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I'm Ben Thomas with an AP News Minute.

Eight groups are warning the war in the Middle East

is impeding their ability to get food and medicine

to millions of people around the world.

Same medic has details.

Not only has the war impacting and shipping supplies

upended the energy market and spiked fuel costs,

but it is also impacting humanitarian supply chain.

Groups say that routes they used to take that were shorter

and less costly are now closed,

such as going through the straight-of-form moves,

and they're looking for alternative ways

to get goods to people.

These routes, however, can take weeks longer

and also are much more costly.

It groups say that prices have spiked by about 20%

and that it's taking them much longer to get goods

such as syringes for vaccines, food,

as well as other medicines to people that need it most,

such as in war-torn Sudan, as well as in countries

like Somalia, which has been ravaged by hunger.

The World Food Program has warned

millions could face cute hunger.

That's the APC in Midnick and I'm Ben Thomas.