56 h. ago State Department funnels $250M from refugee aid into Trump’s self

The administration is now using the former relief funds to pay for flights and cash incentives for those who come forward to leave

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4 d. ago Donald Trump criticises the BBC for Gaza aid misreporting as the White House accuses the broadcaster of interpreting the word of Hamas as 'the total truth' 

The Trump administration has hit out at the BBC, accusing the corporation of interpreting the word of 'Hamas as the total truth'.

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9 d. ago How sexual violence survivors in South Africa are now collateral damage of Trump’s aid cuts

Rape crisis services are suffering the knock-on effect of US funded HIV services being cut, writes Rachel Schraer

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1 week ago Donald Trump must reverse his aid cuts and lift the death sentence on HIV patients

Editorial: As a new Independent documentary shows, by shutting off US foreign aid and abruptly stopping the supply of HIV drugs to developing countries, the US president has punished some of the poorest people on the planet

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1 week ago The Aids crisis was set to end by 2030 – now Trump’s cuts will mean 4 million more deaths

HIV infections and deaths from Aids are set to skyrocket in the next five years if US-funded programmes are not reinstated, write Rachel Schraer, Alicja Hagopian, Bel Trew and Rebecca Thomas

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1 week ago ‘I can’t protect my unborn baby from HIV’: The stark reality of Trump’s aid cuts

From the pregnant woman who fears HIV will now be transmitted to her child, to the father of four lying in agony on a mattress with no access to drugs. In Uganda and Zimbabwe, chief international correspondent Bel Trew finds the US president’s brutal severing of aid – and abrupt halt in medication – is already tearing lives apart

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1 week ago Navy to use AI to detect ‘hostile’ Russian activity in the Arctic

UK sanctions have also hampered Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to maintain his fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers to aid his invasion of Ukraine, as Donald Trump calls him ‘absolutely crazy’ for firing hundreds of drones and missiles overnight

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1 week ago Trump administration tells border shelters helping migrants may be illegal

NGO shelters along US-Mexico border, which have long provided aid, rattled by letter from FemaThe Trump administration has continued releasing people charged with being in the country illegally to non-governmental shelters along the US-Mexico border after previously telling those same organizations that providing immigrants with temporary housing and other aid may violate a law used to prosecute smugglers.Border shelters, which have long provided lodging and meals before offering transportation to the nearest bus station or airport, were rattled by a letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) that raised “significant concerns” about potentially illegal activity and demanded detailed information in a wide-ranging investigation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Revealed: The true cost of climate crisis for world’s poorest countries

Exclusive: Small-island states and conflict-vulnerable countries in Africa are suffering intensely as floods, droughts and hurricanes wreak havoc on communities and livelihoods

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2 w. ago South Africa says its budget can't cover for the deep US cuts in foreign aid

South Africa's finance minister says the country doesn’t have the funds to cover the over $430 million shortfall caused by the Trump administration’s cuts in foreign aid

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2 w. ago Voices: This is the beginning of the end of international aid. What will the new world look like?

Donald Trump's attack on aid has been a long time coming, argue Heba Aly and Nilima Gulrajani. Now is the time to create a response fit for the 21st century

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2 w. ago Trump to meet with South African president amid tensions over aid and Afrikaners: Live updates

Trade agreements and investment opportunities said to be on table as two nations work to reset relations

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2 w. ago Trump to meet with South African president amid tensions over aid, Afrikaners, Israel: Live updates

Trade agreements and investment opportunities said to be on table as two nations work to reset relations

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2 w. ago The West has finally spoken up on Gaza – but it must not stop there

Editorial: Britain has hit Israel with further sanctions and suspended trade talks as it dramatically steps up its response to the humanitarian crisis. Now others must join to stop this violence

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2 w. ago Trump eyes foreign aid funds to remove migrants including Ukrainians who came to the U.S. from war zones: report

Hundreds of thousands of migrants, including those from Ukraine and Haiti, are reportedly being considered in the plans

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2 w. ago As key Israel allies threaten action over Gaza catastrophe, Washington is largely unmoved

As Palestinians are told to evacuate before ‘unprecedented attack’, the White House continues to publicly back IsraelAs Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate Khan Younis in advance of what it calls an “unprecedented attack” on Gaza, much of Washington remains largely unmoved, even as Canada and European countries threaten “concrete actions” if Israel does not scale back its offensive.Despite reports of growing pressure from the Trump administration to increase aid into Gaza, where widespread famine looms, the White House continues to publicly back Israel. National security council spokesperson James Hewitt told the Guardian in an email: “Hamas has rejected repeated ceasefire proposals, and therefore bears sole responsibility for this conflict,” maintaining the policy stance inherited from the previous Biden administration despite mounting evidence of humanitarian catastrophe. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Romania’s presidential election upset: a vote for stability and the west | Editorial

A stunning comeback victory for the centrist mayor of Bucharest was also good news for Kyiv. But elsewhere in Europe, the far right continues to flourishAs Romanians voted on Sunday in arguably the most consequential election in the country’s post-communist history, Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, will have been preparing to welcome a fellow disruptor to the European stage. The first round of a controversially re-run presidential contest had been handsomely won by George Simion, a Eurosceptic ultranationalist who views Donald Trump as a “natural ally” and opposes military aid to Ukraine. On the back of a 20-point lead, Mr Simion, a 38-year-old former football ultra with a taste for violent rhetoric, was so confident of winning that he made a confrontational visit to Brussels in the last days of his campaign.Those expectations were confounded in remarkable fashion at the weekend. In a dramatic reversal of fortunes, Nicușor Dan, the centrist mayor of Bucharest, benefited ...

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3 w. ago AP PHOTOS: Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world's most malnourished

For years, the U.S. Agency for International Development had been the backbone of the humanitarian response in northeastern Nigeria, helping non-government organizations provide food, shelter and healthcare to millions of people. But this year, the Trump administration cut more than 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall assistance around the world.

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3 w. ago South Africa says Trump's aid cuts stripped more than 8,000 health workers from its HIV program

The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has put more than 8,000 health workers in South Africa’s national HIV program out of work

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3 w. ago UK cuts to international aid will have huge impact, minister admits

Development minister claims there is an ‘absolute crisis’ in public support for international aid

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