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🗓️ 25 December 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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0:53.4 | It's a subdued Christmas in Bethlehem with the war in neighboring Gaza. |
0:57.8 | We need to live in peace and dignity in our land. |
1:01.3 | What it's like for local Palestinians in the city Christians celebrate as the birthplace of Jesus. |
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1:12.4 | Famine has spread in Sudan, where people are experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. |
1:18.9 | People are eating peanut shells, animal fodder, grasses. |
1:24.1 | Nearly two years into a civil war, the hunger crisis is getting worse. |
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