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UN criticises distribution of food in Gaza

It comes as another forty-six Palestinians waiting for food handouts were killed.

The Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been strongly criticised for the way it delivers aid in Gaza by the United Nations. The UN's children agency says starving people should not be forced into combat zones to receive aid. We'll speak to one Gaza family who say this is the only way to get food now in the territory.

A new global study suggests that progress in vaccinating children against a variety of life-threatening diseases has stalled, or even gone backwards, in the past two decades. We'll look at the report findings with our Global Health Correspondent.

And world leaders are gathering in the Netherlands for the Nato defence alliance summit. The Secretary General of the alliance, Mark Rutte, has applauded Donald Trump for pushing Europe to spend more money on defence.

Presenters: James Copnall and Pria Rai

(Photo:Palestinians climb a vehicle as they gather to receive aid supplies in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters)

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