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Layla’s final year of school was disrupted by floods and fires. The toll of climate disasters on children is only getting worse

Exclusive: Unicef-commissioned report shows being unable to finish high school – and the associated wage loss – is the most significant impact of increasingly frequent disasters on young people

The Guardian - AU

Study finds 391 million children are now overweight

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The Independent UK

More children are obese than underweight in world-first, UNICEF warns

About one in 10 children globally is obese, the UN agency said.

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More children now obese than underweight for first time ever

Major study by Unicef finds 391 million children across the globe now overweight or obese

The Independent UK

Junk food leads to more children being obese than underweight for first time

Cheap ultra-processed food behind rise in overweight children, with one in 10 now obese globally, says Unicef

The Guardian - UK

More than 7,000 under-fives in Gaza put in malnutrition recovery in two-week period

Total for August may exceed 15,000 new patients, more than seven times February figure

The Guardian - UK

In Pictures: Duchess of Kent ‘worked tirelessly’ to support others

Katharine, the wife of the late Queen’s cousin the Duke of Kent, was known for her charity work and consoling losing Wimbledon finalists.

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The duchess who retreated from royal spotlight for low-key life as a teacher

The Duchess of Kent – who preferred to be known simply as ‘Kate’ – was known for her charity and compassion

The Independent UK

The caring duchess who dropped her HRH style and became a music teacher

The Duchess of Kent, who was born on February 22 1933, was married to the late Queen’s cousin, the Duke of Kent.

Evening Standard

‘City of fear’: Palestinians trapped as Israel intensifies Gaza City attack

Almost one million remain in the city; those who flee risk death elsewhere in enclave, with no safe place to hide.

Al Jazeera

Iran-backed Houthis raid UN food and children's agencies in Yemen, detain employee

Iran-backed Houthis have raided United Nations offices in Yemen's capital, detaining at least one U.N. employee

The Independent UK

Child homelessness soars in France as aid groups denounce political inaction

More than 2,000 children are sleeping rough on the streets of France due to a lack of emergency shelter, new figures show. Aid groups are demanding the government take urgent action.

Radio France Internationale

‘Cut in secret’: Gambia anti-FGM activists fear babies targeted despite ban

The practice was banned a decade ago but authorities are struggling to clamp down on culprits.

Al Jazeera

UNICEF warns of catastrophic toll on children trapped in Al Fasher

At least 600,000 people, half of them children, have been displaced from Al Fasher and surrounding camps in Sudan in recent months, according to UNICEF figures.

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Al Jazeera

Children in Sudan’s el-Fasher ‘starving’ after 500 days of siege: UNICEF

UN agency warns children in North Darfur city remain cut off from aid and protection as fighting continues to rage.

International Business Times

1 In 4 People Lack Access To Safe Drinking Water: UN

More than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely-managed drinking water, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that progress towards universal coverage was moving nowhere near quickly enough.

The Conversation

Israel’s attacks on Gaza are putting people with disabilities at extreme risk

Recent images of an emaciated Gazan child, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, provoked global outrage. Some sought to minimise this harm, attributing it instead to pre-existing conditions or disability.

The Guardian - UK

‘Without water nothing can exist’: the Malawians repeatedly displaced by drought

Unpredictable weather fuelled by the climate crisis is forcing millions from their homes, with many struggling to access water

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The National (Scotland)

'We stand ready': 20 children from Gaza to be treated in Scottish hospitals

"Scotland stands ready" to treat up to 20 children from Gaza in hospitals, the country's Health Secretary has said

The Guardian - UK

South Sudan’s youth swept up in gang culture and street violence amid wider conflict

Government crackdown after rape video goes viral shines light on plight of young people caught up in fallout from gang warfare and civil war

The Independent UK

‘The children in Gaza are too weak to play or sing: hunger has stolen their childhood’

IN FOCUS: As a hunger crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating, Bryony Gooch speaks to workers at a camp where the children ‘still have hope’

The Independent UK

Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick

People in Gaza are struggling to secure enough water for drinking and sanitation, with experts warning that far less than the minimum needed to sustain life is reaching the territory

Radio France Internationale

Starvation spreads from camps to besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher

Months after famine was declared in nearby displacement camps, the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher is now seeing starvation deaths of its own, with no food aid entering and the UN’s World Food Programme warning of worsening conditions for the 300,000 people still trapped inside.

Al Jazeera

Thousands in Sudan’s besieged el-Fasher at ‘risk of starvation’, UN warns

North Darfur’s capital has been under RSF siege for more than a year with key roads blocked and supplies running out.

Al Jazeera

Israel kills an average 28 Palestinian children daily in Gaza

Israel has killed more than 18,000 children since the start of its genocidal war on Gaza.

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