'Samantha Power, the head of the USAID, is the first American official to classify the extreme hunger in parts of Gaza as a famine.' nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

NATO SACEUR: “Russia is reconstituting that force far faster than our initial estimates suggested.”

NEW: Citing my scoop on USAID officials privately telling Biden admin colleagues famine is already underway in Gaza, ⁦Joaquin Castro⁩ got ⁦Samantha Power⁩ to confirm that is her assessment (from 2:48:50 on).

Major confirmation from the US. youtube.com/live/cK_QuxWGv…

In our new report, ‘Stopping Famine in Gaza’, we provide granular data through mapping and satellite imagery on the extent of the damage and destruction and the severity of the food insecurity crisis.

Our key findings: 1/9
crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

The contradictions of American policy in one photo.

Climate change is causing heat waves to bake people, places longer and at higher heat. Study finds slower moving heat waves since 1979. apne.ws/aBBZI7F

Uh, what just happened? Earthquake in New York?

“I'm still confident that in the end, as all conflicts come to an end, this one will too, and its result will be a two-state solution.”

Martin Indyk on the Foreign Affairs podcast: foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/who-s…

'...in the midst of a sustained assault on Gaza and the killing of Palestinian civilians at a previously unimaginable scale, Israel is playing with fire.' My latest in Foreign Affairs foreignaffairs.com/israel/israel-…

1/ These are the worse conditions on record. The level of need on the ground is the highest since the 2010 earthquake.

'After years of backing corrupt and undemocratic leaders, the US government has a chance to back Haitians promoting democracy and the rule of law.

If it does so, the US can help Haiti exit this hellscape at last.'

Pierre Espérance for Foreign Affairs: foreignaffairs.com/haiti/how-take…

NEW: Department of State confirms one of the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in the Israeli airstrike in Gaza was an American citizen.

World Central Kitchen charity halts Gaza operations after Israeli strike kills 7 workers ow.ly/rS6O105obzJ

Picture of the aid car struck is remarkable: bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl…

MSF is horrified that Al-Shifa hospital is in ruins after a 14-day long operation by Israeli forces in and around the facility. Gaza’s largest hospital is now out of service. Given the extent of the destruction, people in the north are left with even fewer healthcare options.

Utterly harrowing details of the Israeli drone attack on WCK team in this Haaretz piece per security sources. The drone fired three missiles in succession. The team survived the first hit, took refuge in the other car in the convoy, but the missiles kept coming.

'With fatality rates estimated up to 50 percent among humans, H5N1 is not something to gamble with.' nytimes.com/live/2024/03/2…

“Sometimes it sounds like certain officials, it’s almost as if they support a hypothetical war, instead of the actual war that Israel is fighting.'

Adil Haque to Phil Klay: theatlantic.com/international/…