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The UN says 20 trucks of aid are not enough, asks for fuel to be let in for hospitals

1:41pm October 21, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon discusses aid to Gaza with Assistant Secretary-General Lynn Hastings. She is the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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People take part in a "March For Palestine" in London on Saturday.

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Protesters pack London streets demanding an end to the siege of Gaza

11:47am October 21, 2023

by Willem Marx

British police estimated that up to 100,000 marchers participated. The crowds, carrying Palestinian flags, also demanded that Israel discontinue deadly airstrikes in the enclave.

A man stands by as a fire rages in a livestock market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, on Sept. 1, in the aftermath of bombardment by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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Sudan's war passed 6 months, with much of the world consumed by other conflicts

11:34am October 21, 2023

by Kate Bartlett

An estimated 9,000 people have been killed and another 5.6 million forced to flee their homes. NPR has spoken to Sudanese from different walks of life to hear how they're coping.

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Peace activists in Israel speak about their hopes for the end of war

9:09am October 21, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Israeli peace activists Sally Abed, who is also Palestinian, and Alon-Lee Green, of the group Standing Together, about their hopes for the conflict in Gaza.

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The first trucks carrying humanitarian aid were allowed to cross into Gaza from Egypt

8:32am October 21, 2023

by Scott Simon

The first trucks of humanitarian aid crossed into Gaza Saturday morning. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hani Almadhoun from a UN agency overseeing refugees there about the next steps.

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His family members were taken hostage by Hamas. Now they're coming home

8:32am October 21, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ben Raanan, whose sister and stepmother had been taken hostage by Hamas in Israel earlier this month and freed Friday.

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Some Ukrainians fear that war in the Middle East would distract from their plight

8:32am October 21, 2023

by Joanna Kakissis

Ukrainians worry that a regional war in the Middle East will distract their country's allies, embolden Russia and prolong Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Aid starts to trickle into Gaza; Qatar negotiates the release of American hostages

8:32am October 21, 2023

The Egypt Gaza border opens briefly to allow a trickle of much needed aid in, but it is a drop in the ocean for the thousands of Palestinians stuck there.

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Poland's civil rights activists are cautiously optimistic about the new government

8:32am October 21, 2023

by Rob Schmitz

Poland's right-wing ruling party lost the national elections. But activists do not predict the winners will undertake major changes in LGBTQ and abortion policies.

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There are fears of militant groups in Hezbollah entering the war

8:32am October 21, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Mohanad Hage Ali, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, about the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah's role in the current conflict.