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One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished, UN aid agency says

One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished, UN aid agency says5 hours agoShareSaveAoife Walsh and Paulin KolaBBC NewsShareSaveBBCThe UN says the hunger crisis in Gaza 'has never been so dire'One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished and cases are increasing every day, the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) says.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Unrwa Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini cited a colleague telling him: “People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.”
More than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups have also warned of mass starvation – pressing for governments to take action.
Israel, which controls the entry of all supplies into Gaza, says there is no siege and blames Hamas for any cases of malnutrition.
The UN, however, has warned that the level of aid getting into Gaza is “a trickle” and the hunger crisis in the territory “has never been so dire”.
In his statement on Thursday, Lazzarini ..

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Turkey wildfires leave 10 dead and 14 in hospital

At least 10 people have been killed and many other injured while battling wildfire in Turkey, the government in the country has said.
Those who lost their lives were firefighters and rescue workers battling the fires in northwestern Turkey.
The five forestry workers and five members of the AKUT rescue organization died while trying to put out the wildfire raging through a forested area of Eskisehir province, Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said.
At least 14 other rescuers and forestry workers were hospitalized.
The deaths bring the number of fatalities in wildfires that have flared amid strong winds, high temperatures and dry conditions so far in the country this year to 13.
The minister said the wind suddenly changed direction, causing the flames to shift rapidly and surround the forest workers.
President Erdogan paid tribute to the victims (AP)It was not immediately clear what caused the fire.
Yumakli said firefighters were currently battling seven wildfires in Turkey, including ..

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FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response ‘a model’ for dealing with disaster

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people earlier this month.
“I can't see anything we did wrong,” David Richardson told a House panel of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Wednesday. He called the relationship between state and federal agencies “a model for how disasters should be handled.”
Lawmakers used the hearing about improvements to FEMA disaster response to address reports that FEMA support was impaired by bureaucratic delays that slowed the deployment of urban search and rescue teams and left the agency's call centers unstaffed, which Richardson denied. The response “brought the maximum amount of capability to bear in Texas at the right time and the right place,” he said.
Richardson's appearance came after a wave of criticism and fallout over the response, including the resignation Monday of FEMA's ..

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Gazans ‘wasting away’ as mass starvation spreads, humanitarian groups warn

Gazans 'wasting away' as mass starvation spreads, humanitarian groups warn37 minutes agoShareSaveDavid GrittenBBC News, JerusalemShareSaveGetty ImagesMore than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups are warning of mass starvation in Gaza and pressing for governments to take action.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Save the Children and Oxfam are among the signatories of a joint statement that says their colleagues and the people they serve are “wasting away”.
Israel, which controls the entry of all supplies into the territory, rejected the organisations' statement and accused them of “serving the propaganda of Hamas”.
Their warning came as Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said another 10 Palestinians had died as a result of malnutrition in the last 24 hours.
That brings the number of such deaths across Gaza since Sunday to 43, according to the ministry.
The UN has reported that hospitals have admitted people in a state of severe exhaustion caused..

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Backlash grows after Zelensky strips anti-corruption bodies of independence

Backlash grows after Zelensky strips anti-corruption bodies of independence3 hours agoShareSaveLaura GozziBBC NewsCharlotte GallagherIn KyivShareSaveBBC”Corruption loves silence! Don't be silent” – Thousands gathered in Kyiv to protest on WednesdayUkraine's government is facing growing backlash after President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law limiting the independence of two anti-corruption agencies.
The contentious bill grants control of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (Sap) to the prosecutor general, who is appointed by the president.
Thousands demonstrated in Kyiv for a second night on Wednesday, many brandishing signs criticising the government.
As protestors gathered, Zelensky acknowledged public anger and said he would submit a new bill to parliament in response to the criticism, although he offered no further details about what it would contain.
Kyiv's Western allies expressed their displeasure at..

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New York City has become so unaffordable residents are giving up their pets – and shelters are packed to the gills

New York City animal shelters are becoming overwhelmed as residents surrender more and more pets amid an ongoing affordability crisis, according to a new report.
The Animal Care Centers of New York City — a network of public animal shelters in Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island — told The New York Times they have 1,000 animals in their system as of last week. The shelter network is now caring for hundreds of cats, dogs and kittens. The network is also housing 50 rabbits, a dozen guinea pigs and several birds.
The increase in surrenders comes as pet owners are increasingly unable to afford their furry friends, according to the Times. People are surrendering animals “nonstop,” and the shelters are struggling to keep up, Animal Care Centers’ Communications Director Katy Hansen told the newspaper.
“Not everybody is surrendering their pet because they just don’t have time,” Hansen said. “There’s a lot of people that are just, like, really struggling. And it’s sad. You know, they come in, ..

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The Latest: Trump deflects questions about Epstein files and revives old grievances

President Donald Trump on Tuesday deflected questions over the Justice Department’s decision to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence.
Trump instead lashed out at old grievances following a new report from his intelligence director aimed at casting doubt on long-established findings about Moscow’s interference in the 2016 election.
Trump is under pressure from conspiracy-minded segments of his political base to release more about the Epstein case. He’s tried to move on, which Democrats say is because of his association with Epstein. Trump has denied knowledge or involvement of Epstein’s crimes and said he ended their friendship years ago.
Also Tuesday, Trump said after meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the White House that the two countries had agreed on a trade deal.
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