”Leaders need to act now to urgently reduce warming temperatures, as well as factoring children – particularly those affected by poverty, inequality and discrimination.”

- Save the Children‘s Shumon Sengupta in Bangladesh | via Rebecca Ratcliffe The Guardian
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FEATURED: Searing heat shuts schools for 33 million children in #Bangladesh .

It follows school closures in the Philippines and India as a persistent heatwave sweeps across Asia.

Vital #ClimateCrisis reporting from Kelly Ng 黄思琪 BBC Asia. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Gaza: 'I actually felt physically sick – my body’s reaction to seeing this absolute brutality...I’ve been to a lot of warzones and disasters, but I’ve never been in a situation where every building is rubble. '

- Save the Children's Sacha Myers in Gaza.
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📢 PRESS RELEASE: Extreme heat in #Bangladesh closes all schools and forces 33 million children out of classrooms.

Temperatures have soared to 42°C (108 F) - that's 16°C above the annual average. 🌡️

#ClimateCrisis

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#Nigeria : One in six children set to go hungry this year as kidnappings, conflict and rising prices push food out of reach.

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PRESS RELEASE: Today we’ve launched a new Immunisation Accelerator 💉 to find local innovations in #Ethiopia and #Nigeria that address the barriers that exist for children receiving vaccinations. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4dkQmlA

'Children in #Gaza face a bleak reality of malnutrition, disease, and despair'.

Save the Children's Soraya Ali shares a frontline account from her recent visit to Rafah, via Daily Express.

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#Heatwave mortality is becoming a stark reminder of inadequate climate action. They make children sick, stop them from learning and leave them hungry.

Children are growing up in a world where the #ClimateCrisis is an emergency knocking at our door.
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Health workers in #Gaza report an influx of children with wounds and lost limbs, often needing skin grafting and multiple operations.
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💬 “It is a nightmare that refuses to end. Sudan was in a humanitarian crisis before this, and has been for several decades. But now its been pushed over the brink,” says Dr Arif Noor

🔎 Big Read by Molly Blackall

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BREAKING: The decision by an Italian court to dismiss a case against charities and their staff members running #SearchAndRescue missions in the #Mediterranean is one step towards affirming we were operating legally to save lives.

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Today First News launches #TheChildrensParty supported by UNICEF UK Save the Children UK and WWF UK. Our manifesto is based on Children's Commissioner for England speaking with a million children. In an election year, kids don't get a vote but they do get a voice. Join us here first.news/FNCP…

Children married as young as 11, others starving to death.

Families drinking from streams or eating weeds to survive.

This is the grim reality of life in Sudan, one year after it errupted into bloody civil war.

A thread🧵
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Reports of at least 7 children killed as playground hit by strike in #Gaza .

Children torn apart while playing is another horrific chapter of this brutal war.

There must be accountability for these crimes & a definitive ceasefire.

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Come on Northern Ireland 💪 political leaders across the UK must listen to campaigners fighting for families and scrap this cruel policy that impacts so many children. When one child misses out, all of them do.
#scrapthesiblingtax

Our stance against the sibling tax features in the The Independent - “This cruel policy is robbing thousands of children of a secure future, by restricting financial support when it is needed most.' Naomi McBurney Cliff Edge Coalition NI
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The World paid little attention to Sudan's war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger reports The Independent
Arif Noor, Save the Children's director in #Sudan said 'We are seeing massive hunger, suffering and death'
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Increasing work requirements for universal credit are pushing single mothers to the brink reports Stylist Magazine

Save the Children Senior Policy Advisor Meghan Meek O'Connor explains how the requirements risk pushing more families into #poverty

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Last night Save the Children UK and Action For Humanity projected onto Tower Bridge calling on the UK government to ban exports of arms and arms parts to Israel.

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#Gaza famine warnings worsen as Erez crossing remains closed to aid, reports Molly Blackall i newspaper

Karyn Beattie, STC team leader, said: 'Not a single aid truck has crossed via Erez into Gaza, despite announcements regarding its temporary reopening.'

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