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Daily Wrap 28 October 2024

Middle East crisis: Live updates from the Security Council and UN across the region We will be following the latest breaking news over the day, including from UN staff on the ground, dispatches from Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region, and the Israeli Knesset's vote to outlaw the work of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA. We also recap the emergency Security Council meeting on escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. UN News app users can follow here. Read more Peace and Security Lazzarini: Israeli Knesset vote on UNRWA will deepen Palestinian suffering Monday's vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) contradicts principles of the UN Charter, violates Israel's obligations under international law, and sets a dangerous precedent, the head of the Agency, Philippe Lazzarini has warned. Read more Peace and Security France: Hijab ban during sports, 'discriminatory and must be reversed' say experts Independent human rights experts on Monday called on France to reverse bans that prevent Muslim women and girls who wear the hijab from participating in sports, citing concerns that these restrictions are discriminatory and violate international human rights obligations. Read more Human Rights UN official urges more ambitious, credible climate action plans Proposed actions by countries to mitigate the worsening impacts of climate change "fall miles short of what is needed," according to a major UN report has revealed on Monday. Read more Climate and Environment Sudan trapped in a 'nightmare of violence', UN chief tells Security Council UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a "nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement", as the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues to rage. Read more Peace and Security Gaza: No let-up in Israeli military offensive, situation 'only getting worse' After a weekend of continuing Israeli military operations throughout the Gaza Strip and especially the north, UN humanitarians warned on Monday that the already dire aid situation "is only getting worse". Read more Peace and Security Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agency New data released by the UN on Monday indicating that greenhouse gases have hit a record high shows once again that urgent action and not words is needed from the world's major polluters to protect us all from climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) insisted. Read more Climate and Environment

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