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Harald Glööckler zeigt sich im Best of TV-Weekend von seiner Sonnenseite, denn er fühlt sich sichtlich wohl nach einer frischen Morgendusche. Einzig eine Jacke und ein Tischtennisball trüben die Stimmung.

Immer mehr Menschen suchen den Trip mit «Zauberpilzen» aus der Natur. Viele Beratungs- und Kontrollstellen weisen die Sammler allerdings ab. Das kann gefährliche Folgen haben.

Le magasin MAD SARL à Adjagbo dans la commune d'Abomey-Calavi a été cambriolé dans la nuit du dimanche 19 au lundi 20 octobre 2025. Le gardien a été retrouvé mort.

Entrés par les portes en métallique à l'arrière qu'ils ont pris le soin de cisailler, des cambrioleurs ont dépouillé les bureaux et rayons du magasin MAD SARL à Adjagbo dans la commune d'Abomey-Calavi.

Les faits se sont déroulés dans la nuit du dimanche 19 au lundi 20 octobre 2025.

Ce n'est qu'au petit matin du lundi que le cambriolage a été constaté. Les hors-la-loi sont repartis avec des biens non encore évalués.

Sur les lieux, le gardien Aliou B. a été retrouvé mort. Ligoté, celui-ci a été visiblement exécuté par les cambrioleurs.

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KI macht das Fälschen von Texten, Bildern und Videos einfacher denn je. In dieser Episode «Prompt Zero» geht es um die Verlässlichkeit von gängigen KI-Erkennungstools – und wieso Lehrer im Vergleich zu Schülern nicht gleich lange Spiesse haben.

À l'issue de la Coupe du Monde U-20 de football organisée au Chili, la sélection marocaine a remporté le premier titre mondial de son histoire dans cette catégorie. SM Le Roi Mohammed VI a adressé un message officiel de félicitations à l'ensemble des membres de l'équipe nationale pour cet exploit historique.

Dans un message transmis depuis Rabat, SM. le Roi Mohammed VI a salué « un parcours héroïque couronné par un sacre amplement mérité », soulignant l'importance de cette victoire pour le football national.

SM. Le Roi Mohammed VI a mis en avant la performance collective de l'équipe, le degré de cohésion entre les joueurs, ainsi que leur professionnalisme tout au long du tournoi.

Le Souverain a également affirmé que cette victoire contribue à mettre en lumière les capacités de la jeunesse marocaine et son aptitude à relever les défis sur la scène internationale.

Les joueurs ont su représenter le pays, ainsi que le continent africain, « comme il se doit », a souligné le Roi du Maroc.

Dans son message, le Souverain a aussi exprimé sa reconnaissance envers toutes les composantes de l'équipe technique, médicale et administrative, ainsi qu'aux responsables de la Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football, pour leur engagement dans ce succès.

Enfin, SM le Roi Mohammed VI a appelé les joueurs à maintenir leur niveau d'effort et de discipline dans la suite de leur carrière, tout en leur souhaitant de nouveaux succès à l'avenir.

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Erschütternd, ernüchternd, abrechnend. Auch nach dem Ableben von Prinz Andrews Anklägerin bringt Virginia Giuffre (†41) das britische Königshaus in Bedrängnis.

Vom «kleinen Hund» zum Twerk-Champion: Yanil Altagracia bringt Twerking in die Schweiz. Die 37-jährige Bernerin unterrichtet den Tanzstil und tritt in «Ohlala» auf. Sie sieht Twerken als Ausdruck von Freiheit und Körperbewusstsein.

“How is it proposed to hold the meeting if one of the participants cannot get to it?” Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev said on Monday

Mwavita Rohomoya sits with her four children in front of her drink stall in Minova, Kalehe territory, South Kivu province, DR Congo, on 23 April 2025. Minova is one of the first areas in South Kivu to be affected by the resurgence of violence, one of the immediate consequences was the rise in prices of staple foods and essential goods. UNICEF’s cash transfer programme helped families meet their urgent needs—buying food, finding shelter, and accessing healthcare—while also enabling some, like Mwavita, to invest in small-scale income-generating activities. Credit: UNICEF/Christian Mirindi Johnson

By Oritro Karim
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 20 2025 (IPS)

In 2025, unprecedented cuts to foreign aid and humanitarian funding have exacerbated global hunger crises, leaving millions without access to food or basic services. Funding shortfalls have forced aid agencies to scale back or suspend lifesaving programs in some of the world’s most food-insecure regions, particularly across the Global South—exacerbating already dire conditions caused by conflict, displacement, economic instability, and climate shocks.

On October 15, the World Food Programme (WFP) released a report, A Lifeline At Risk: Food Assistance At A Breaking Point, which illustrated the impact of funding shortfalls to their programs in the context of six countries: Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan,and Sudan. In these nations, funding cuts have had devastating consequences, with entire communities being pushed to the brink of starvation.

“We see significant reductions in our operations and the operations of our partners,” said Ross Smith, WFP’s Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response. “That goes from cutting people completely off of assistance, reducing rations, and reducing the duration of assistance. Many vulnerable people are completely without a safety net or a landing pad at this point in time.”

