UN News Today

• Yemen escalation continues to force thousands from homes: agencies • Sexual violence by Russian forces is widespread against Ukraine prisoners: OHCHR monitors • Sudan emergency relief pipeline will run out in less than two weeks - IOM

• Yemen escalation forces 57,000 children from homes: UNICEF • The world must wake up to water cycle changes: WMO • ‘Entire’ human rights treaty body system risks crumbling, UN warns

• SG’s report on reprisals against human rights activists covers 32 countries • Stop attacking merchant ships and seafarers, says IMO chief • Families feared buried in Gaza building collapse: OCHA • AI’s role in ‘denialism’ trend must be countered by truth, says rights expert: HRC63

• DR Congo: Ebola outbreak still needs massive funding boost to contain deadly spread – OCHA, WHO • Super El Niño already causing more misery in South Sudan: WFP • Belarus criminal justice system weaponized to crush dissent, says Human Rights Council

• ‘Alarming increase’ in enforced disappearances, warns Guterres • South Sudan: UNICEF reaches communities in Jonglei State cut off by war • Gaza: Another strike on UNRWA school sheltering displaced families