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“You are what you eat,” Brian Stelter tells Christina Macfarlane and he’s not talking about nutrition.


As hunger tightens its grips on Gaza, Matthew Chance gets access aboard a Jordanian Air Force plane dropping aid into the enclave.

Gaza’s women and girls face a grave indignity as Israel deprives them of feminine hygiene products, saying they’re “not necessary.” CARE (care.org)’s Jolien Veldwijk tells Christina Macfarlane about the embarrassment behind this dire reality:

Israel's security cabinet has approved PM Netanyahu's plan to control Gaza City. Former Foreign Policy Adviser Nimrod Novik calls that an "ideologically driven crazy idea."

“People are resorting to really extreme measures to survive, eating animal fodder, food waste,” World Food Programme’s Leni Kinzli tells @ChrissymacCNN from Port Sudan, as the country grapples with mass starvation.

Palestinians in Gaza City now face the prospect of a complete takeover by Israel. UN Human Rights Palestine’s Ajith Sunghay tells @ChrissymacCNN what this could mean for millions of Gazans already suffering in the enclave.


In a search for food, 14-year-old Muhannad Eid was tragically crushed to death by a pallet during a humanitarian airdrop in Gaza- an aid distribution method the U.N. has repeatedly criticized as both costly and dangerously unsafe for civilians on the ground. Oren Liebermann reports.

“It’s killing the messenger and trying to eliminate any eyewitness to atrocities and genocide.” Al Jazeera English Director of News, Salah Negm, reacts to Israel’s targeted strike killing several of his colleagues, including one of the key faces of the network, Anas Al-Sharif.

"Ukrainian agency matters. Ukrainians have to own the peace." Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže joins Christina Macfarlane on Connect the World to share her country's message to Trump ahead of Friday's Alaska summit.


Ahead of the high-stakes Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on Friday, European leaders are hoping to sway the U.S president in Ukraine’s favor. Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže speaks with Christina Macfarlane about the non-negotiable terms she believes they must deliver.

There is a growing move from EU countries to recognize Palestinian statehood, but Latvia has not joined the list. “We have a diplomatic relationship with Israel; it’s a friend, but we don’t agree with its policies." Foreign Minister Baiba Braže talks to Christina Macfarlane.

With the clock ticking down to the high-stakes Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, Ann M. Simmons tells Christina Macfarlane that Trump must avoid being “sucked into the Russian narrative” as Putin will undoubtedly press to justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine:


In a leaked audio recording, an ex-Israeli military intelligence chief said that the death of 50,000 Palestinians in Gaza was “necessary.” Oren Liebermann tells @PaulaNewtonCNN how his remarks are playing out in Israeli media.



The WH just made its TikTok debut, and it’s kicking things off with a video of president Trump saying, “I’m your voice.” Just five years ago, he called the app a national security threat, now he’s embracing the platform to expand his political reach. Brian Stelter breaks it down: