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Daily Wrap 11 December 2025

Gaza's maternal and newborn health system 'decimated', UN warns Gaza's health system for mothers and newborns has been "decimated", the UN said on Thursday, with Israeli attacks destroying almost all hospitals, cutting off medical supplies and driving sharp rises in maternal deaths, miscarriages and newborn fatalities amid mass displacement and hunger. Read more Peace and Security Can dialogue heal a fractured world? A UN-led alliance is making the case As 2025 draws to a close, geopolitical divides are deepening – North and South, East and West. Against this backdrop, the UN Alliance of Civilizations marks two decades of bridging divides as its Riyadh Forum takes on intolerance, hate speech, and the fight for mutual respect in a multipolar world. Read more Culture and Education UN warns of 'regional conflagration' as DR Congo violence uproots 500,000 More than half a million people have now been uprooted by escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the UN said on Thursday, warning that the M23 rebel offensive is driving a rapidly worsening humanitarian emergency. Read more Peace and Security Hurricane Melissa: WFP calls for greater investment in preparedness, building resilience More than a month after Hurricane Melissa slammed the Caribbean, devastated communities still require assistance, the regional director for the World Food Programme (WFP) told journalists at UN Headquarters on Thursday.  Read more Humanitarian Aid Risks mount for pregnant women in Ukraine Pregnant women took shelter in a bunkerised maternity unit in the Ukrainian city of Kherson last week, after a hospital was struck just 1.5 km from the frontline. Read more Peace and Security WHO expert group reaffirms no link between vaccines and autism A World Health Organization (WHO) expert committee has again confirmed that there is no causal link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), following a new review of global scientific evidence. Read more Health Venezuela's National Guard linked to killings, torture and repression, UN probe finds Venezuela's Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) has been implicated in a decade-long pattern of killings, arbitrary detentions, torture and sexual violence targeting protesters and opponents of President Nicolás Maduro, according to a new report from UN-appointed investigators on Thursday.   Read more Human Rights

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