People take part in a rally in Zurich in solidarity with the protests in Iran and to honour protesters executed by the government, 7 January 2023. (Keystone/Michael Buholzer)

🇮🇷Iran maintains crackdowns, executions over protests: UN probe. Tehran has already executed seven men and is detaining thousands more in an ongoing crackdown on pro-democracy protests sparked by the killing of Mahsa Amini, a UN-led investigation found.

🇧🇾State of human rights in Belarus 'catastrophic', UN told. The UN rapporteur on Belarus warned that the government was persecuting dissidents and “dismantling” civic freedoms.

❤️‍🩹WHO and Africa CDC work to mend their fractured relationship. Officials with both organisations are striving to build better ties and improve coordination on the ground.

💉Marburg, Ebola Sudan vaccines might get share of Covax surplus. The surplus of up to $2.6 billion of the Covid jab delivery scheme could be rerouted, an official with the Gavi Vaccine Alliance said.

🦾UN recruits robots in strive to meet global development goals. Today and tomorrow, the UN tech agency's flagship AI conference will showcase different robots with specific abilities intended to improve lives.