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UN Secretary General urges aid to be allowed into Gaza
Antonio Guterres says aid lorries are 'a matter of life and death' for civilians in Gaza
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has appealed for dozens of trucks on the Egyptian border to be allowed into Gaza immediately to deliver essential supplies of food, water and medicine.
Also in the programme: US President Joe Biden claims Hamas and Russia both want to "annihilate a neighbouring democracy"; and the Sydney Opera House is 50 years old today.
(Photo: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres visits Rafah border crossing. Credit: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
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