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Daily Wrap 18 November 2025
 

 

 

Participants during UN Secretary-General António Guterres's Youth Roundtable at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
'Decisive battle': Guterres calls for youth power in fight to phase out fossil fuels

It felt like a page turning. After years of debate, the long-awaited roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels may finally be written into the official decisions of COP30.

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Climate and Environment
People in Gaza walk past a puddle of water following heavy rain.
Gaza: Diplomatic momentum must translate into urgent steps on the ground

The UN is prepared to play "any role" needed to advance the breakthrough Security Council resolution endorsing the United States-led Gaza peace plan.

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Peace and Security
A woman in the eastern DR Congo, who was forced to flee her home, due to violence works on a smallholding.
Ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending

Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). 

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Peace and Security
A Nigerien soldier guards a strategic location in Ouallam, Niger.
Terrorism in Africa, a 'growing global threat'

Expanding terrorist networks, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services in West Africa and the Sahel are a growing concern worldwide.

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Peace and Security
A busy street scene in the city of Tokyo, Japan.
Cities now home to nearly half of humanity: UN report

Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world becomes increasingly urban. 

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SDGs
A school child in Nigeria expresses fear at being kidnapped.
UNICEF condemns deadly Nigeria school attack, demands urgent protection for students

UNICEF has strongly condemned a deadly attack on a school in Kebbi State, northwest Nigeria, which left the Vice-Principal dead and resulted in the reported abduction of at least 25 students.

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Peace and Security
A child helps to pitch his family's tent after it collapsed during heavy rain in Gaza.
Gaza: After Security Council breakthrough, agencies highlight youngsters' plight

As UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed Monday's Security Council resolution paving the way for a consolidated ceasefire via a temporary International Stabilization Force in Gaza, UN aid teams warned that many Palestinian children in the enclave are in no shape to endure another harsh winter.

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Peace and Security
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