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Pope Leo XIV at World Food Programme: "conflicts are ‘fed’ more readily than people are nourished"

Pope Leo XIV visited the World Food Programme headquarters, where he denounced “imbalances in political and moral priorities” that hinder aid to the needy.

Euronews

Pope Leo slams world leaders who ‘feed’ wars instead of the hungry

The pontiff said global priorities are ‘badly skewed’ on a visit to the World Food Programme headquarters

The Independent UK

Pope Leo XIV warns wars are 'fed' faster than people as aid money dries up

Pope Leo XIV says wars are being sustained more easily than people are fed

The Independent UK

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WFP welcomes €695m donation from US as it warns acute hunger to worsen in 13 hotspots

The WFP has said it wants to reach 110 million people in the most acute need around the world this year, for which it would require €11 billion.

Euronews

UN food agencies warn acute hunger will worsen in 13 hot spots as famine risks rise

The United Nations’ food agencies warn that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, calling for urgent action

The Independent UK

Trump news at a glance: Iran war pushing millions into hunger, UN says, as president struggles to reach peace deal

US and Iran exchange a series of strikes in latest threat to fragile ceasefire. Key US politics stories from 6 June at a glance

The Guardian - US

UN food agency says millions are being pushed into hunger by Iran war

The U.N. food agency says millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high

The Independent UK

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UN warns of global hunger crisis as Mideast war drags on

GENEVA - “Pessimistic” predictions that the Middle East war could push tens of millions more people into acute hunger if drawn out are being proven right, the United Nations said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Predicted global hunger crisis becoming a reality as Mideast war drags on, UN warns

Predictions that the Middle East war could drive tens of millions more people into acute hunger are proving to be accurate, the United Nations said Friday, warning that higher fuel and food costs linked to the conflict are deepening food insecurity far beyond the region.

France 24

First Thing: Trump-backed Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in Texas primary

Paxton’s win, despite scandals, signals president’s enduring grip over state. Plus, one sex educator on why she doesn’t define sex at all

The Guardian - UK

Strait of Hormuz closure chokes trade and aid for Afghanistan

Afghanistan's trade routes are severely disrupted. Conflicts in the Middle East and border closures with Pakistan have crippled businesses and aid efforts. Shipping through Iran's Bandar Abbas port is blocked. Humanitarian aid, especially for malnourished children, is running out. Supplies are now rerouted through Central Asia, tripling costs. Businesses face…

The Economic Times

US-Israel war on Iran driving historic levels of global hunger, UN says

Conflict and cuts in funding have left World Food Programme ‘taking from the hungry to feed the starving’

The Guardian - UK

Strait of Hormuz closure chokes trade and aid for Afghanistan

Landlocked Afghanistan is struggling to access supplies as fighting with Pakistan and the Iran war disrupt key routes

The Independent UK

Cash transfers make aid more efficient in era of cuts, report finds

Putting cash in the hands of people in need can enable up to 38 per cent more aid to actually reach people in need, the report says – coming at a time when aid funding per person in need has by fallen 35 per cent in the last two years

The Independent UK

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Euronews

Exclusive: Inside Gaza's hunger crisis as aid falters and funding dries up

Community kitchens serving basic foodstuffs like lentils once a week are the last food source for hundreds of thousands in Gaza, as aid flows have dropped by 37% and only 10% of funding has been secured, Euronews learns on the ground in the Strip.

Fortune

WFP Chief Cindy McCain warns that the food crisis is a business crisis: 'Feed them now or fight them later'

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

The Independent UK

Sudan was already at war and hungry. Now its farmers are hit by another conflict

Sudan and its farmers were already struggling after three years of war at home, but now the conflict in the Middle East has disrupted supply chains

The Independent UK

DR Congo grappling with food insecurity as impact of reduced foreign aid is laid bare

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The Independent UK

Warning of severe hunger crisis in DR Congo’s megacity

Climate change and conflict are driving severe food insecurity across the largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, while cuts to foreign aid are impacting the ability of UN agencies to respond

The Independent UK

UN warns of famine in South Sudan: ‘We are witnessing a deadly downward spiral’

A doctors also tells The Independent that there is no electricity at the hospital they work at because there is no fuel – and surgeons have performed caesarean sections with almost no medicines

The Guardian - UK

Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid

Soaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of people in desperate need, say NGOs

The Independent UK

People in food crisis around globe doubles as foreign aid plummets to 10-year low

Some 266 million people in 47 territories were in a state of food crisis or worse last year, with experts warning that ongoing conflicts, climate variability and global economic uncertainty risk worsening the situation in 2026

The Independent UK

Sudan refugees face temperatures rising to 50C and little food and water as they struggle to survive

IN FOCUS: Rachel Hagan speaks to victims of Sudan’s brutal conflict, who have survived rape, kidnap and extreme violence to make it to Chad. But there, water and food are starting to run low for a number of the hundreds of thousands who need help

The Independent UK

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face food aid cuts

Nearly 1.2 million Rohingya are trapped in Bangladesh’s squalid camps

The Mary Sue

The US-Israel war on Iran is wreaking havoc on food aid, with a new report exposing a crisis beyond belief

The United Nations is sounding the alarm, warning that the ongoing US–Israel war on Iran could push global hunger levels to an unthinkable new record. We’re talking about a potential staggering increase of 45 million more people facing acute hunger if the conflict continues through June.

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