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Daily Wrap 9 January 2025

'Children are now freezing to death': harrowing updates from Gaza The horrors in Gaza show no signs of abating, the UN said on Thursday, noting that the Ministry of Health reports that over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed there since October 2023, most of them women and children.     Read more Humanitarian Aid UN Commission notes new sense of optimism in Syria during first-ever visit A team from the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria concluded a first visit to the country on Thursday, taking crucial steps to promote dialogue and engagement with the new caretaker government.  Read more Human Rights Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia attack marks highest civilian casualties in nearly two years Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia city in Ukraine on Wednesday caused the highest number of civilian casualties in a single incident in almost two years, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, has reported.  Read more Human Rights UN chief offers condolences amid devastating wildfires in California UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed sorrow over the fast-moving wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area, claiming lives and displacing thousands. Read more Climate and Environment Global growth to remain subdued in 2025 amid uncertainty, UN report warns Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8 per cent in 2025, unchanged from this past year, according to a UN flagship report released on Thursday.   Read more Economic Development Lebanon: UN hails election of new President as a critical first step The United Nations has welcomed the election of a President in Lebanon. Read more UN Affairs More than 125,000 refugees return to Syria in desperate conditions A month since the fall of the Assad regime, more than 125,000 refugees have returned to Syria "full of hope after years of exile", only to find themselves confronted by desperate conditions, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday. Read more Peace and Security

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