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An additional 45 million people are projected to face acute hunger if the US-Israeli war on Iran continues until June, the World Food Program has said in its latest analysis.
Tens of millions are expected to be pushed into acute hunger as a result of rises in food, oil and shipping costs, the organisation’s deputy executive director Carl Skau told reporters in Geneva.
That would push the global tally for acute hunger above its current record level of 319 million, he said.
