Speaking from Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, where shelling has intensified in the last week, the UN’s top aid official in the country issued an urgent appeal on Friday for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces, to allow humanitarians to deliver “absolutely necessary” relief items across the contact line.

UNRWA work and mandate in ‘jeopardy’, Guterres warns
Haitians can’t wait to return home and vote in elections says Prime Minister
‘Rising seas are sinking futures’
Israeli leader at UN: ‘We’re going to win. We have no other choice’
Venezuela seeking rebirth after political crisis and devastating earthquakes, President tells UN
From Vienna to New York: Nuclear Governance Faces New Tests Ahead of First TPNW Review Conference