Benjamin Alvarez

As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.

Earlier in the Oval Office, I asked the two presidents about the gaps in the trade deal and whether basing US missile systems in the Philippines could provoke China.

I don't think we need 27-tweet threads to explain why caving to all of US demands for nothing in return because "it's the best we could do" is not a great outcome for the EU.

Egypt doesn't control its border with Gaza. Israel does. IDF is positioned on the border from the Gaza side. Nothing and nobody can come in from Egypt without Israeli permission

"One year since dictator Nicolás Maduro defied the will of the Venezuelan people by baselessly declaring himself the winner, the United States remains firm in its unwavering support to Venezuela's restoration of democratic order and justice." state.gov/releases/offic…

CSD Berlin am Nollendorfplatz

The suffering of civilians in Gaza is becoming increasingly inhumane. We are witnessing an unacceptable and shameful man-made famine. The Israeli government's model for delivering humanitarian aid is not working. Vital aid is not reaching civilians and hundreds of people have…

Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.…

French President Macron says he will formally announce France's recognition of Palestinian statehood at the UNGA in September.

After 4 months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals now have wards for the malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Aid groups had warned of this for more than a year. Now a worst case scenario is upon us. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

Columbia University has agreed to pay $221 million to the Trump administration in a deal to settle the investigations into the school's campus and restore federal funding. dw.com/en/columbia-un…

A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters

Starvation in Gaza. A 1.5-year-old child faces life-threatening malnutrition in Gaza City as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and blockade. Picture via Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu/Getty Images.

The White House is not denying that @realDonaldTrump’s name appears in the Epstein files, an official tells me. That fact is included in briefing binders that have been shared with influencers, the official said.

No aid supplies left and staff starving in Gaza, says Norwegian Refugee Council straitstimes.com/world/europe/n…

Sharing a letter from Palestinian President Abbas, Chile's @GabrielBoric demands that the Israeli government ends "the genocide it is carrying out" in Gaza, adding that "history will judge the states and leaders who, by action or inaction, have allowed this barbarity."