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The Tánaiste has announced another €2m euro in funds to support the delivery of food to Gaza. The additional funding for the World Food Programme comes as a UN watchdog declared famine was now underway there. Meanwhile, Both sides of the Atlantic have reacted after Britain's Keir Starmer announced a plan to recognise Palestine. France has congratulated the UK for 'following its lead'. Donald Trump says Britain didn't discuss the move with him. Israel claims the UK's 'rewarding' Hamas. Others accused the British Prime Minister of 'dangling' Palestinian statehood like a 'bargaining chip' Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney announced yesterday that Canada is planning to recognise the State of Palestine at a meeting of the United Nations in September. US President Donald Trump has said it will be difficult to make a trade deal with Canada, after the country announced it is backing Palestinian statehood. And, Two leading Israeli rights organisations say the country's conduct in Gaza constitutes genocide