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Workers Revolutionary Party A severely malnourished child in hospital in Yemen â the Tory government is cutting aid contribution from £164m down to £87m in 2021 THE BRITISH government has decided to âbalance the books on the backs of the starving people of Yemen,â in an act that will see tens of thousands die and damage the UKâs global influence, the head of the UNâs Office for Humanitarian Affairs has said. Mark Lowcock, formerly a senior figure in the UKâs Department for International Development, said he was shocked by the decision to slash the UKâs Yemen aid budget. ....
Vulnerable bearing the brunt of Beirut blast fallout Updated / Thursday, 4 Feb 2021 12:54 A man walks by a building damaged by the 4 August blast in Beirut s Gemayzeh neighbourhood The blast killed 200 people, injured more than 6,500 and flattened whole neighbourhoods including homes, schools and hospitals. Close to 300,000 people were left homeless, with many more continuing to live in homes that have yet to be repaired. It is palpable. You can feel it. A lot of people are angry. A lot of people are upset, but people are also just exhausted Irish woman Alison Heron, from north county Dublin has lived in the city of Beirut for the last two years, where she works as Trócaire’s Head of Programmes. ....