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Is famine looming in Gaza and what are the UN experts warning about?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. A group of United Nations backed experts on hunger issued an alert this morning, saying quote, the worst case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip. But as NPR's Emily Fang reports, the group stopped short of issuing a formal famine declaration.
The alert by the global initiative, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, warns that quote widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths. The World Health Organization says more than sixty people died of malnutrition in July alone, more than twenty of them children under five years old. For hunger to reach the famine threshold on the IPC, the panel says it found at least thirty percent of children experiencing acute malnutrition. The panel used data collected up to four days ago before Israel started letting in more food to Gaza, so the group said a new analysis would be conducted without delay and updated data. Israeli officials have denied there is starvation in Gaza and have blamed Hamas for stoking chaos and aid distribution.
Emily Fang and Peer News Tel Aviv.
Why are states suing the USDA over the SNAP data request and what privacy concerns are raised?
Gaza's health ministry says more than sixty thousand Palestinians have been killed since the war in Gaza against Hamas began in October of twenty twenty three. It did not say how many were militants or civilians, but about half were women or children. Twenty states and Washington DC are suing the Department of Agriculture over its demand for the personal data of tens of millions of people who applied for food assistance. NPR's Ju Jaffe block reports the USDA had told states to turn over the data by tomorrow.
The USDA's unprecedented demand includes social security numbers, birth dates, immigration status, and addresses of people who applied for the food assistance program known as SNAP over the last five years, as well as information about their households. USDA says it needs the data to check for waste and fraud. California Attorney General Democrat Rob Bonta said guardrails already exist.
SNAP recipients provided this information to get help feeding their families, not to be entered into a government surveillance database or be used as targets in the president's inhumane immigration agenda.
The Trump administration has taken steps to share Medicaid and IRS data with immigration enforcement officials.
What did the new study reveal about lifestyle changes and memory improvement for seniors?
Jude Jaffe Block, NPR News.
President Trump is wrapping up his five day trip to Scotland by opening a new golf course, the third Trump owned course in Scotland.
But it wasn't bad. But with time they've liked us more and more now. They love us, and we love them. They really put it out and they know how good this whole complex is.
During his visit, besides playing golf, Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and reached a trade agreement with the European Union. You're listening to NPR News in Washington. New York City officials say the gunman who killed four people in the Manhattan office building yesterday had a history of mental illness.
How did the Thailand‑Cambodia border truce unfold and what are the latest casualty figures?
A New York City police officer was among those killed. A fifth person was wounded. The gunman, identified as a twenty-seven-year-old resident of Las Vegas, then took his own life. A new study finds that lifestyle changes can improve the memory and thinking of people in their sixties and seventies. NPR's John Hamilton reports from the Alzheimer's Association International Meeting in Toronto.
The study involved more than twenty one hundred people from sixty to seventy nine who did not exercise regularly or follow a healthful diet. Half devised their own program for a healthier lifestyle, the other half did aerobic exercise four times a week, followed a heart healthy diet, and did online brain training. Laura Baker of Wake Forest University says after two years, people in the intensive program did much better.
These people are obtaining.
What details emerged from the Manhattan office building shooting and the gunman's background?
Cognitive function scores that are similar to people who are one to two years younger than they are.
The results were reported at the Alzheimer's Conference and in the Journal of the American Medical Association, John Hamilton, NPR News.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Is famine looming in Gaza and what are the UN experts warning about?
0:00–1:09
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Why are states suing the USDA over the SNAP data request and what privacy concerns are raised?
1:09–2:20
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What did the new study reveal about lifestyle changes and memory improvement for seniors?
2:20–3:08
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How did the Thailand‑Cambodia border truce unfold and what are the latest casualty figures?
3:08–3:58
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What details emerged from the Manhattan office building shooting and the gunman's background?
3:58–4:38