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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

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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.

Euronews

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

International Business Times

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.

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‘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

The Guardian - UK

'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 National (Scotland)

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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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.

Radio France Internationale

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.

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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.

Al Jazeera

Palestinians distraught over relatives missing at deadly Gaza aid sites

Many families face agonising wait to find out why loved ones never returned from distribution hubs run by notorious GHF.

The Independent UK

Jane Morgan death: Singer and widow of Jerry Weintraub dies at 101

Morgan was a regular on Broadway and on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’

The National (Scotland)

UK has taken 'too long to act' over plan for medical evacuation of children from Gaza

JOHN Swinney has accused the UK Government of taking “too long to act” after it was confirmed that hundreds of children in Gaza could be…

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International Business Times

Dire Water Shortages Compound Hunger And Displacement In Gaza

Atop air strikes, displacement and hunger, an unprecedented water crisis is unfolding across Gaza, heaping further misery on the Palestinian territory's residents.

Evening Standard

Swinney welcomes bringing Gaza children to UK but ‘regrets’ it wasn’t sooner

The First Minister said Scotland will play its part to help the children harmed by Israel during the war in Gaza.

The National (Scotland)

Hundreds of children to be evacuated from Gaza and given NHS treatment in UK

UP to 300 children could be evacuated from Gaza and given NHS treatment in the UK.

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces kill 62 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn, medics say

Dozens killed on Saturday include 38 Palestinians seeking aid at controversial distribution sites, according to sources.

Al Jazeera

One in three Palestinians in Gaza going days without food, UNICEF says

UN agency warns of grave risk of famine as the number of starvation deaths hits 162 Palestinians, including 92 children.

Radio France Internationale

Defining famine: the complex process behind Gaza's hunger crisis

Despite mounting international concern over widespread hunger in Gaza, no official famine has been declared in the territory – highlighting the complexities of determining a country's famine status.

Radio France Internationale

Unicef urges France to recognise exploited children as victims, not criminals

France is failing to protect thousands of children from criminal exploitation, treating them as delinquents rather than victims, the French branch of the UN children’s agency (Unicef) said in a report published Wednesday.

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