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Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged £4 million to help a UN agency clear land mines in Gaza that are blocking humanitarian aid routes. Officials say the explosives are preventing the safe delivery of food and medical supplies. Cooper said progress on mine clearance is vital to ease the “desperate situation”. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00It's estimated there are over 7,000 tonnes of unexploded ordinances, munitions in Gaza.
00:07That is meaning that more lives at risk. It means that desperately needed aid can't be distributed
00:14and it undermines the ceasefire. And that's why the UK is providing funding and expertise
00:21to be able to identify and tackle these unexploded ordinances in order to keep people safe,
00:28but in order to support this so vital ceasefire.
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