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ABC News
21-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
The first nine aid trucks have been allowed into Gaza with food and emergency supplies
Israeli officials say they've allowed dozens of trucks - carrying aid - to enter Gaza after imposing an 11-week blockade. UN health officials say malnutrition rates in Gaza have risen during the blockade - and could rise exponentially, if food shortages continue. Yousra Abu Sherekh is a project manager for the aid agency in Gaza INARA, the International Network for Aid Relief and Assistance. She is also a mother of two young boys. Even with a job she struggles to feed her husband and children. She spoke to our reporter Anne Barker. Guest: Yousra Abu Sherekh, project manager for the aid agency INARA, in Gaza Producer: Anne Barker
ABC News
20-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
UN report delivers scathing assessment of Australia's youth justice system
The United Nations has delivered a scathing assessment of Australia's youth justice system, accusing federal and state authorities of violating international obligations and harming Indigenous children in particular. A report released by the UN's Special Rapporteurs on Torture, and on Indigenous rights, says indigenous children continue to be jailed in disproportionate numbers, and suffer undue harm from laws and policies on youth crime and detention. It singles out Queensland's bill on "adult time for adult crimes" that would see adult penalties applied to children for a wide range of offences. Guest: Alice Edwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Producer: Anne Barker
