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Daily Wrap 8 July 2024
Rescue operations at the site of the morning attack in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
Several Ukrainian cities hit in new wave of Russia missile attacks

Ukrainian cities faced another barrage of missiles fired by Russian forces on Monday with dozens killed and a children's hospital among the locations hit, UN humanitarians have said.

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Peace and Security
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses the opening of the High-level Political Forum 2024.
UN deputy chief demands bold policies, innovative solutions for SDGs

The international community must urgently summon the commitment and investments needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline, the UN Deputy Secretary-General stressed on Monday.

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SDGs
Hurricane Beryl has caused near total devastation on Union Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Hurricane Beryl highlights need for robust early warning systems

Hurricane Beryl, which left a trail of destruction from the Caribbean to Mexico – and now the United States – has once again underscored the urgent need for robust early warning systems, the UN meteorological agency (WMO) said on Monday.

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Humanitarian Aid
A community health worker walks through an IDP camp in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
UN envoy highlights alarming violence and neglected humanitarian crisis in DR Congo

The security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in alarming levels of violence and widespread civilian displacement, the UN envoy for the country reported on Monday.

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Peace and Security
Temperatures have hit record highs across the world in 2023.
Earth's hottest June on record

Last month was the hottest June since records began and the thirteenth month in a row to set a temperature record, according to new data released on Monday from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.

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Climate and Environment
Some 190 schools and other facililities run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, have been severely damaged in Israeli airstrikes since war erupted on 7 October.
After nine months of war in Gaza, another UN school suffers Israeli airstrike

The war in Gaza passed the nine-month mark on Sunday with humanitarians left assessing the damage of a fresh Israeli airstrike on a UN school.

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Peace and Security
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