Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City continue, days after famine declared there

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Will Chalk, and in the early hours of Sunday, the 24th of August, these are our main stories.

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  As we record this podcast,

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  Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City continue just days after a famine was officially declared there.

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  Nigerian forces have attacked a bandit camp in the north of the country,

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  freeing over 70 kidnapped victims.

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  There have been scuffles between police and protesters during demonstrations held across the UK against asylum seekers being housed in hotels.

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  We're starting in Gaza.

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  Days after a UN-backed body confirmed for the first time there was a famine in Gaza City,

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  the Israeli bombardment is continuing.

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  The Hamas-run health ministry in the territory says 61 people have died over the weekend as a result of Israeli airstrikes and malnutrition.

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  In one attack on a displacement camp in Khan Yunis,

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  19 people were killed, including an entire family.

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  Israel denies there's a famine.

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  Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Amir Nader, reports.

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  Mourners at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis said an entire family were killed when their tent was hit by an Israeli strike.

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  Attacks were also reported in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza and in the north of the Strip.

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