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“A harvest can improve, markets can have food, but families can still go hungry.”

After visiting Afghanistan, @UNOCHA spokesperson Olga Cherekov explains the grim reality behind last week’s extreme hunger warning that 19 million Afghans are at risk.
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“Are we going to let machines target and kill human beings?”

The UN’s top independent researcher on disarmament warns AI is shouldering an ever-growing number of responsibilities in warfare, threatening to “crowd out” human judgment.
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Today's top audio stories:
🎤 Yemen war closes in on densely populated Taiz City @UNICEF @UNHumanRights @Refugees
🎤 Afghanistan: worsening hunger outlook for millions @UNOCHA
🎤 8 in 10 deaths caused by preventable diseases @WHO

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.@UNICEF chief Catherine Russell calls for urgent action on behalf of Bangladesh’s children, including ending child marriage, keeping girls in school & investing more in healthcare.

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Haiti's gangs are adapting to intensified security operations aimed a protecting civilians the head of @BINUH_UN told the UN Security Council Monday. Full story:
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250,000+ people have fled renewed fighting in Yemen. In Taiz City, food and fuel are running out, hospitals face critical shortages and access is largely blocked, warn @UNHumanRights @UNICEF @WHO @Refugees https://t.co/FSKfiir94r

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Gaza faces deadly Israeli strikes, high flood risks & food shortages.

200 olive harvest-related settler attacks & five deaths reported in the West Bank since September as UN independent experts urge Israel to guarantee protection for Palestinian farmers.

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More than a quarter of humanity struggles to get enough food, even though the world produces enough for everyone, says UN human rights chief @volker_turk.

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A wave of armed drones struck, killed and injured civilians across Sudan on Monday as the ongoing war continues to impact civilians, with soaring costs, displacement, death and growing hunger.

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UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres paid tribute to Indonesian peacekeepers and offered a robust defence of @UNPeacekeeping in “testing times for peace”, during his visit to the country.

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🎤 Protecting earth’s biodiversity in spotlight at #COP17Armenia
🎤 Gaza: Funding cuts leave half a million without food assistance @WFP
🎤 Lebanon: @UNIFIL_ peacekeepers continue supporting most vulnerable

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Haiti: Armed groups are adapting to intensified security operations, stepping up reprisals against civilians & extending into rural areas.

The UN’s top official in the country briefed the Security Council on the latest developments.

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Funding shortages are forcing cuts to assistance in Gaza, despite continuing needs.

International commitments must be upheld, says Shaun Hughes, @WFP Country Director for Palestine.

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The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution on how digital technologies are being used to harm and exploit children in armed conflict.

It also stresses the importance of digital literacy to help children spot online risks.

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Funding shortages force @WFP to reduce food assistance in Gaza as winter approaches.

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‘Taking action for nature does work’ #COP17Armenia hears as nations meet in Yerevan, to push to protect earth’s biodiversity.

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During his visit to Indonesia, UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres addressed the Indonesia Armed Forces Peacekeeping Centre, commending the country as the world’s sixth-largest contributor of UN peacekeepers and honouring those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

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On Monday, governments gathering in Yerevan, Armenia, will have to confront a more practical question: are they doing enough to win the peace and put the world’s biodiversity goals back on track?

#COP17Armenia is about moving from promises to delivery.

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Haiti is living through one of the world’s most acute security crises.

Armed gangs control large parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, terrorising communities. About 1.5 million people have been forced from their homes.

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“The machines are getting rarer. The old men who repair the machines are getting even rarer.”

In a basement of New York City’s Lincoln Center, engineers are racing to save film, tape, discs and cylinders holding over a century of sound and images.

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