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Five-year £1.25bn pledge to Gavi is 40% cut in real terms, which experts say will cost lives in developing countriesThe UK has cut its funding to a leading global vaccination group by a quarter, a move that experts say will directly lead to the avoidab…
Shootings by Israeli forces raise death toll of such incidents in Gaza in last two weeks to more than 500At least 40 Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza have died in new shootings by Israeli forces, local medics and officials said, raising the total kille…
Senator from Massachusetts questions state department’s redirection of $500m to troubled organizationUS politics live – latest updatesElizabeth Warren has confronted the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, over reports that the state department is cons…
Claim comes in legal exchange with advocacy group ahead of judicial review of decision to slash support to 0.3% of gross national incomeCuts of £5bn to the UK overseas aid budget cannot be challenged in the courts, government lawyers have said, even th…
Emmanuel Mwamba and Fiona Mulaisho respond to an editorial on US aid cuts to Zambia and huge sums taken out of the country by multinationalsYour editorial (The Guardian view on Zambia’s Trumpian predicament: US aid cuts are dwarfed by a far bigger heis…
International development council describes consequences as ‘dire’ as 120 Australian projects affected by loss of more than $400mGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Trump administration’s gutting of foreign aid has seen a $40…
Swedish activist says ‘12 peaceful volunteers’ did not break laws during attempt to bring symbolic aid shipment to GazaHours after being deported from Israel, Greta Thunberg accused the country of kidnapping her and her fellow activists in internationa…
Crew of activists making symbolic attempt to deliver aid expected to be held in port until deportation hearingsA boat seized by Israel’s military as it tried to break the blockade on Gaza was towed into an Israeli port after sunset on Monday, with the …
NGO says Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to addressKabul could become the first modern city to completely run out of water, experts have warned.Water levels within Kabul’s aquifers have dropped by up …
India has strongly red-flagged the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) recent approval of an $800 million aid package to Pakistan, citing deep concerns over the potential misuse of these funds amid Pakistan’s increasing defence expenditure and deteriorating fiscal health.Despite being in the midst of a severe economic crisis—marked by a declining tax-to-GDP ratio, depleted foreign exchange reserves,