(BBC) The vast majority of the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) programmes have been terminated after a six-week purge, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced.
On X, Rubio said that the initiatives “spent tens of billions in ways that did not serve” or harmed US interests.
The remaining programmes – just 18% – will now be administered by the State Department. 
Humanitarian organisations around the world have warned that the controversial move to end long-running US aid programmes is already having dire consequences around the world, potentially endangering lives.
The Trump administration has repeatedly made clear that it wants overseas spending to be closely aligned with its “America First” approach.
Shortly after Trump returned to the White House on 20 January, thousands of USAID employees were put on leave, and those working overseas recalled.
