UN News Today

• Climate talks: Global accelerator launched at COP31 • Haiti: More than 1,000 killed in gang violence over last three months • WHO’s Tedros condemns deadly Gaza hospital strike

• Climate crisis is outrunning us, warns UN chief at COP31 • Families returning to southern Lebanon despite devastation, violence: UNIFIL • ‘Landmark judgment’ on same-sex relations in Trinidad and Tobago is a milestone in ending discrimination

• Sudan: Drones and drought are closing in on country’s children - UNICEF • Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks push thousands across border - UNHCR • Clean energy transition takes centre stage at COP31 talks

• Very strong El Niño event to unleash more extreme weather well into 2027: WMO • Gaza: Multiple Palestinians killed in deadly landslide at flooded camp - OCHA • Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado still in grip of non-State violence: IOM

• Sudan war: aid teams warn of desperate funding shortages, empty warehouses and huge needs – UNHCR, IOM • ‘No Escape’ for refugees on the frontlines of the climate crisis - UNHCR • Displaced Ukrainians return home but most do not stay: IOM

• Ukraine attacks highlight need to protect clean water access: UNICEF • UNCHR appeals for $2 million to help Nigeria’s displaced • Two new Ebola vaccines added to DR Congo trial: WHO

• WHO calls for simple health reforms to save 1.6 million lives a year • Myanmar: second airstrike in days kills more civilians - WHO • Sudan: intense drone strikes kill civilians, cut power and water - OCHA Follow our new news & science podcast Talk & Action Apple Podcasts; Spotify; Castbox; Soundcloud; Youtube

• Air raid alerts and attacks on schools: the devastating face of education in Ukraine • Myanmar: Children reported killed and injured in airstrike on shelter • Yemen: essential services crumbling in Taiz city amid ongoing conflict - UNFPA Follow our new news & science podcast Talk & Action Apple Podcasts; Spotify; Castbox; Soundcloud; Youtube

• Afghanistan: funding shortages close vital healthcare services - OCHA • Ukraine: UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau urges support for energy infrastructure renewal • Global education fund seeks $600 million to help schools impacted by conflict

• Yemen: Aid out of reach as conflict intensifies – UNHCR • $50 million appeal to help nine million people endure winter months • Israel’s ‘yellow line’ in Gaza is a ‘kill zone’: OHCHR