A U.S.-backed organization aims to start work in the Gaza Strip by the end of May, overseeing a new model of aid distribution in the Palestinian enclave, but the United Nations says the plan is not impartial or neutral,

Eleven requests for disaster declarations are pending at the agency — a sign that it is reducing disaster aid to states, experts say.

A limited amount of food was delivered to desperate Gazans for the first time since early March on Wednesday, but senior United Nations officials warned the supply was “nowhere near enough” to forestall the worsening humanitarian crisis.

US Representative Seth Magaziner’s mother-in-law, Jennifer McDowell, testifies for the bill, saying, “I deserve the right to a peaceful death, preferably at home, surrounded by family.”

The North Carolina House has advanced another Hurricane Helene funding package to address pressing needs in the mountains eight months after the storm.

Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) said it received a call for help from a man who volunteers for a neighbouring mountain rescue team, after he slipped on a slippery slab of rock in Brandlehow Woods, above Derwentwater, on Tuesday.