TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.

The leading international authority on food crises says the "worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza" and it predicts "widespread death" without immediate action.

The IPC warns that Gaza is facing a worsening famine amid restricted humanitarian access and rising hunger-related deaths.

Senate Democrats are imploring President Trump’s administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza.

"People are literally dying with the hunger; the hunger is killing them. Starvation is being used as a weapon," Dr. Bilal Piracha said.

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an emergency cabinet on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza and a proposed peace plan as he comes under mounting pressure from his own party to recognise a Palestinian state.

President Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday where the two leaders focused on the humanitarian crisis and mass starvation occurring in Gaza Trump also said he would announce a truncated deadline on Russia to reach a ceasefire deal in its war with Ukraine as well as threatening to impose secondary

President Donald Trump says Hamas is reluctant to release the remaining hostages amid Israel's increase in humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza on Sunday.