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Gaza warehouse broken into by 'hordes of hungry people' says WFP
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says that "hordes of hungry people" have broken into a food supply warehouse in central people are reported to have died and several others injured in the incident, the programme said, adding that it was still confirming footage from AFP news agency showed crowds breaking into the Al-Ghafari warehouse in Deir Al-Balah and taking bags of flour and cartons of food as gunshots rang out. It was not immediately clear where the gunshots came a statement, the WFP said humanitarian needs in Gaza had "spiralled out of control" after an almost three-month Israeli blockade that was eased last week. The WFP said that food supplies had been pre-positioned at the warehouse for programme added: "Gaza needs an immediate scale-up of food assistance. This is the only way to reassure people that they will not starve."The WFP said it had "consistently warned of alarming and deteriorating conditions on the ground, and the risks imposed by limiting humanitarian aid to hungry people in desperate need of assistance". Israeli authorities said on Wednesday that 121 trucks belonging to the UN and the international community carrying humanitarian aid including flour and food were transferred into began to allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza last week.A controversial US and Israeli-backed group - the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) - was also established as a private aid distribution system. It uses US security contractors and bypasses the UN, which said it was unworkable and US and Israeli governments say the GHF, which has set up four distribution centres in southern and central Gaza, is preventing aid from being stolen by Hamas, which the armed group denies UN Humans Right Office said 47 people were injured on Tuesday after people overran one of the GHF distribution sites in the southern city of Rafah, a day after it began working senior UN official told journalists on Wednesday that desperate crowds were looting cargo off of UN aid Whittall, the head of the UN's humanitarian office for the occupied Palestinian territories, also said there was no evidence that Hamas was diverting aid coordinated through credible humanitarian said the real theft of relief goods since the beginning of the war had been carried out by criminal gangs which the Israeli army "allowed to operate in proximity to the Kerem Shalom crossing point in Gaza".The UN has argued that a surge of aid like the one during the recent ceasefire between Israeli and Hamas would reduce the threat of looting by hungry people and allow it to make full use of its well-established network of distribution across the Gaza Strip.
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Trump administration to 'aggressively' revoke visas of Chinese students
US President Donald Trump's administration says it will "aggressively" revoke the visas of Chinese students studying in the of State Marco Rubio said in a statement the move would include "those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields".Visa criteria will also be revised to "enhance scrutiny" of future visa applicants from China and Hong Kong, Rubio between Beijing and Washington have plummeted in recent months as a tit-for-tat trade war erupted between the two superpowers sparked by Trump's tariffs. On Monday, Rubio, who is America's top diplomat, ordered US embassies around the world to stop scheduling appointments for student visas as the state department prepares to expand social media vetting of such indicate there were around 280,000 Chinese students studying in the US last said in Wednesday's statement: "Under President Trump's leadership, the US State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields. "We will also revise visa criteria to enhance scrutiny of all future visa applications from the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong."The Trump administration has already moved to deport a number of foreign students, while revoking thousands of visas for others. Many of these actions have been blocked by the has also frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for universities. The president sees some of America's most elite institutions, such as Harvard, as too liberal and accuses them of failing to combat antisemitism on US universities rely on foreign students for a significant chunk of their funding - as those scholars often pay higher tuition fees.
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Football Daily The Debrief: Chelsea beat Real Betis to win Conference League
Steve Crossman presents reaction to Chelsea winning the Conference League. Pat Nevin, Mark Schwarzer & Ali Bruce-Ball join Steve as Chelsea complete the European set. Goals from Enzo Fernandez, Nicolas Jackson, Jadon Sancho and Moises Caicedo completed a turnaround in Poland after Betis had gone 1-0 up, and gave Enzo Maresca's side a piece of silverware to add to an impressive Premier League season. Listen to the moment Chelsea lifted the Conference League trophy, and hear from Blues boss Maresca on a historic night for the London club. Timecodes: 00:40 Real Betis succumb to Chelsea 02:00 Cole Palmer's brilliance 09:30 Moises Caicedo's season 10:50 Betis medals 14:15 Winners' medals & trophy lift 22:25 Next steps for Chelsea 26:45 Jadon Sancho & Nicolas Jackson 31:35 Enzo Maresca post-match 33:30 Maresca big picture BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries: Fri 1945 England v Portugal in the UEFA Women's Nations League, Sat 2000 PSG v Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League Final.
