Since Friday, 11 civilians have been killed and greater than 90 wounded, in accordance with the authorities. Schools and vitality infrastructure additionally had been broken.
The Donetsk area in japanese Ukraine was probably the most affected, with the city of Kostiantynivka notably arduous hit.
Six different areas – Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia – had been additionally impacted, with properties, faculties, ambulances and energy infrastructure in front-line areas sustaining harm.
In response, help organizations have distributed restore supplies, scorching meals and drinks, along with offering psychological assist.
Families on the run
Meanwhile, humanitarians proceed to assist folks fleeing hostilities within the Donetsk and Dnipro areas.
OCHA stated over 2,000 folks, lots of them kids, had been evacuated from Donetsk between Friday and Monday.
“With rising stress on the transit web site within the city of Pavlohrad, authorities and help organizations opened new amenities within the village of Voloske, Dnipro area, and the city of Lozova, Kharkiv area,” the company stated.
Evacuees obtain medical and psychosocial assist, scorching meals, water and hygiene provides, and may register for money help earlier than transferring on to safer areas.
At the identical time, humanitarians are additionally supporting arrivals in different components of Ukraine.
Egypt urged to finish ‘rotation’ detention apply focusing on Government critics
The UN human rights workplace, OHCHR, known as on Tuesday for Egypt to finish a apply often called “rotation” which permits Government critics to be held arbitrarily and for extended intervals even after serving their sentences or finishing most pre-trial detention.
Human rights defenders, activists, legal professionals, journalists, peaceable protesters and political opponents are amongst those that have been focused.
The newest case issues poet Galal El-Behairy, who was arbitrarily detained after finishing a jail time period on 31 July 2021 for writing songs and poetry crucial of the Government.
He has since confronted related fees in two completely different instances beneath the counter-terrorism regulation and the penal code. The newest fees had been introduced on 19 August 2025, extending his detention for no less than 15 extra days.
Suppressing crucial voices
Rotation “has turn into a instrument by which the Egyptian Government represses these perceived to be crucial of its insurance policies,” OHCHR Spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan instructed journalists in Geneva.
“Most of these focused by ‘rotation’ shouldn’t have been detained or jailed within the first place, as the costs introduced in opposition to them are sometimes associated to the train of their professional rights to freedom of expression and peaceable meeting,” he stated.
OHCHR urged the Egyptian authorities to instantly finish the apply and launch all those that have been subjected to it.
UN proclaims two new mechanisms to advertise cooperation on AI governance
The UN Secretary-General welcomed the General Assembly’s resolution on Tuesday to determine two new mechanisms to advertise worldwide cooperation on the governance of synthetic intelligence (AI).
The institution of the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance marks a major step ahead in world efforts to harness the advantages of the expertise whereas addressing its dangers.
The growth underlines dedication by Member States to construct on the Global Digital Compact adopted as a part of the Pact for the Future final September, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric instructed journalists in New York.
Fostering inclusion, informing decision-making
He stated the Global Dialogue will present an inclusive platform throughout the UN for States and stakeholders to debate the crucial points regarding AI dealing with humanity at the moment.
The Scientific Panel will function an important bridge between cutting-edge AI analysis and policymaking, he added.
“By offering rigorous, unbiased scientific assessments, it should assist the worldwide neighborhood to anticipate rising challenges and make knowledgeable selections about how we govern this transformative expertise,” he defined.
The Secretary-General will quickly launch an open name for nominations for the Scientific Panel, which can current its annual reviews on the Global Dialogue on AI Governance to happen in July 2026 in Geneva and 2027 in New York.
In the interim, all stakeholders are urged “to assist this historic initiative and contribute to constructing a future the place synthetic intelligence serves the widespread good of all humanity.”
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UN postal company striving to maintain packages transferring forward of US duty-free deadline
The UN postal company says it’s taking all potential measures to maintain packages flowing to the United States after dozens of nations suspended service.
“Maintaining the belief of the billions of individuals served by the postal community is our high precedence,” stated Universal Postal Union (UPU) Director General Masahiko Metoki.
Starting on 29 August, the US introduced that it’s going to droop duty-free “de minimis” measures for low-value packages.
That means packages price lower than $800 will now not be exempt from customs duties and will require new processing necessities. There isn’t any affect on letters.
An enormous change
The UPU famous that whereas every nation has the sovereign proper to undertake its personal customs insurance policies, the change “will entail appreciable operational adjustments for postal operators all over the world” – given the brief discover.
Postal providers in no less than 25 nations have suspended their outbound postal providers to the US, citing uncertainties associated to transit, in accordance with the UPU.
The UN company says it’s working to assist nations regulate to new customs responsibility assortment and remittance course of and is in touch with the US Government to develop sensible options.
