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Unicef says ‘humanitarian crisis continues’ and expects to scale up aid deliveries on SundayGaza ceasefire – live updatesAid agencies are preparing to bring large amounts of vital aid to starving people in Gaza this weekend, as a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas appeared to be holding.“We have received signals that tomorrow will be the day that the scale-up begins in earnest under the ceasefire,” said Tess Ingram, a spokesperson for the UN agency for children, Unicef. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/agencies-prepare-to-bring-aid-to-starving-people-in-gaza-as-ceasefire-appears-to-hold Author : Oliver Holmes Publish date : 2025-10-11 15:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Party sticks to its guns on healthcare and says it’s willing to hold out – much to the delight of its progressive supportersWhen he sat down to talk about the US government shutdown with reporters from a closely read political newsletter this week, Chuck Schumer sounded as if he was relishing his standoff with the Republicans.“Every day gets better for us,” he told Punchbowl News. As the shutdown got under way, Schumer explained, the Republicans believed that Democrats would quickly fold and vote to reopen the government, but instead they had stuck to their guns for a week and a

RSF paramilitary group hit Dar al-Arqam shelter on university grounds in western city, says resistance committeeA militia drone strike has killed at least 30 people at a displacement shelter in the besieged city of El Fasher in western Sudan, a local activist group said.The Resistance Committee for El Fasher said the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group hit the Dar al-Arqam displacement centre, which is in the grounds of a university. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/militia-drone-strike-kills-people-at-displacement-shelter-in-sudan-says-local-group Author : Oliver Holmes and agencies Publish date : 2025-10-11 11:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US president adds Hamas were gathering the hostages now, as displaced Palestinians return to northern GazaThe Israeli military confirmed the start of the Gaza ceasefire on Friday, and the remaining 48 hostages, about 20 of them believed to be alive, are to be released by Monday.Palestinians said heavy shelling in parts of Gaza earlier on Friday had mostly stopped after the military’s announcement, reports the Associated Press (AP). Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised statement on Friday that the next stages would see Hamas disarm and Gaza demilitarised. Netanyahu said:If this is achieved the easy way –