An Israeli army bulldozer demolishes buildings during a military operation in Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, 1 January 2026. (Keystone/EPA/Alaal Badarneh)

🚧UN accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ in West Bank. UN Human rights chief Volker Türk said Israel’s “systemic asphyxiation" of Palestinian’s rights included controlling their access to water, school, healthcare, livelihoods and contact with loved ones.

📢Trump, from Caracas to Davos. Ahead of the US president’s trip to the World Economic Forum later this month, the Swiss government is shying away from any condemnations of his military intervention that may irritate him, writes former Swiss ambassador François Nordmann.

🚨Ten humanitarian crises that demand your attention now. A risk of rising violence in Venezuela and the region, Sudan, Palestine, social vulnerabilities in the US and rising militancy in Afghanistan and Pakistan are among the crises falling off the mainstream news radar.

✋🏻UN agencies, aid groups protest Israel’s move to bar many NGOs from Gaza as winter exacerbates dire conditions. The heads of 20 organisations, including the WHO, Unicef, the UNHCR and UN aid chief Tom Fletcher, warned in a statement that cutting access to the strip will set back any gains made since the start of the ceasefire.