The report highlighted that the number of people in urgent need of food and livelihood assistance has surged to a record high of 295 million in 2025—coinciding with major reductions in foreign aid and humanitarian funding from key donors, including the United States. As a result, WFP has been forced to drastically scale back its operations, grappling with an estimated 40 percent cut in funding that has severely limited its ability to deliver lifesaving support to the world’s hungriest populations.

WFP warns that recent funding cuts could “severely undermine global food security”. It is estimated that roughly 13.7 million people who are dependent on food assistance from WFP could be pushed into emergency levels of hunger, with children, women, refugees, and internally displaced people being disproportionately affected.

“These cuts are triggering additional food insecurity that in itself could have impacts at both national and regional levels,” said Jean-Martin Bauer, Director of WFP’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Service.

WFP notes that the full extent of the impact of these funding cuts to food assistance will not be immediate, but will unfold in the coming months. “This is why we call it a ‘slow burn’ in the report,” said Bauer. “Because the cuts haven’t fully fed through the system yet to all countries and communities.”

Bauer warned that escalating hunger amid dwindling aid could have far-reaching implications that could exacerbate existing crises, citing rising rates of child marriage, increased school dropouts, heightened social instability, increased displacement, and growing economic and political turmoil. Furthermore, WFP has recorded increased rates of malnutrition among children in refugee communities, with many of these children experiencing lifelong health challenges as a result.

One of WFP’s most pressing challenges has been the reduction of disaster preparedness programs for some of the world’s most crisis-prone countries, as resources are redirected to sustain emergency food assistance for the most affected populations. In Haiti, WFP has been forced to suspend its hot meals program for displaced families and cut monthly rations in half, as the nation continues to struggle with record levels of hunger.

Bauer noted that Haiti’s contingency stock of humanitarian aid has been fully depleted and, for the first time since Hurricane Matthew in 2016, WFP has been unable to replenish it. The agency continues to closely monitor Haiti’s food security situation.

Similarly, Smith reported that conditions in Afghanistan have worsened considerably over the course of the year, with fewer than 10 percent of the country’s 10 million food-insecure people now receiving humanitarian aid. “We expect pipeline breaks as early as November and can currently only provide (limited) winter assistance,” said Smith, noting that less than 8 percent of those in need of winterization support will receive it.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), WFP has been forced to cut its operations from targeting 2.3 million people to just 600,000 and warns that its resources could be entirely depleted by February of next year without additional funding. In Somalia, WFP’s reach has also been drastically reduced, with the agency now able to assist less than 25 percent of the people it supported last year.

In Sudan, WFP has managed to assist roughly 4 million people in August—half of them in hard-to-reach areas such as Darfur and South Kordofan. “We are shifting away from what used to be a very large program, in the absence of significant government support for many people, to one now that is famine prevention that is moving from hotspot to hotspot,” said Smith. In neighboring South Sudan, WFP has redirected its limited resources to prioritize civilians experiencing the most extreme levels of hunger.

According to the report, WFP has recalibrated its food assistance priorities in the face of dwindling aid budgets and shrinking staff, choosing to focus on famine prevention efforts and distributing food rations that reach fewer people but cover basic needs. Bauer added that it is imperative for humanitarian aid groups to align with local actors and continue to closely monitor levels of hunger. “The data and analytics – they’re the humanitarian community’s GPS,” Bauer said. “We’re taking the risk of losing our way without the data. So the data must flow.”

IPS UN Bureau Report

 

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President Metsola opened the 20-23 October plenary session in Strasbourg.

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

President Metsola opened the 20-23 October plenary session in Strasbourg.

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

President Metsola opened the 20-23 October plenary session in Strasbourg.

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

President Metsola opened the 20-23 October plenary session in Strasbourg.

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Morocco want to be a "strong contender" at all levels of global football after beating Argentina to win the Under-20 World Cup for the first time.

Morocco want to be a "strong contender" at all levels of global football after beating Argentina to win the Under-20 World Cup for the first time.

Le partenariat énergétique entre Alger et Le Caire franchit une nouvelle étape. La société égyptienne Petrojet vient de décrocher un contrat préliminaire estimé à 1,087 […]

L’article L’Algérie et l’Égypte concluent un deal de 1 milliard de dollars est apparu en premier sur .

Der aufstrebende Schweizer Skifahrer Lenz Hächler wird neuer Red-Bull-Athlet. Seine Karriere könnte einen ähnlichen Verlauf wie die von Marco Odermatt nehmen.

L’interdiction du gaz russe par la Commission pourrait conduire l’exécutif devant les tribunaux.

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Hungary says it will not block the 19th package, but Slovakia's veto remains

Vor sieben Jahren trainiert Cendrim Kameraj (26) bei Juventus Turin mit Superstars wie Cirstiano Ronaldo und Gianluigi Buffon. Drei Kreuzbandrisse haben dafür gesorgt, dass der Luzerner seine Karriere viel zu früh beenden musste.