UN News Today 02 October 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 

An antisemitism motion is introduced as parliament resumes for 2025... a ceasefire reported in the Congo after rebels seized a major city...and the Matildas' interim coach backs captain Sam Kerr to return to the field in March. 

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suspended his campaign and thrown his support behind former President Donald Trump. Israel has made it clear that even if a ceasefire deal is reached, it could end up only lasting weeks before war in Gaza resumes. A tro ... Show More

Iran has launched a wave of missiles at Israel in response to the deaths of a Hezbollah leader and others. The death toll continues to climb in the wake of Hurricane Helene as desperation grows to find the missing. Recent polling gives a snapshot of where both vice-presidential c ... Show More

Haiti has been engulfed in a wave of gang violence since the assassination of the then-president, in 2021. Now an estimated 85% of the capital, Port au Prince is under gang control. The UN says in 2024, 5000 people died in the violence, which has left the country on the verge of ... Show More

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said there was no more time to waste to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal. Also: Africa's main public health agency announces plans to make 10m mpox vaccines available for use across the continent, and researchers say drone swarms could stop w ... Show More

Hamas has fired rockets at Israel in response to the renewed ground offensive in Gaza. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are sparking “stagflation” concerns. Venezuela's leader is calling the deportation of mostly Venezuelan migrants from the US to El Salvador a “kidnappin ... Show More

Donald Trump says the U-S will own and redevelop the Gaza Strip after forcibly removing all Palestinians- but faces immediate international pushback... Aboriginal legal and human rights groups hit out at the Victorian government over controversial proposed bail laws... and Footba ... Show More

After 100 days of the Israel-Hamas war, the toll on civilians keeps getting worse. The World Health Organization warns that Gaza could be on the brink of famine. Meanwhile the United Nations is desperately trying to plug the aid gap, in Ukraine and in other war zones. UN Humanita ... 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. 

The Democratic Republic of Congo rolls out its mpox vaccine programme with 100,000 doses sent by the EU - but what logistical challenges do the medical teams face on the ground?Also on the programme: the UN says both sides in Sudan's civil conflict have committed atrocities that ... Show More