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A world in crisis: Foreign aid cuts, regional wars compound humanitarian need around the globe

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published April 10, 2026 at 10:59 AM CDT
Displaced families extend their hands while waiting for donated food beside the tents they use as shelters after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)
Emilio Morenatti/AP
Displaced families extend their hands while waiting for donated food beside the tents they use as shelters after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)

More than one million people have fled their homes in Lebanon amid ongoing Israeli bombardment.

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the need on the ground in Lebanon, the Middle East and beyond.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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