The World Food Programme says it will have to drastically reduce lifesaving food aid in Gaza because of a lack of funding.

Overall the number of Palestinians helped by the United Nations agency will drop by about a third from 1.6 million people to 1.1 million.

The agency says it urgently needs $450m over the next six months to sustain critical operations in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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05:10 Australian MP Helen Haines has been hit by a car in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calls “a deliberate act”

07:33 The BBC reports from Chicago on the powerful synthetic drugs reshaping the drug crisis in the US

15:51 The French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu asks some cities to impose partial curfews after a weekend of riots and looting

19:08 Japan is launching a world first mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of the two small, potato-shaped moons orbiting Mars

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Saudi Arabia has said the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen will face “consequences” after a series of deadly attacks on Riyadh’s airport and other sites across the country.

Meanwhile, Houthi media reported an oil facility in the Yemeni capital Sanaa has been hit by Saudi-coalition forces.

And the head of MI5 said Iran is expanding a hybrid campaign in the UK, targeting Jewish communities and military bases.

Elsewhere, the International Monetary Fund said the global economy has dealt with the impacts of war in Iran better than expected, but warns that countries are running out of flexibility to tackle rising prices.

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At least 33 children and one teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in Pakistan, with hospitals saying the large majority are children under the age of 13.

Police have arrested the owner of the school and the structure of the building is being investigated.

Emergency services rushed to the private Al-Khair school in the Dir Colony neighbourhood from after 08:48 local time (04:48 BST).

Rescue workers and residents searched the rubble for hours, looking for more children who could be trapped.

In a statement, the office of Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari says “this heart-wrenching tragedy has plunged the entire nation into shock”.

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A diplomat’s job is traditionally to represent their country’s interests while maintaining good relations with their host nation. But some of Donald Trump’s ambassadors are taking a different approach.

On Tuesday, Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned from her ambassadorship in Greece after serious allegations were raised about her conduct. According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal, the former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr. allegedly asked a Trump donor to pay off her $100,000 Amex bill — allegations she denies.

Guilfoyle is not the only ambassador to have caused a stir. US envoys around the world have sparked diplomatic rows, controversy and, in some cases, appeared to step beyond the traditional boundaries of their role.

What do Donald Trump’s ambassador picks, and their conduct, tell us about the new way that America does diplomacy?

Reuters’ senior White House correspondent, Humeyra Pamuk, breaks down how Trump’s ambassadors are breaking with tradition.

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0:00 What’s going on with Trump’s ambassadors?
1:07 Humeyra Pamuk explains who is Kimberly Guilfoyle
4:24 What has Guilfoyle done to get her in trouble?
8:48 Was she forced to resign?
9:17 Charles Kushner Ambassador to France and his colourful past
14:31 Advantages to this version of diplomacy
16:27 Who’s else has made waves in their host country?
19:40 Is this US version of diplomacy disrupting the norm?
20:58 Should foreign diplomats get involved in host countries’ internal affairs?
22:23 How unconventional are Trump’s diplomats?
25:48 How is this viewed around the world?

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Katie Zacharia is “transitioning out” of her role as White House press secretary, the White House has confirmed to the BBC.

They did not provide a timeline for when she would be leaving the position.

US President Donald Trump earlier said he told Zacharia to “reconsider” her role.

He said he told her, “You don’t have to do this”, after her debut in the briefing room earlier this week.

Zacharia has been treated “very, very badly” by the media in recent days, Trump told reporters outside the White House.

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