Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen

<p>While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among the first</p><p>When she woke on that Sunday morning, Fatima was part of a family preparing to celebrate – she was due to give birth to her third child any day and her brother was on his way home from Saudi Arabia to get married.</p><p>But by mid-afternoon, the family were instead preparing for a funeral – both Fatima and her baby were dead.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/23/death-by-aid-cuts-how-a-decision-in-the-us-led-to-the-loss-of-a-mother-in-yemen">Continue reading...</a>