Sudan, Gaza, Lebanon: Can the UN still save lives?

In a world facing overlapping crises - from Sudan, to Lebanon to the wider issues in the Middle East - the demand for humanitarian aid has never been greater. But as needs grow, the global response is struggling to keep up. In this episode of The Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Tom Fletcher, the United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, about the immense challenges of delivering life-saving support in today’s fractured world. How does the UN prioritise when everything is urgent? With funding shortfalls, political barriers, and growing risks to civilians and aid workers, can the humanitarian system cope - and what happens if it can’t?

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Sudan, Gaza, Lebanon: Can the UN still save lives? is an episode from The Fourcast by Channel 4 News.

This episode is 00:25:55 long.

This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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