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Gaza: As exodus from Rafah continues, ceasefire calls grow Myanmar spike in fighting fuels humanitarian emergency: OCHA Belarus probe finds torture of detainees is systematic: rights experts

Gaza: 80,000 flee Rafah amid Israeli military escalation fears, say UN humanitarians Former Guantanamo Bay detainee faces re-victimisation in Algeria, right experts warn Early data on vaccine ‘patches’ is welcome news in battle against measles: WHO

A vast array of weaponry has been used in the last seven months of conflict in Gaza, so much so that UN mine action experts say that land potentially contaminated with unexploded ordnance will take years to make safe.Patrick McCabe is a UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) veteran whose job is to help civilians move around Gaza as safely as possible, now and when the fighting ends.He spoke to UN News’s Daniel Johnson, about what he’d seen in the shattered enclave so far.

Gaza: No aid is coming through the south, confirms @UNRWA Unprecedented flooding displaces hundreds of thousands across east Africa: IOMNo respite in sight for Brazil suffering flood emergency: WMO

Uncertainty in Gaza amplified by closure of key border crossingsRussia: UN rights chief troubled by increasing crackdown on journalistsDRC: more than 80,000 newly displaced people amid new fighting in Kivu

We won't abandon Gazans sheltering in Rafah, says UNRWASeven months into the war in Gaza, deep fears over unexploded ordnance threatUrgent appeal launched for Yemen where 18.2 million people need lifesaving assistance

Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency Sudan violence leaves many areas beyond reach of aid teams; UNHCR Tropical cyclone Hidaya threatens further flooding in east Africa: WMO

Development in Palestine set back more than 20 years due to Gaza warNiger responds to 50 per cent spike in meningitis since last yearDetention of child migrants in EU must end, say top rights experts

Gazans on tenterhooks awaiting news of ceasefire call Ukraine landmine contamination still having global economic impactDR Congo conflict driving record levels of displacement, hunger

‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Rafah from feared Israeli attack: UNRWA Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in LebanonUN rights chief Türk ‘troubled’ by law enforcement crackdown on Gaza protests in US

Gaza at ‘most dangerous’ stage amid huge unexploded weapons risk, warns demining expertLift tax on aid relief, top UN emergency relief chief urges South Sudan UN expresses solidarity with Kenya following deadly floods

Gaza humanitarian update, rights experts’ appeal over aid accessSudan: Civilians ‘are trapped’ in El-Fasher, warns UN’s Türk ‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency

Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up, WHO urges preventive measureUK gender change therapy review reveals devastating impacts on kids, says top rights expertIndependent rights body to investigate fate of missing persons in Syria

Gaza: People ‘are clearly dying’ from hunger, warns UN food agency Global hunger set to rise amid record displacement, warn FAO, UNHCRTanzania in rights spotlight over ritual attacks on people with albinsm

Gaza mass graves uncovered with victims’ hands tied: UN’s TürkEthiopia clashes displace 50,000, warn UN humanitarians Asia, the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate shocks: WMO

Gaza violence continues unabated, claims lives of civiliansClimate shocks lie behind rise in workplace dangers and deaths: ILOAirlines, aviation authorities should not facilitate unlawful removals to Rwanda, top rights experts say

Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans Rights chief Türk urges peace for shattered DR Congo communities Fears of Middle East escalation undiminished amid ongoing violence

Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans Rights chief Türk urges peace for shattered DR Congo communities Fears of Middle East escalation undiminished amid ongoing violence

$2.8 billion flash appeal launched in support of three million across Gaza and West BankViolations of women’s reproductive health rights trigger rise in preventable deaths, says UNFPALives depend on success of Cameroon emergency appeal: Humanitarians

Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief calls for end to civilian suffering Ethiopia hunger rates focus of pledging forum: OCHAUN migration agency calls for $112 million to save lives in Africa and Yemen