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US trade court rules Trump overstepped his authority with global tariffs
A US federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority by imposing global tariffs, in a major blow to a key part of his economic Court of International Trade ruled that an emergency law invoked by the White House does not provide unilateral authority to impose tariffs on nearly every Manhattan-based court said the US Constitution gives Congress exclusive powers to regulate commerce with other nations and this is not superseded by the president's remit to safeguard the lawsuit, filed by the nonpartisan Liberty Justice Center on behalf of five small businesses that import goods from countries targeted by the duties, was the first major legal challenge to Trump's so-called so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X to get the latest alerts.
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'Genius' Palmer 'made the difference' against Real Betis
It was fitting that Chelsea won their first trophy under the ownership of Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital through the magic of their most significant signing - Cole the £1.7bn worth of talent brought in, albeit with sizeable player sales balancing the books, they have unearthed several however, have been as important as Palmer, a £37.5m signing from Manchester a dismal first half in Wednesday's Conference League final against Real Betis, during which 33-year-old midfield playmaker Isco dazzled, Palmer came to the outshone even the Spain international - 10 years his senior - to spark a comeback and a 4-1 win."Cole Palmer is an absolute genius," former Chelsea winger Joe Cole said on TNT Sports. "We don't produce these players. They don't fall off trees."He took the game by the scruff of the neck and there are not many players in world football that can do what he does."Trailing to Abde Ezzalzouli's early goal, the second half became the Palmer danced around Ezzalzouli before his inswinging cross was met by Enzo Fernandez to make it 1-1, before spinning Jesus Rodriguez to cross for Nicolas Jackson to chest home the second goal."Cole Palmer has delivered and that's the difference," former Blues goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer said on BBC Radio 5 Live. "Palmer is a young player, but has an incredible amount of maturity. He led this side and dictated that second half."West Ham forward Michail Antonio added on TNT Sports: "The game was lost until Cole Palmer decided to turn up. He got on the ball, kept asking for it, demanding it."Two unbelievable balls, two unbelievable goals. What a player." 'His bad run will make him a better player' After a stellar first season at Stamford Bridge, during which he scored 22 Premier League goals, Palmer has endured a trickier second has scored just once since 14 January, a 90th-minute penalty in the 3-1 win over Liverpool at the start of he reminded everyone of his raw ability against Real Betis. And his 18-game goal drought will benefit him in the long run, according to head coach Enzo Maresca."The bad moment, the bad run he had during this season is going to make him a better player, no doubt," Maresca said."We all know he's a top player. We need to help him to be in the right position, the right moment."He is a quality player. In the last third, he can decide a game with a goal or assist." Jackson repays 'debt' with goal in final No one needed this moment more than Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson. Before the match, even Maresca said Jackson owed a "debt" to his team-mates after getting sent off in the 2-0 defeat at Newcastle on 11 May, a red card that could well have cost Chelsea qualification for the Champions League. After the match, Maresca said "this is the Nico that the team needs".He is among those who have struggled to convince the Stamford Bridge fanbase - and the club are looking to sign a striker, with Ipswich Town's Liam Delap among their targets. However, in that regard, the Senegal international is just like the head coach and the owners, who have all banked credit by winning a trophy. For Maresca, this was his chance to show the club could build a winning mentality after a season during which he has faced criticism for his style of football and a run of poor results over the winter. For the US consortium, their ownership was tarnished by 1,201 days without silverware but the moment captain Reece James lifted the Conference League trophy, the first in his captaincy, they earned valuable breathing room. Boehly was the first to go and celebrate with the team, followed reluctantly by influential Clearlake Capital duo Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano. Boehly and Clearlake have not always seen eye-to-eye this season but this is a period of relative stability after the club decided they would stick with Maresca regardless of the result of their last two matches of the season. Chelsea beat Nottingham Forest to qualify for the Champions League and won against Betis to add silverware. But Chelsea didn't sell out their allocation in Poland, for what was the final of European club football's third-tier competition, and fans will quickly move on if it is not backed up with both progress and further success next season. Maresca told TNT after the match: "I feel good - but also the fans, they deserve that. They have been waiting a few years for that so they deserve it."The club have invested a lot of money in the last two, three years so they are also waiting for results. Hopefully this can be a starting point. From tonight, from this season, building something important."Substitute Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall said: "There's a lot more to come from me. Getting a taste of silverware makes you more hungry."
