UN News Today 12 September 2024

WFP food warehouse stormed by desperate civilians, as starvation loomsThe UN honours the service and sacrifice of peacekeepersA new $15 million initiative to boost sustainable development in the Congo Basin 

Climate change: World likely to breach 1.5°C limit in next five yearsGaza: 50,000 children killed in less than 600 days warns UNICEFEssential supplies reach Sudanese hospital: WHO 

Gaza: UN agencies call for an aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan beginsUkraine’s battered communities face ongoing deadly Russian attacksSudan’s health system is on the brink of collapse, warns the WHO 

After a week of violence shocked the UK, Reuters World News podcast travels back to Southport, where a stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed children's event has left the town in mourning - and triggered a wave of misinformation which fed racist unrest on the streets. Sign up ... Show More

Stock markets have fallen as fears of a US recession send investors fleeing from risk while wagering that rate cuts will be needed to rescue growth. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is holding an emergency meeting with police chiefs after days of violent anti-immigration prote ... Show More

Listen to the week's most important world news highlights presented by Mr. Amal Jayasinghe, a senior journalist and world news critic from AFP News. - මේ සතියේදී ලෝකය පුරා සිදුවුණු විශේෂිතම සිදුවීම් කිහිපය පිළිබඳව සාකච්චා කිරීමට 'ලොව වටා' විදෙස් විත්ති සමාලෝචනය සමඟින් අප සමඟ සම්බ ... Show More

Raphael Rashid and Haeryun Kang chart the turmoil that has engulfed the country over the past month, from a declaration of martial law to two impeachments and the worst domestic aviation disaster in its history. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus 

Russia is evacuating thousands more people from its border regions after Ukraine said it was advancing deeper into the country in a lightning incursion. The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an ... Show More

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is arrested and questioned by authorities over his failed attempt to impose martial law. Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, endured a tough confirmation hearing grilling from Democrats over his inexperience, alle ... Show More

Investigators have recovered the black boxes after a deadly crash in Washington DC - which President Trump suggested, without evidence, was linked to diversity policies. Chaotic scenes from a tense hostage handover in Gaza signal a tricky path ahead for the phased ceasefire deal. ... Show More

A new wildfire north of Los Angeles has exploded to 9,400 acres, forcing evacuations. The global business elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos brace for Trump’s video address and recalibrate in the face of his DEI rollbacks. Trump steps up his immigration crackdown, warning ... Show More

Concerns Donald Trump's Gaza takeover proposal could derail the Gaza ceasefire deal; Google scraps diversity recruitment goals; and in sports, tough conditions forecast for Australian cricketers in Galle. 

Typhoon Shanshan lashes Japan forcing millions of evacuations. Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov is under formal investigation and banned from leaving France in a key moment for the social media sector. Nvidia’s shares tumble after results. And the new mpox strain is changing faster tha ... Show More