The world’s humanitarian system is overstretched, underfunded, and increasingly weaponised by politics. Tom Fletcher, the new United Nations humanitarian chief, warns that funding cuts, political games, and rising dangers for aid workers are crippling foreign aid.

With crises escalating in Gaza, Sudan, and beyond, is the global community turning its back on those who need help most? Can relief efforts survive under these conditions? Fletcher lays out the challenges, the stakes, and what must change to prevent a humanitarian collapse.