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Cuts in international aid mean investing in development has never been more important

COMMENT: Britain has a proud history of acting as a global leader in international development – having fewer resources at our disposal does not mean abdicating that leadership role, writes Leslie Maasdorp, chief executive of BII, the UK’s development finance institution

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Campaigners warn of ‘damage’ caused by the Government’s aid decisions

Yvette Cooper announced allocations under the official development assistance (ODA) regime on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Starmer facing fresh Labour backlash over international aid cuts

Aid allocations set to be announced more than a year after the prime minister said the budget would be reduced from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3% by 2027

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The story of Georgian wine has been 8,000 years in the making

Dubbed ‘the holiest of holies’, produce from this former Soviet republic today boasts a variety and deftness that’s sending sales surging

The Guardian - UK

UK Government draining aid budget with 'broken' asylum hotels policy, watchdog warns

THE UK's shrinking aid budget is being drained by the Government’s prolonged use of asylum hotels — diverting life-saving global development…

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Asylum costs set to take up fifth of UK’s shrunken aid budget, watchdog warns

The Government slashed the UK’s aid budget from 0.5% of gross national income to 0.3% in order to pay for increased defence spending.

The Independent UK

‘Savage’ UK cuts will deprive 55m people of aid around the world

IN FOCUS: Exclusive: The cuts will result in a reduction of key programmes for education, family planning, water and food aid. Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin report

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UK aid cuts to vaccines could lead to half a million child deaths, MPs warned

Conservative former minister Sir David Davis asked Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty how he “lives with himself”.

Evening Standard

Foreign aid cuts will lead to more HIV infections and deaths, study suggests

Researchers said that infections and deaths could surge to levels not seen in more than two decades.

The Independent UK

The threat of indifference to poverty, environmental damage and disease – and what it will take to reinvent international solidarity

The collapse of western funding for international aid–for both emergency humanitarian operations and official development assistance (ODA)–is a major blow. The dramatic consequences for the neglected populations are the result of the structural weaknesses–evident for years [1]–of an economic model of international aid and development whose obsolescence is now plain…

The Conversation

Labour MP says Starmer ‘taking the axe’ to UK’s aid budget to fund defence

Labour MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion also said a ‘scandalously large amount of ODA’ had been spent ‘on domestic refugee costs’.

Evening Standard

France launches commission to evaluate overseas aid, amid far-right criticism

France has set up a commission to assess the impact and transparency of its development aid, following allegations by the far right that taxpayers' money is being squandered overseas – echoing similar claims by the United States administration, which has frozen its foreign aid programmes.

Radio France Internationale

Dodds quits as international development minister over aid cut to fund defence

Anneliese Dodds warned that the move would affect the UK’s support for Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Anneliese Dodds quits: Read her resignation letter in full

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Pet brand recalls food after cat dies from bird flu contamination

‘We are confident that this cat contracted H5N1 by eating the Northwest Naturals raw and frozen pet food,’ veterinarian says

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Mystery over Arctic fox found in Oregon starts to unfold

An Arctic fox was discovered roaming the streets of Portland, Oregon, and left the community baffled as to how it could have gotten there.

Wallpaper

First look inside 62 Reade Street, a clock factory turned family home

62 Reade Street, a boutique New York residential project by architects ODA, unveils its first apartment interior, styled courtesy of Hovey Design

LiveScience

US dogs suffer mystery respiratory illness: What we know so far

Across the country, pet dogs are falling sick with a flu-like illness, but scientists don't yet know what's causing it.

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Medical Daily

Mysterious Respiratory Illness Sickens Hundreds Of Dogs: Here's What We Know

The unusual respiratory illness has been reported in many states, including Oregon, Colorado and New Hampshire. Veterinarians warn dog owners to take precautionary measures against the potentially deadly infection.

Homes & Gardens

Designer Profile: Katherine Mendez

A talented Interior Project Director at ODA, Katherine Mendez is a rising star. Here, we take a look at her career – so far

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of millions in UK aid returns to Treasury in VAT on asylum hotel bills

Exclusive: Payments underline absurdity of counting British accommodation as aid, say critics, and cost of application backlog

Newsroom.co.nz

Beyond the Soap Box: Where NZ doesn't pull its weight on the world stage

NZ has never come close to meeting its UN foreign aid targets, but with so many pressing issues at home this year, Stephen Knowles and John Crump examine whether we should care if we pull our weight on the world stage.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Proactive ODA planned for developing countries

To make more strategic use of official development assistance (ODA), the government plans to emphasize a proactive approach of proposing aid to developing countries, rather than waiting for requests from these nations.

The Guardian - UK

Behind the fanfare of James Cleverly’s visit to Sierra Leone, the need to restore aid is starkly apparent

The foreign secretary received a warm welcome in the country of his mother’s birth but critics say the slashing of aid budgets undermines the message of support for women and girls

The Guardian - UK

Up to a third of overseas aid budget used for housing refugees in UK, MPs report

Select committee accuses government of wilfully obscuring facts around ‘unsustainable’ trend

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