Imogen Folks

There is just nowhere safe. In Gaza, for children or indeed for anyone, UN compounds have been hit. The International Committee of the Red Cross also. And now, just in the last couple of days, we've learned of these shocking killings of 15 aid workers, the Red Crescent UN Civil Defence Committee.

There is just nowhere safe. In Gaza, for children or indeed for anyone, UN compounds have been hit. The International Committee of the Red Cross also. And now, just in the last couple of days, we've learned of these shocking killings of 15 aid workers, the Red Crescent UN Civil Defence Committee.

And today, one aid worker who spent a lot of time in Gaza said, you're just seeing daily multiple violations of international law. And there's a real frustration among aid agencies. Part of their job is to kind of uphold international law, that this just keeps on happening and that their own colleagues are being killed. Hundreds of aid workers have been killed in Gaza, as we know.

And today, one aid worker who spent a lot of time in Gaza said, you're just seeing daily multiple violations of international law. And there's a real frustration among aid agencies. Part of their job is to kind of uphold international law, that this just keeps on happening and that their own colleagues are being killed. Hundreds of aid workers have been killed in Gaza, as we know.

Very limited. They are still there and trying to work, although we do know the UN has reduced its footprint because since the first week of March, there has been a complete blockade on supplies or aid workers. getting in and out. So food and medicines are getting very low. Half of the ambulances now cannot work because there's fuel shortages or they have been damaged in the conflict.

Very limited. They are still there and trying to work, although we do know the UN has reduced its footprint because since the first week of March, there has been a complete blockade on supplies or aid workers. getting in and out. So food and medicines are getting very low. Half of the ambulances now cannot work because there's fuel shortages or they have been damaged in the conflict.

So it's really worse than challenging for the population.

So it's really worse than challenging for the population.

In 2004, HIV-AIDS claimed more than 2 million lives. In 2023, deaths were down to 600,000. The U.S. funding cuts risk reversing years of progress and allowing infections to surge unchecked. U.N. AIDS programs across Africa received stop-work orders in January, and already mother and child prevention clinics have closed, and treatment centres have run out of drugs.

In 2004, HIV-AIDS claimed more than 2 million lives. In 2023, deaths were down to 600,000. The U.S. funding cuts risk reversing years of progress and allowing infections to surge unchecked. U.N. AIDS programs across Africa received stop-work orders in January, and already mother and child prevention clinics have closed, and treatment centres have run out of drugs.

Winnie Bienima pleaded with the US, the single biggest funder of HIV programmes, to reverse its decision immediately, and even offered President Trump what she described as a deal to market a new, US-developed antiretroviral injection to millions of people.

Winnie Bienima pleaded with the US, the single biggest funder of HIV programmes, to reverse its decision immediately, and even offered President Trump what she described as a deal to market a new, US-developed antiretroviral injection to millions of people.

I'm high in the Swiss Alps, 3,300 metres above sea level. People come from all over the world to see these views, soaring snow-capped peaks and the blue ice of glaciers. But it's a view that's changing. Global warming is causing glaciers to melt at record levels. 273 billion tonnes of ice is disappearing every year.

I'm high in the Swiss Alps, 3,300 metres above sea level. People come from all over the world to see these views, soaring snow-capped peaks and the blue ice of glaciers. But it's a view that's changing. Global warming is causing glaciers to melt at record levels. 273 billion tonnes of ice is disappearing every year.

Michael Ksemp of the World Glacier Monitoring Service says we're already feeling the effects in rising sea levels.

Michael Ksemp of the World Glacier Monitoring Service says we're already feeling the effects in rising sea levels.

Glaciers are also a crucial source of fresh water. They store the winter snow and release it in spring and summer for crops and drinking water. Less ice means disrupted water supplies, flooding and landslides. Sulanya Mishra of the World Meteorological Organization says the consequences will affect us all.

Glaciers are also a crucial source of fresh water. They store the winter snow and release it in spring and summer for crops and drinking water. Less ice means disrupted water supplies, flooding and landslides. Sulanya Mishra of the World Meteorological Organization says the consequences will affect us all.

Every slight increase in the Earth's temperature speeds up the thaw. If we don't act to limit global warming, scientists say, most of the glaciers I can see up here will be gone by the end of this century. And if that happens, they warn, we will lose so much more than a beautiful view.

Every slight increase in the Earth's temperature speeds up the thaw. If we don't act to limit global warming, scientists say, most of the glaciers I can see up here will be gone by the end of this century. And if that happens, they warn, we will lose so much more than a beautiful view.