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with great, great difficulty. And I think we could perhaps put this in a bit of context that these moves to cut aid have been coming really for quite a while in terms of the attitude of the traditional donors to humanitarian aid. We had the financial crisis way back in 2008 and many countries had austerity, wealthy countries.

with great, great difficulty. And I think we could perhaps put this in a bit of context that these moves to cut aid have been coming really for quite a while in terms of the attitude of the traditional donors to humanitarian aid. We had the financial crisis way back in 2008 and many countries had austerity, wealthy countries.

And voters have just been saying for a long time, why are we spending money overseas when we should be spending it on us? What about my school? What about my hospital? Then we had Covid, which again exhausted the budgets of many, many governments. And we have a weariness. There always seems to be a new war and a new crisis. That's the mindset of voters.

And voters have just been saying for a long time, why are we spending money overseas when we should be spending it on us? What about my school? What about my hospital? Then we had Covid, which again exhausted the budgets of many, many governments. And we have a weariness. There always seems to be a new war and a new crisis. That's the mindset of voters.

And of course, that's influencing governments.

And of course, that's influencing governments.

but aid agencies would say all of this is also an utter failure of international diplomacy not to solve conflicts or prevent them that's why we have new ones not for example to even agree modest trade rules which might support low-income countries and emerging economies not to tackle climate change which contributes we know to displacement and to hunger

but aid agencies would say all of this is also an utter failure of international diplomacy not to solve conflicts or prevent them that's why we have new ones not for example to even agree modest trade rules which might support low-income countries and emerging economies not to tackle climate change which contributes we know to displacement and to hunger

And that cutting aid funding now, when there's a record number of people in need in the world, will make all those challenges even worse. And although we want to look after ourselves, we can't build walls and moats around our countries anymore. That's not the way the world works. But I'm not sure that those appeals will have any influence whatsoever.

And that cutting aid funding now, when there's a record number of people in need in the world, will make all those challenges even worse. And although we want to look after ourselves, we can't build walls and moats around our countries anymore. That's not the way the world works. But I'm not sure that those appeals will have any influence whatsoever.

There's been a slight misuse of the substance.

There's been a slight misuse of the substance.

Did your partner forget Valentine's Day this year? Did a man just spring to mind? Whilst it's commonly thought that men have a laissez-faire attitude towards romantic gestures, a new study finds the opposite to be true.

Did your partner forget Valentine's Day this year? Did a man just spring to mind? Whilst it's commonly thought that men have a laissez-faire attitude towards romantic gestures, a new study finds the opposite to be true.

Researchers from the Humboldt University of Berlin used anonymous surveys and more than 50 psychological and sociological studies to find, on average, heterosexual men tend to want a relationship more than women and are more likely to confess their love first. The main author of the paper, Iris Waring, explains one of the reasons why.

Researchers from the Humboldt University of Berlin used anonymous surveys and more than 50 psychological and sociological studies to find, on average, heterosexual men tend to want a relationship more than women and are more likely to confess their love first. The main author of the paper, Iris Waring, explains one of the reasons why.

But she says it's not just about wanting to get physical.

But she says it's not just about wanting to get physical.

The study also found that men are less likely to initiate breakups and more likely to suffer from them. So why then is there a stereotype that men are less romantic than women? Why do so many romantic movies have a female protagonist yearning for a male partner when this research shows it's the other way around? Maybe this is because they can.

The study also found that men are less likely to initiate breakups and more likely to suffer from them. So why then is there a stereotype that men are less romantic than women? Why do so many romantic movies have a female protagonist yearning for a male partner when this research shows it's the other way around? Maybe this is because they can.