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• Yemen escalation continues to force thousands from homes: agencies • Sexual violence by Russian forces is widespread against Ukraine prisoners: OHCHR monitors • Sudan emergency relief pipeline will run out in less than two weeks - IOM

• Yemen escalation forces 57,000 children from homes: UNICEF • The world must wake up to water cycle changes: WMO • ‘Entire’ human rights treaty body system risks crumbling, UN warns

• SG’s report on reprisals against human rights activists covers 32 countries • Stop attacking merchant ships and seafarers, says IMO chief • Families feared buried in Gaza building collapse: OCHA • AI’s role in ‘denialism’ trend must be countered by truth, says rights expert: HRC63

• DR Congo: Ebola outbreak still needs massive funding boost to contain deadly spread – OCHA, WHO • Super El Niño already causing more misery in South Sudan: WFP • Belarus criminal justice system weaponized to crush dissent, says Human Rights Council

• ‘Alarming increase’ in enforced disappearances, warns Guterres • South Sudan: UNICEF reaches communities in Jonglei State cut off by war • Gaza: Another strike on UNRWA school sheltering displaced families

• Escalating fighting displaces thousands in Yemen • UN stands with the families of 9/11 victims • New report examines evolution of terrorist propaganda

• Human cost of violence in South Sudan ‘continues to grow’: Human Rights experts • Climate disasters disrupt schooling for 171 million children in 2025, warns UNICEF • Independent rights experts pay tribute to 9/11 victims but say some counter-terrorism measures were “unnecessary and disproportionate”

• Attacks on education worldwide have never been higher warns Education Cannot Wait • Afghanistan: plight of the country’s people is going from bad to worse, says UN human rights chief • DR Congo Ebola response gets $225 million US boost

• In Gaza, women-headed households face ‘impossible choices’ to survive • Sudan war: summary killings and sex attacks ongoing • WHO warns tobacco use can (seriously) undermine fertility

• Human Rights Council adds impetus to calls for end to Sudan war • AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an ‘existential risk to humanity’ • Wildfires linked to above-average air pollution across Spain, Canada, Africa: WMO

• Ukraine: Warehouse attacks put medical aid at risk, WHO warns • UN and partners seek nearly $50 million for Nepal • West Bank: Report warns of forcible displacement from three refugee camps

• El Niño likely to impact weather patterns into 2027 • Iran draft legislation could lead to more journalists jailed: Rights investigators • Infrastructure destruction caused by the recent floods in Nepal raises risk of disease outbreaks

• Global warming likely to reach 1.8°C above pre-industrial levels • Floods on the Nepal-Tibet border leave 2.2 million tonnes of debris • Experts urge US to end strikes on alleged drug boats

• More than 1,000 now dead after Nepal-Tibet floods • WFP forced to cut food assistance in West Bank • IOM helps administer nearly 13,800 measles vaccines in Yemen

• Secretary-General calls for action towards racial equality • UN committee urges collective effort on reparations • Senior UN official attends Pacific forum in Palau

• Nepal: Humanitarian situation remains dire as rescues persist • Lebanon: Civilians face difficulties returning home • IMO: Six-thousand seafarers remain trapped in Strait of Hormuz

• Nepal disaster: Amid massive destruction, aid teams contribute to response • DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Most under-5s succumb to the deadly disease – WHO • South Africa: 50,000 migrants displaced amid surge in racist hate crimes

• Ukraine: At least 3,900 children killed or injured since start of Russian full-scale invasion - UNICEF • African nations pledge to train three million health workers - WHO • It’s time to tackle the $1 trillion cost of land degradation: UN deputy chief

• Joint UN-Red Cross appeal for stricter controls on autonomous weapons • Afghanistan nutrition emergency leaves 3.7 million suffering from wasting - UNICEF • Red Sea pirates: Release all captive seafarers immediately, insists IMO chief

• Lebanese people struggle to return home amid ‘systematic’ destruction: UNIFIL • 100 days into DRC Ebola outbreak, deadly toll continues to climb: WHO • Sudan war: $22 million education investment for 200,000 children – Education Cannot Wait

• DRC Ebola outbreak spreading ‘exponentially’ OCHA • Somalia’s children are first to suffer in latest round of funding cuts: UNICEF • Colombia earthquake: 1.2 million need aid as some communities remain out of reach

• DRC receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads • Atrocity crime risks are converging in South Sudan, warns Human Rights Council panel • Children account for half of mpox infections in Guinea-Bissau's first outbreak

• Sudan war: 200,000 newly displaced as fighting and floods intensify • Zambia elections: UN human rights chief’s concern over opposition arrests • Chad: mass vaccination boost to confront cholera outbreak –UNICEF

• Ebola outbreak responders highlight key role of motorbike riders - WHO • Lebanon: 860,000 return home to ruined homes and without basic services - UNHCR • Gaza: Just three per cent of cropland is fit for farming – FAO, UNOSAT

• Yemen: alarm at escalating clashes: OHCHR • Ebola outbreak is largest DR Congo has ever faced: WHO • Biological Weapons Convention talks mull verification measures

