💉African nations hit by mpox still waiting for vaccines – despite promises by the west. Countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Sweden and Thailand affected by the outbreak of a new variant of mpox have yet to receive any of the promised vaccine amid further delays that stir-up a sense of déjà-vu from the Covid pandemic.

⚕️Gaza: polio vaccination drive faces hurdles despite a pause in the conflict. The first full day of a campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children in Gaza began on Sunday. Much of its success will depend on whether the pauses in fighting will hold, two health experts write in this opinion piece.

⚖️ Opinion: The world was moving closer to the Taliban, but a new law could endanger all that. The Talibans new laws imposing even greating restrictions on women and girls are an example of the disconnect between the international community and the Islamic Emirate’s top decision-makers.

🗞️New media covering international Geneva enters the fray. La Tribune des Nations, a French-language site covering international affairs from Geneva, will offer interviews and commentaries with "a deep anchoring in the spirit of Geneva".

🇮🇷 More than 400 people executed In Iran this year: UN experts UN experts voiced alarm Monday at a surge in executions in Iran last month that pushed the total in the country so far this year to over 400.