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UN News Today 21 October 2025

  • Gaza: ‘Overwhelming’ demand for food aid, as WFP urges more border access to prevent famine
  • DRC: Women and girls endure escalating crisis as UNFPA warns of rising violence and failing health facilities
  • Sudan war: Over a million people have returned to Khartoum, in sign of resilience
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UN News Today 20 October 2025

  • Kyrgyzstan: Reintroduction of death penalty would violate international law, Türk warns
  • $31 trillion debt is holding back developing countries, UNCTAD conference hears
  • Sudan aid access must be allowed to save lives, insists OCHA
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UN News Today 15 October 2025

  • Record rise in carbon dioxide levels during 2024: UN weather agency
  • Gaza: UN relief chief calls for Israel and Hamas to abide by agreements
  • Nearly 14 million people could face severe hunger by the end of the year: WFP
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UN News Today 13 October 2025

  • Gaza: Hostages released, aid is beginning to flow, say aid agencies
  • South Sudan’s escalating political crisis is driving violence, Human Rights Council investigators warn
  • WHO: Maldives is first country to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B
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4'18"

UN News Today 10 October 2025

  • Ukraine’s front-line communities among millions enduring a global mental health crisis
  • Gazans on the move after ceasefire deal, aid teams appeal for open access
  • UN rights office hails new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado from Venezuela
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4'14"

UN News Today 08 October 2025

  • Gaza City ‘almost deserted’ as the war enters its third year

  • WHO warns Gaza’s health system ‘on the brink of collapse’ ahead of regional health summit

  • UN and city leaders warn of housing emergency across Europe

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