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UN: Almost 340M people in close to 70 countries will need aid

‘Extreme events’ his year have triggered a global crisis, putting nearly 340 million people in desperate need of aid. That’s according to the UN. It’s appealing to the international community for a 25% increase in funding for the year ahead - with a projected one in 23 people expected to need humanitarian relief in 2023. Rahul Radhakrishnan has more.

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