Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deathly cycle’ of malnutrition, heat and disease, say UNICEF, WHO1 in 3 victims of trafficking is a child, warns UN migration agencyOver 6 million youngsters at risk as deadly floods lash across South Asia: UN Children’s Agency

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Sudan: UN condemns deadly attack on a hospital and residential areas in North DarfurWHO and partners launch project to speed up bird flu vaccine development in low-income countriesThousands of Gazans forced to flee amid rising regional tensions, continued evacuation orders

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Deadly West Atlantic shipwreck highlights victims’ desperation, says UNHCRIn Ethiopia, UN agencies boost response to killer landslidesWHO sending one million polio vaccines to Gaza

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New avian flu variant threatens Asia-Pacific: FAO calls for immediate responseEurope Tops Global Alcohol Consumption Charts: WHO Urges ActionGaza: Hunger fears persist as Israeli operations further harm enclave’s farmers

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The world has been set back 15 years in its fight against hunger, according to a new UN reportA massive exodus from Gaza’s Khan Younis puts pressure on aid resources already under huge strain…And, nearly 400 children a year are dying from rising heat in Europe and Central Asia….

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In Gaza, the UN health agency says polio and other diseases could prove deadlier than bombs and bullets…Meanwhile in the Sahel, insurgents force thousands to flee Burkina Faso for neighbouring Niger, and…On your marks, get set, go…the UN chief issues a peace call – in the ‘spirit’ of the Olympics

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UN convoy hit by ‘heavy shooting’ en route to Gaza city, UNRWA reportsClimate change heightens threats to global forests, FAO report urges innovationWHO report highlights the need for accessible neurological treatments 

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Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warnIn Afghanistan, with 33 of 34 provinces hit by natural disasters, the UN refugee agency steps up assistanceFighting in Sudan holds up lifesaving aid deliveries in Darfur and Sennar state

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‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agenciesUN calls for urgent action on human rights violations in Central African Republic’s detention centresUNFPA warns of maternal death crisis in Yemen: One woman dies every two hours

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Over 1,000 attacks on healthcare facilities across Occupied Palestinian Territory since OctoberHaiti: Displaced women lack basic safety and servicesUN chief marks 10 years since MH17 tragedy, urges accountability

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Conflict in Gaza continues with airstrikes: UN shelters hitSouth Sudan faces growing humanitarian crisisIncrease in conflict, main cause of stalled child immunization rates

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The UN continues to mediate peace talks in Geneva between the warring factions in Sudan.Conflict escalates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sparking disease outbreaks.And…an ambitious UN bid to connect every school in the world to the Internet by 2030…

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Sudan: Conflict spreads, displacing another 136,000 peopleWorld population to peak at 10.3 billion by 2080s, decline by 2100UN humanitarians and partners launch $9 million response plan for Hurricane Beryl victims 

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Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says aid agencyFirst hepatitis C self-test gets health agency pre-approvalAnd… the real cost of the booming digital economy 

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Ukraine’s main children’s hospital likely received a direct hit when it was struck on Monday, say UN rights monitorsGazans are continue to reel from intensified malnutrition and heat risks Arbitrary detentions and impunity are happening on a massive scale in Libya, the Human Rights Council hears

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After nine months of war in Gaza, another UN school is hit by an Israeli airstrikeSeveral Ukrainian cities have been hit during a new wave of Russian strikes, including a children’s hospitalThe record temperature streak continues worldwide through June

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Refugees and migrants face violence, abuse and death on Africa routesOngoing and generalized impunity in Burundi for the ‘Imbonerakure’ youth wingAnd …Hurricane Beryl – just an indication of a long storm season to come

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Gaza’s forcibly displaced run out of space to shelterMyanmar’s military ‘doubling down’ on its attacks against civiliansAnd…UN chief António Guterres urges peace above all else, and an end to multiple conflicts

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Belarus is not safe for anyone critical of authorities, warns rights expertIn Ukraine, May was bloodiest month in a year, says UN missionSyria still in grip of appalling violence, the Human Rights Council hears

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Gaza: 250,000 feared displaced in new Khan Younis escalationNear-famine conditions only one of Sudan’s problemsIn Haiti, a child a minute is uprooted by gang violenceAnd… a 5,000-metre mountain is named in honour of the UN

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This is UN News Today with me Daniel Johnson….the headlines:Tens of thousands displaced in new Gaza City escalationAfghanistan’s de facto authorities take part in international talks in DohaAnd…why UN rights chief Volker Türk believes that the world of sports is not immune from the goal of human rights for all 

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