine peace deal the UK, France and other allies are working on. A USAID contract was reinstated – we’ll tell what it’s for and how that came about. A federal department President Trump wants to axe is offering buyouts to certain employ ... Show More

Concerns are growing about President Trump's plans to accept a jumbo jet donated by Qatar's royal family. Inflation rose less than expected in April, but still above the Fed's goal of bringing it down to a 2% rate. Israel unleashed multiple strikes in Khan Yunis, killing 28 peopl ... Show More

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said there was no more time to waste to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal. Also: Africa's main public health agency announces plans to make 10m mpox vaccines available for use across the continent, and researchers say drone swarms could stop w ... Show More

Israel is poised to launch operation on Iran, multiple sources tell CBS News. American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.’ Palantir was hired by Bank of America in 2010 to target WikiLeaks. Their plan, later leaked to WikiLeaks, included hack ... Show More

The Israel Defence Forces and Hamas agreed to three, three-day humanitarian pauses in different parts of Gaza to allow children to receive polio vaccinations, the World Health Organisation said. 

Thousands protests on the streets of Israel against the government and its failure to bring home the hostages in Gaza. Russian forces are advancing in the east of Ukraine at a faster rate than before, towards the strategic hub of Pokrovsk. US researchers say they’ve identified th ... Show More