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Radio 4,29 Aug 2024,45 mins

Israel agrees to pause in Gaza fighting for police vaccine drive

The World Tonight

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The World Health Organisation says Israel has agreed to "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza in order to allow the administration of polio vaccines to more than 600,000 children. The agreement comes days after UN officials said a 10-month-old baby had been partially paralysed after contracting Gaza’s first case of polio for 25 years. In the United States, Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has recorded her first broadcast interview. She sat down with CNN alongside her running mate Tim Walz. And the Met Office has issued its list of storm names for the upcoming year, including one paying tribute to a weather forecaster whose prediction saved the D-Day landings.

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