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'They will die': Foreign aid cuts hit women and girls the hardest as NGOs face closure

Reduced aid funding threatens the lives of women and girls worldwide as many NGOs that support them predict they will be forced to shut down soon.

Euronews

Why climate is an everyday story – but media coverage still spikes around special environment days and UN summits

Climate change is already happening. But 36% of the world’s population still disputes the realities of its origins and impacts. When the science is clear but public understanding lags, more lives and livelihoods are put at risk.

The Conversation

What we know about the killing of Palestinians at a food point in Gaza

There are accusations of war crimes and criticism of the Israeli-backed distribution system after three incidents in three days

The Guardian - UK

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US and Israeli-backed group pauses food delivery in Gaza after deadly shootings

The move came a day after Israeli forces acknowledged opening fire as people headed toward a distribution hub

The Independent UK

Op Sindoor global blitz: Loud at home, lost overseas

Fifty-nine politicians. Thirty-two countries. A high-profile tour funded by crores in taxpayers’ money.

Newslaundry

Ukraine's backers meet to drum up arms and ammo. The Pentagon chief is absent for the first time

Ukraine's Western backers are gathering to drum up more weapons and ammunition for the country's efforts to repel Russia's all-out war

The Independent UK

Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter

Exclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to life

The Guardian - UK

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What we know about the shootings near Gaza aid distribution sites

Shootings have erupted nearly daily this week in the Gaza Strip in the vicinity of new hubs where desperate Palestinians are being directed to collect food

The Independent UK

The big blue blindspot: why the ocean floor is still an unmapped mystery

It is the largest habitat on Earth – and also the least explored. As world leaders prepare to meet in Nice for a major UN summit on the ocean's future, scientists say we still know remarkably little about what lies beneath the waves.

Radio France Internationale

Wednesday briefing: What three deadly days for civilians in Rafah reveal about the food distribution system backed by Israel

In today’s newsletter: At least 61 have died since Sunday after Israeli forces opened fire on hungry civilians. Is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation addressing the crisis - or making it worse?

The Guardian - UK

UN Security Council to vote on Gaza ceasefire resolution amid humanitarian crisis

The U_N_ Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution which demands “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza respected by all parties.”

The Independent UK

Gaza food hub stops operations for second day as access routes remain ‘combat zones’

Extended closure said to be for maintenance and follows deaths of at least 27 people killed by Israeli troops near distribution site

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urged to intervene in ‘never-ending nightmare’ of Aung San Suu Kyi and people of Myanmar

New report details harrowing plight of tens of thousands of political prisoners, including the country’s democratically elected leader, who was overthrown by the military in 2021

The Independent UK

Five countries win seats on the UN Security Council

Five countries have won seats on the United Nations Security Council in uncontested elections

The Independent UK

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Peru allows miners to seek permits in area removed from Nazca Lines protection

Peru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process of legalizing their activities after the government reduced the buffer zone by 42% last week

The Conversation

A two-state solution is gaining momentum again for Israel and the Palestinians. Does it have a chance of success?

As Israel’s devastating war in Gaza has ground on, the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was thought to be “dead”. Now, it is showing signs of life again.

The Guardian - US

Israel-backed Gaza delivery group names US evangelical leader as chair

Johnnie Moore, also an adviser to Trump, named chair as group tries to recover from resignations

Euronews

At least five killed in attack on aid convoy in Sudan’s western Darfur region, UN says

Sudan was plunged into a war more than two years ago, when tensions between the army and its rival paramilitary RSF exploded with street battles in the capital of Khartoum that quickly spread across the country.

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Al Jazeera

Five UN food aid workers killed in Sudan ambush as hunger crisis deepens

Deadly attack on UN convoy in Sudan disrupts aid to hunger-stricken families in the war-torn country.

Latin Times

Israeli Forces Attacked US-Backed Aid Lines in Gaza, Killing and Injuring 600+ Since Distribution Sites Opened

At least 102 Palestinians have been killed and more than 490 have been wounded in attacks at four aid sites run by the controversial U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

The Conversation

Lethal humanitarianism: why violence at Gaza aid centres should not come as a surprise

At least 27 Palestinians were reported to have been killed on the morning of June 3 amid chaotic scenes at an aid distribution centre in the southern Gaza Strip. This follows a similar incident on June 1 when around 30 civilians were reportedly killed as people scrambled to get food…

Evening Standard

Irish premier welcomes that mother of peacekeeper killed in Lebanon can sue UN

Sean Rooney, 24, from Newtowncunningham in Co Donegal, was killed on December 14 2022.

Al Jazeera

More than four million people have fled Sudan amid war, UN says

UN official says the ‘devastating milestone’ shows the damage of the displacement crisis after two years of fighting.

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Emily Watson urges Keir Starmer to ‘save’ mother of jailed activist on 245-day hunger strike

Emily Watson has appealed to Sir Keir Starmer to intensify efforts to “save” the mother of an imprisoned British-Egyptian activist who has been on hunger strike for more than 245 days.

The Guardian - UK

Laila Soueif, on 247th day of hunger strike for jailed British-Egyptian son, defiant in face of death

Soueif is willing to do ‘what it takes’ to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, after a lifetime of speaking up against injustice

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