{"id":"1792879421665-news-show_open","slug":"trump-melania-and-the-gaza-famine-warning","title":"Trump, Melania, and the Gaza Famine Warning","summary":"Bakeries in Gaza are struggling to find flour as people queue for dwindling bread supplies, and aid agencies say a lack of funds is preventing them from providing basics. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has warned famine is a real risk.","publishedAt":"2026-10-24T22:03:41.665Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"News Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Bakeries in Gaza are struggling to find flour as people queue for dwindling bread supplies, and aid agencies say a lack of funds is preventing them from providing basics. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has warned famine is a real risk.\nSource: [aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com) POST 2114105934821666852: NOCLAIM POST 2114101907706822964: NOCLAIM NAMES: None. (https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2114107163584958637)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Bakeries in Gaza are struggling to find flour as people queue for dwindling bread supplies, and aid agencies say a lack of funds is preventing them from providing basics. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has warned famine is a real risk.","sourceName":"[aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com) POST 2114105934821666852: NOCLAIM POST 2114101907706822964: NOCLAIM NAMES: None.","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2114107163584958637","claim":"Bakeries across Gaza are struggling to find flour to make bread for people desperate for food. As families queue for dwindling supplies, aid agencies are unable to provide the basics due to a lack of funds. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has warned famine is a real risk. https","author":"Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2114107163584958637","name":"[aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com) POST 2114105934821666852: NOCLAIM POST 2114101907706822964: NOCLAIM NAMES: None.","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792879421665-news-show_open-trump-melania-and-the-gaza-famine-warning","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792879421665-news-show_open-trump-melania-and-the-gaza-famine-warning","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792879421665-news-show_open-trump-melania-and-the-gaza-famine-warning and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"News Tonight, Saturday six o'clock. Let's get to it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Fox is reporting that Trump was asked about pardoning junior officials to shield them from future investigations."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I saw that Fox clip. His answer was basically 'I have the authority'."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Right, but here's the catch. That specific question wasn't confirmed by any other outlet."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fox has it. You think they got it wrong?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"I just can't independently verify that's what he said. The confirmed part is about Hunter Biden."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Where he said he wouldn't do anything overt and hinted Joe might do it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Exactly. So we'll wait for more before running with the staff pardon angle."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair. But the Melania moment was all over the briefing."},{"host":"Bella","text":"He turned to her and said, 'Now she got a ceasefire.'"},{"host":"Brian","text":"The Ukraine ceasefire, focused on children and the elderly. He's giving her real credit."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And she said something brief in response. The whole room was waiting for it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Unusual dynamic, the first lady as a diplomatic figure. Not complaining, just noting."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Different world entirely: Gaza."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Al Jazeera reports bakeries are running out of flour while families queue for bread."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And the Euro-Med monitor says famine is a real risk. Not a metaphor."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Aid agencies say they can't even provide basics because they don't have the funds."},{"host":"Brian","text":"This is the kind of story that gets worse the longer it's quiet."},{"host":"Bella","text":"We'll stay on it. Coming up, Obama's first midterm rally, and he's going after Trump and Ramaswamy."}]}