World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza

Global News Podcast by BBC

Oct 19, 202628:18News & Politics

Residents of Gaza have described the World Food Programme's decision to drastically reduce lifesaving assistance as "disastrous". The number of people helped by the UN agency will be reduced by around a third to one-poin...

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