Gaza: UN urges donors to reconsider funding freeze
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🗓️ 31 January 2024
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From the BBC World Service: Top United Nations officials are pleading with countries, including the U.S., to reconsider after they withdrew funding for its main aid agency in Gaza. Then, one of the world’s biggest record labels is pulling its music from TikTok after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with the platform. Also: another apology to U.K. Post Office scandal victims and greener construction.
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| 0:00.0 | The United Nations warns the aid system in Gaza could collapse. |
| 0:05.0 | Live from the BBC World Service, this is the Marketplace Morning Report. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Luke Wilson in Flee Anna Byrne. |
| 0:11.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:12.0 | Top UN aid officials are pleading with countries |
| 0:14.9 | including the US, Germany and Japan to reconsider after they withdrew funding for |
| 0:20.2 | its Palestinian Refugee Agency in Gaza. |
| 0:23.2 | It's because of allegations Israel made that several staff at the UN Relief and Works |
| 0:28.2 | agency in Gaza were involved in the October 7th attack by Hamas. |
| 0:33.0 | Gunman killed around 1300 people and took about 250 hostage in the attacks on Israel. |
| 0:40.0 | The UN is investigating the allegations and has sacked several of its staff. |
| 0:44.0 | UNRWA Fai spoke to the BBC. |
| 0:48.0 | Now is not the time to slow down a humanitarian response in Gaza when UNRWA has more than 1 million people inside our own |
| 0:55.4 | shelters. |
| 0:56.4 | We have the largest humanitarian infrastructure in Gaza right now and no one can replace us on such |
| 1:02.3 | short notice. |
| 1:03.0 | After October 7th, Israel launched operations in Gaza which the Hamas-run |
| 1:08.0 | Health Ministry says has killed 26,700 people. |
| 1:12.0 | Analysis seen by the BBC says... 26, 700 people. |
| 1:13.0 | Analysis seen by the BBC says more than half of Gaza's buildings have been damaged or destroyed. |
| 1:19.0 | UN Chief Antonio Gutierrez has held meetings with more than 30 member states to discuss the allegations |
| 1:24.5 | and funding withdrawal. |
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