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Alaa Abd el-Fattah exhausted and weak, family say after visit

The activist’s mother was allowed to visit her son for the first time in nearly a month on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners criticise Jeremy Hunt’s failure to widen access to free school meals in Autumn Statement

Charities say Chancellor’s decision not to widen access to the scheme to all children living in poverty is ‘shameful’

Evening Standard

Egyptian-British activist was close to death when he broke hunger strike - family

The family of Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah said on Thursday that he had broken his hunger strike after collapsing in prison in a "near-death experience" and having a cannula inserted into his body to revive him.

Reuters

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Brit stuck in jail in Egypt has 'deteriorated' since he started hunger strike

Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt's rulers, went on hunger strike earlier this month as the UN climate conference came to Sharm el-Sheikh

Daily Mirror

Rising homicides, kidnappings in Haiti show crisis is not over even as fuel flow resumes

A rise in gang violence and kidnappings in Haiti continues to worry the United Nations, whose top humanitarian official in Port-au-Prince has appealed to the international community to provide support for the country and its people.

Miami Herald

British-Egyptian activist has ‘deteriorated severely’ in Cairo prison

Mona Seif, the sister of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, has given an update on his condition following his hunger strike.

The Independent UK

Gates Foundation pledges $7 billion for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it was committing $7 billion to Africa over the next four years, as Bill Gates warned that the Ukraine crisis was reducing the amount of aid flowing to the continent.

Reuters

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People struggling day-to-day ‘don’t see that autumn statement will impact them’

The Rosmini Centre in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, offers support to the vulnerable,

The Independent UK

Family: Egypt activist deteriorated since hunger strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says that they have seen him and that his condition has “deteriorated severely.”

The Independent UK

Aid convoys arrive in Ethiopia's Tigray region following truce

In tonight's edition: The UN food agency says that 15 trucks carrying food aid have entered Ethiopia's Tigray region. It comes as humanitarian groups gain access to the area for the first time since a ceasefire deal was signed two weeks ago. We speak to David Miliband, president of the…

France 24

Activist Abd el-Fattah was near death after Egypt prison hunger strike, says family

Prominent Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was close to death when he broke his hunger strike, and needed to be revived after collapsing in a prison in Egypt, his family said after visiting him for the first time in weeks on Thursday.

Reuters

Once again, wealthy nations are letting down poor nations at the Egypt climate talks

Short of a miracle, it seems unlikely the COP27 climate change negotiations in Egypt will deliver any concrete action on loss and damage.

The Conversation

‘Excessive’: North Korea’s COVID curbs blamed for food crisis

Pyongyang has substantially ramped up border security since January 2020, according to satellite images.

Al Jazeera

It's the energy system, stupid

Ordinary people around the world are suffering from two massive, overlapping problems: surging living costs and the fallout from a rapidly warming climate. In the Horn of Africa, 22 million people are at risk of starvation, owing to the failure of four consecutive rainy seasons and soaring global grain prices.

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The Independent UK

Majority of food banks helping new people in cost of living crisis

Benefits are often ‘not enough for people to get through the month’, food bank manager from London says

Wales Online

Just Stop Oil Swansea protester arrested from M25 gantry is now on hunger strike, says campaign group

The group released a statement with quotes from prison from Tez Burnes saying they were prepared to do "whatever it takes" to get the UK government to change course

The Guardian - UK

Food aid convoys enter Tigray for first time since ceasefire

Doctors and aid workers describe race against time to keep patients alive in northern Ethiopian region

Reuters

Ukraine grain deal dominates food security debate at G20

G20 countries backed efforts to maintain a grain export corridor from Ukraine to alleviate food insecurity but faced criticism for a lack of further action to tackle hunger in the world.

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The Independent UK

More aid reaches Ethiopia's Tigray region following truce

More aid arrived in Ethiopia’s Tigray Wednesday following the signing of a truce earlier this month calling for unhindered humanitarian access into the northern region

Reuters

First U.N. aid convoy since ceasefire enters Ethiopia's Tigray

Fifteen trucks carrying food aid entered Ethiopia's Tigray region on Wednesday, the United Nations's food agency said, as humanitarian groups gain access for the first time since a ceasefire agreement was signed two weeks ago.

The Independent UK

First ever video of ICE using controversial method to force feed hunger striker

US uses force-feeding at multiple facilities

Tribune News Service

Russia spreading its food security misinformation among the G-20, officials say

On the back foot at the Group of 20 summit and appearing increasingly isolated, Russian diplomats are fanning out in Bali to again push unsubstantiated claims that nations including the U.S. are to blame for high global food prices, rather than their own invasion of Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

World population surges past eight billion as 'questions raised about our impact on the world'

The population growth comes as 37 million people face starvation in the Horn of Africa, including in Ethiopia, after persistent droughts which were all likely linked to climate change

Reuters

Donors must act now to save East Africa from famine, IRC says

Donors need to provide cash now to save lives and not wait for famine to be declared in parts of East Africa where tens of millions of people are going hungry, the head of the International Rescue Committee said on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Can the world feed 8bn people sustainably?

Food production is a major factor in the climate crisis and still millions of people go hungry. Here are some potential solutions

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