• Sudan: The harrowing reality of giving birth in a war zone - UNFPA • South Sudan funding cuts threaten aid to more than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers • Healthcare attacks scourge having an immediate and lasting impact on patient care: WHO

• Settler siege of Palestinian families marks now low, says OHCHR • Afghanistan: Education ban for girls is hardest to bear • Myanmar: WFP warns monsoon flooding could make hunger crisis worse

• UN maritime agency condemns deadly attack on Red Sea ship • Afghanistan: Harsh reality of five years of Taliban rule – UN Women • WHO stands by vaccination policy benefits for children

• Myanmar: UN investigators document deliberate military attacks on civilians • Colombia earthquake update - OCHA, WHO • Ebola outbreak passes grim new threshold with 2,000 dead

• Ukraine: UNICEF highlights war’s psychological toll on youngsters • DR Congo: Ebola response hamstrung by lack of healthcare facilities - WHO • Lack of accountability into abuse in Afghanistan: UNAMA

• Food prices edged up in July amid heatwaves and energy price hikes - FAO • Hormuz crisis: UN maritime agency stresses 'day after' needs for trapped seafarers • UN rights chief Türk stands up for transitional justice amid attacks on international law

• DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Agencies on high alert in displacement camps • Gaza: 300 children killed in 300 days of Israeli-Hamas ‘ceasefire’ • Guatemala: El Niño coupled with lean season driving 3.2 million people into acute food insecurity - IPC

• Strengthening El Niño set to significantly worsen food insecurity into 2027 – WFP  • UN’s Türk says he’s alarmed at a sharp rise in executions and death sentences in Iran  • Trapped shipping in Strait of Hormuz is an ecological timebomb - IMO 

• Unprecedented levels of child hunger in Afghanistan: WFP • DR Congo: Ebola Bundibugyo treatment trials update: WHO • Hormuz crunch caused 95 pc drop in natural gas exports: ITC

• DR Congo: New treatment centre set to open doors to Ebola patients: OCHA • Gaza’s families still struggling with massive food shortages: WFP • Sudan drone strike in North Darfur highlights huge needs @UNFPA

• UNICEF urges protection after another child killed in Iran • World must take preventive action on El Niño, says WMO • WHO: Climate change increases health risks of wildfire smoke

• Prevention is the best defence against the wildfire crisis, says UN • UN rights chief denounces a further crackdown on dissent in Uganda • Afghans returning from neighbouring countries face heightened trafficking risks

• DR Congo: WFP increases food aid as Ebola outbreak widens • Shrinking student population creates new challenges in Latin America • Sudan: Children bear brunt of violence, UNICEF warns

• UN peace coordinator urges Security Council to act on Gaza, West Bank • Many scam callers victims of human trafficking: IOM • Nepal: School lunch programme improves millions of lives

• Security Council discusses escalating Russian attacks against Ukraine • Sudan UNICEF: the more health centres we build, the more children come • South Sudan hunger needs are growing among children: UNICEF

• Sudan: Women and girls face impossible choice over water • UN rights chief Türk calls for protection for thousands of stranded seafarers • Burundi: Food aid for Congolese refugees is at risk, WFP warns

• Strait of Hormuz crisis: 6,000 seafarers still trapped, warns IMO chief • Global trade growth driven by higher energy prices not volumes: UNCTAD • WHO launches bid to tackle global drowning scourge

• Nicaragua: UN rights chief Türk deplores new clampdown on political freedoms • Pitfalls of critical minerals extraction in spotlight at Security Council • Afghanistan: flash flooding creates new challenges for vulnerable families: OCHA

• DR Congo: Ebola outbreak continues to expand, WHO sees signs of stabilization • Gaza: Children, women and men continue to be killed by Israeli military • Ukraine: Condemnation for long-range attacks on residential buildings

• Protecting Haiti’s children is crucial for its democratic future, Security Council hears • Middle East war once again leaves civilians fearing for their lives: WHO • Moon exploration must be more sustainable, insists UNEP

• Sudan alert: El Obeid’s displaced arrivals outstripping capacity: WFP • UN human rights chief Volker Türk appeals for calm in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir • DR Congo Ebola outbreak: 60 per cent of deaths happening in community, warns IOM

• 500 feared dead in shipwreck off Myanmar coast: IOM, UNHCR • Helping South Sudan’s child soldiers rebuild their lives -UNICEF • UNDP supports Gaza farmers struggle to rebuild livelihoods

• Looted gold and gum arabic are bankrolling Sudan's war: OHCHR • WHO urges fair AI roll-out for patients’ sake at Lisbon meet • Indigenous activists face disproportionate attacks, says Volker Turk

• ‘Cycle of escalation must end’: UN maritime agency condemns deadly overnight attacks in Strait of Hormuz • ‘This is a fire’: DRC Ebola outbreak is fastest-spreading ever, warns WHO • Gazans face severe shortages of clean water: UNICEF • People continue to stand by asylum-seekers, GenZ shows most empathy: UNHCR

• El Niño: We must invest in resilience now, says UN relief chief • Gaza: Aid agency WFP calls for easier access to enclave • Afghanistan’s children in deepening nutrition crisis: UNICEF