In Johannesburg, Trump cuts force HIV clinics to close - leaving sufferers in tears and terrified A woman walks up to the security guards outside a shuttered USAID-funded sexual health clinic in Johannesburg's inner-city district. She looks around with confusion as they let her know the clinic is closed. She tells us it has only been two months since she came here to receive her usual care. Now, she must scramble to find another safe place for her sexual health screenings and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) - her regular defence against rampant HIV. On the day he was sworn in as US president for a second time, Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing foreign aid for a 90-day period. That is being challenged by federal employee unions in court over what it says are "unconstitutional and illegal actions" that have created a "global humanitarian crisis". And the order has had an immediate impact on South Africa's most vulnerable.
🟢 An eruption of Mount Lewotobi on Indonesia's Flores Island has killed nine people and destroyed homes, including a monastery.
🟢 One nun was among the victims, with another person missing. Authorities raised the threat level as the volcano continues to spew ash 2,000 meters high.
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