UN warns children are at risk of exploitation in Venezuela
7/2/202628 min
The United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, has warned that children in Venezuela are at an increased risk of exploitation and trafficking, a week after the country was hit by two devastating earthquakes. It also said some 680,000 children were among 1.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Two thousand three hundred people are known to have been killed, but tens of thousands are unaccounted for, and rescue teams are still searching through the rubble of collapsed buildings. The country's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, has declared seven days of mourning. Also: we look at why millions of travellers in Europe have been suffering long delays. Canada becomes the latest country to join the Eurovision song contest. And how the powerful opiod fentanyl is affecting the Somali community in the US.
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[Instrumental music] This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. [Instrumental music] I'm Janet Jalil, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 2nd of July, these are our main stories. Warnings that children in Venezuela could fall victim to traffickers as the number of dead from the earthquakes a week ago rises to well over 2,000. We look at why millions of travelers in Europe have been suffering long delays, and how the powerful opioid fentanyl is affecting the Somali community in the US. [Instrumental music] Also in this podcast,