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Gaza Strip receives nearly 200 tons of food and supplies, UN describes ‘huge obstacles’ to getting relief
A ship towing a barge loaded with food arrived off Gaza on Friday, witnesses said, as a test run for a new aid route by sea from Cyprus into the devastated Palestinian enclave where famine looms after five months of Israel’s military campaign.
The ship, arranged by the World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity, is carrying nearly 200 tonnes of aid to be delivered via a jetty being prepared in Gaza, with a second ship expected to sail soon.
There are few details on how the aid delivery and distribution will work once it is ready to unload in Gaza, with U.N. relief agencies having described huge obstacles to getting relief supplies to those in need.
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If the new sea route is successful, it may help to ease the hunger crisis affecting Gaza, where much of the population faces malnourishment and hospitals in the worst-stricken northern areas have reported children dying of starvation.
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However, bringing in aid by sea and through air drops will not be enough to make up for difficulties getting in supplies by land, aid agencies have repeatedly said.
The war in Gaza began on Oct. 7 when Hamas fighters rampaged into Israel killing 1,200 people and seizing 253 hostages according to Israeli tallies.
Israel’s air and ground campaign has since killed more than 31,000 Palestinians according to health authorities in Hamas-run Gaza, while driving most of the population from their homes and pushing the enclave towards famine.
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UK election exit polling suggests Labour is headed for landslide victory
An exit poll in the U.K.’s general election suggests it will be a landslide victory for the opposition Labour Party after nearly a decade and a half of Conservative rule.
The poll, released moments after polls closed on Thursday, indicated that Labour leader Keir Starmer will be the country’s next prime minister.
«Today, Britain’s future is on the ballot,» Starmer wrote in an X post prior to the election.
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If Starmer wins the general election, it will be the Labour Party’s first win since 2005.
Labour pledged to get the U.K.’s sluggish economy growing, invest in infrastructure and make Britain a «clean energy superpower.»
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Rishi Sunak has served as prime minister of the U.K. and leader of the Conservative Party since 2022.
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