US President Donald Trump has acknowledged the existence of "real starvation" in Gaza, following reports from health officials that 14 more people have died of malnutrition in the past 24 hours. The statement comes as Israel announces a partial easing of its blockade on the enclave in response to growing international pressure.

President Donald Trump is in Scotland, where he is meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to refine a trade deal the two leaders signed last month.

Almost 470,000 people in Gaza are enduring famine-like conditions, with 90,000 women and children in need of specialist nutrition treatments, it said.

The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without i...