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The Middle East conflict risks adding a staggering 45 million to acute hunger, warns the UN’s World Food Programme.

The United Nations warned that as many as 45 million more people could face acute hunger if the conflict in Iran doesn’t ease by the middle of the year, taking the total number to a record high.