Imminent famine in northern Gaza is ‘entirely man-made disaster’: Guterres

© UNICEF/Abed Zagout A mother prepares a meal for her children outside their makeshift home in a refugee camp in Khan Younis, Gaza. (file)

Amid reports that the Israeli military stormed Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Monday in search of Hamas fighters, UN humanitarians warned that new food insecurity data indicates that famine could happen “anytime”.


“Famine is projected to occur anytime between now and May 2024 in the northern governorates,” the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said, upon publication of a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report on Gaza.

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I feel for women misled over egg-freezing. If I’d believed doctors during my transition, my kids wouldn’t be here

‘Women and trans people of all kinds know equally well what it is like to be misled, ignored and undermined by doctors.’ Photograph: ArLawKa AungTun/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Freddy McConnell

We all deserve better from healthcare providers who sell false promise to some, while shutting down options for others

ou can’t have missed the conversations about the rise of freezing eggs for non-medical or “social” reasons in recent years, which forms part of an explosion in the use of fertility treatments, all with the promise of giving more options to prospective parents.… Read the rest

How to turn leftover aquafaba into vegan macaroons

Sweet treat: Tom Hunt’s vegan coconut macaroons. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The Guardian

The use of bean water in your baking makes use of a miracle ingredient and saves money on expensive eggs, too

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‘It’s the industry’s dirty secret’: why fashion’s oversupply problem is an environmental disaster

Shouldering the burden … a mountain of waste at the Kpone landfill site in Tema, Ghana. Photograph: Nipah Dennis/Bloomberg/Getty Images

As many as 40% of clothes made each year – 60bn garments – are not sold. Experts say tackling such obscene waste will require radical changes in production – and legislation

o one knows exactly how many coats, jeans, T-shirts and trainers are produced every year, which means no one knows how many garments remain unsold in warehouses, destined for landfill or destruction.

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