U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza.

The dispute highlights the difficulties with data collection in Gaza that have hampered humanitarian efforts since the war began.

Deaths from starvation will likely pass famine levels in northern Gaza as soon as next month owing to Israel's “near-total blockade” of food and other aid, the U.S.-created global food-crisis monitor said on Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed and wounded in Russia's Kursk region and warned that Pyongyang could send more personnel and equipment for Moscow's army.