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Humanitarian agencies step up aid deliveries in Myanmar

International humanitarian agencies are stepping up aid deliveries in Myanmar, three days after it was struck by a huge earthquake.

International aid agencies say they are increasing aid deliveries in Myanmar, three days after a huge earthquake struck. One man who was in Mandalay, the epicentre of the quake, tells us every building in the city has been affected and people are sleeping on the streets as aftershocks hit.

The military government says 1,700 people have been killed, but with concerns over the junta's humanitarian response, there are fears the real death toll could rise rapidly. We'll hear from one of the aid organisations involved.

And there has been another twist in US president Trump's attitude to the war in Ukraine. Speaking to a US TV journalist, he said he was furious with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin and appeared to stick up for Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

And after a very public spat between the US president Donald Trump and South Africa, efforts are under way to try and improve business relations.

(Photo: Myanmar and China rescuers at the Sky Villa in Mandalay, Myanmar, 30 March 2025; Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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Mon 31 Mar 2025 04:06GMT

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  • Mon 31 Mar 2025 04:06GMT