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• Ukraine’s front-line communities among millions enduring a global mental health crisis
• Gazans on the move after ceasefire deal, aid teams appeal for open access
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UN News Today 10 October 2025 - Gaza, Ukraine, Nobel Peace Prize

Gazans returning northwards shared their joy and relief on Monday at the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel that entered into force last Friday. Life remains extremely challenging for most, including one family living in a worn-out tent in Gaza City who spoke to UN aid worker Olga Cherevko, from the aid coordination office, OCHA.
"They invited me for a lunch with them of some stewed tomatoes; they said that this is the first time that they have been one able to find something fresh to eat and to cook it themselves," explained Ms. Cherevko, speaking to UN News. 
"These are very difficult steps that people will have to go through to obviously grieve, to start their lives again and to build the future," the veteran aid worker continued. "But this is finally something that they can look forward to and the future of their families is being discussed for the first time in months."

Gaza City update from UN's Olga Cherevko

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UN News Today 13 October 2025 - Gaza, South Sudan, health

We’re among the lucky ones, says Gaza City family displaced five times
UN aid worker Tess Ingram said on Tuesday that Gazan families "need absolutely everything" as a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel continued to hold. Here she is now talking to UN News:

"I met a family today, Mustafa and Sweda and their children, and they told me that they were among the lucky ones because while Mustafa was pulling rubble out from the building, that is their home, at least he said, we have a home, there's something here that remains that we can live in. 

"Syeda said she's happy that they're back in their building after being displaced five times. and they were relieved yesterday when there was a water truck, but they live in fear that truck might not turn up today or tomorrow. She also can't get the medicine she needs and her sons had to walk a really long way today just to buy the basics that she needed to make some bread. 

"This is emblematic of the situation for so many families returning to complete destruction in Gaza City and other parts of the Gaza Strip. And it's why the humanitarian response is so important. 

"Families need absolutely everything right now. We need the hundreds of trucks a day that were promised to get into the Gaza Strip and to reach the families who so desperately need it.”

Gaza City update: UNICEF's Tess Ingram

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UN News Today 14 October 2025 - Gaza, Haiti, Rohingya crisis

Ramallah, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank, is a bustling urban centre, but it is ringed by barriers and checkpoints which dominate every aspect of life. 

Speaking at the UN Forum of Mayors in Geneva, Issa Kassis, the mayor of Ramallah, explains to UN News how the occupation 'restricts your thoughts, plans, aspirations and vision'. 

CLIP: Occupation restricts 'thoughts, plans, aspirations, vision' - Mayor of Ramallah in the OPT

Women are central to achieving food security in Tanzania as they make up 70 per cent of the East African nation’s agricultural workforce; that’s according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in the country, Nyabenyi Tipo.

FAO is celebrating its 80th anniversary on World Food Day on 16 October, the theme for which is collaborating for a peaceful, sustainable, prosperous, and food-secure future.

Sabrina Said asked Ms. Tipo about the significance of this milestone and how FAO Tanzania is celebrating the occasion.

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Empowering women, boosting Tanzania’s agriculture

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• Nearly 14 million people could face severe hunger by the end of the year: WFP

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UN News Today 15 October 2025 - carbon dioxide levels, Gaza update, global hunger

Speaking at a press conference in Geneva, WMO senior scientific officer, Oksana Trasova, told journalists that more climate action is needed from policymakers. 

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CLIP - Record rise in carbon dioxide levels, WMO expert calls for more action

• Transform agrifood systems on World Food Day: FAO 
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UN News Today 16 October 2025 - World Food Day, Gaza update, Afghanistan-Pakistan border

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