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1. UN chief hails Kyrgyz-Tajik border treaty breakthrough

   The UN Secretary-General warmly welcomed the presidential signing of the State Border Treaty by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on Thursday following decades-long negotiations.

2. Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief

   Sudan is now the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday. After two years of war, over 30 million people – more than half of them children – are living in the grip of mass atrocities, famine and deadly disease.

3. Europe grapples with highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years

   Measles cases in Europe have doubled in just a year, with the highest number reported since 1997, UN agencies announced on Thursday.

4. Rights probe alleges sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli forces used as ‘method of war’

   Senior human rights investigators reporting to the UN Human Rights Council alleged on Thursday that sexual and gender-based violence by Israeli security forces against Palestinians – including children - have been increasingly used “as a method of war” following the 7 October 2023 attacks that sparked the Gaza war.

5. ‘Anxiety, paranoia, fear’: The consequences of digital violence against women

   Online attacks against women are getting worse, according to the UN, causing lasting damage that can spill over into real world violence. Leading activists from Spain and Latin America met at UN Headquarters on Wednesday to rally women and share strategies on fighting back.