Internally displaced Palestinian children before receiving polio vaccinations at a United Nations school in Deir Al Balah, southern Gaza Strip, 1 September 2024. (Keystone/EPA/Mohammed Saber)

🛟Israel must step in if it bans the UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza, UN says. The UN children’s agency, Unicef, the World Health Organization and the International Organization on Migration said the organisation represents a ‘backbone’ of operations in the occupied enclave.

❌Israel slams UN expert over 'eradication' of Palestinians claim. The country’s mission in Geneva reacted to allegations by special rapporteur Francesca Albanese of “genocide” being committed by the Jewish state.

😷WHO report reveals tuberculosis as 2023’s deadliest infectious disease. After dropping to second place during Covid-19, TB returned last year to lead in deaths, causing twice as many as HIV/AIDS, while the number of people newly infected rose to its highest point in three decades.

🇲🇲UN envoy warns Myanmar is in crisis, with conflict escalating and criminal networks ‘out of control’. The UN special envoy for Myanmar, Julie Bishop said that reconciliation in the country would require an end to violence and full UN access “to address vulnerabilities among the marginalised, including Rohingya.”