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“Being here, you also see that the nature of war has changed,” UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Alexander De Croo said from Kyiv, Ukraine. “You see that civilian infrastructure is in a deliberate way being attacked.” Briefing reporters in New York by video link from Kyiv with Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) behind him, De Croo continued, “You see today that a bus stop is being attacked. You see today that infrastructure such as a petrol station is being attacked,” De Croo told journalists on the second day of his visit to Ukraine. Minutes before the briefing, a drone struck a business centre on the other side of his hotel, the UNDP chief said. “It is clear that this is a deliberate attempt to make life in Ukraine and life in Kyiv completely impossible. This is not in line with international humanitarian law. Even in war there are rules to be followed.” Energy is UNDP’s largest area of work in Ukraine, where the agency is helping 6.6 million people keep access to electricity. “Unfortunately, we are heading into the fifth winter of this, of this conflict, and we see that the energy infrastructure is relentlessly being targeted by attacks, and going into the winter makes it even more dramatic, because we know that the winters here in Ukraine can be incredibly harsh on the population,” De Croo said. In his words, “Having access to electricity keeps the school open. Having access to electricity keeps the hospitals open.” Asked whether others were stepping in, he described the scale of the damage. “Today approximately half of the energy infrastructure in Ukraine is being impacted by attacks. And these are attacks, with absolutely no doubt, that these attacks are being conducted by Russia.” Other UN entities are also working on the issue, De Croo said, but “it's quite clear that at this moment it is never enough.” A day earlier, De Croo visited the Chernobyl site. There, he went inside the protective structure over reactor four, which was destroyed in the 1986 disaster, and saw where the structure had been hit in a drone strike. “Anyone who is attacking those protective structures, and those protective structures around a nuclear structure, is really gambling with the safety of millions of people. A nuclear installation can never be a target. There can absolutely be no excuse. There can absolutely be no ambiguity. This has to stop,” the UNDP Administrator said. Asked whether attacks had increased, he replied, “Yes, quite clearly, over the past two weeks, the attacks have increased. The only moment where there were no attacks was when the American envoys were here for the talks that they have had with Ukrainian authorities.” “But unfortunately, since then the attacks have increased again,” De Croo said. Ukrainian authorities have chosen to keep schools open, and UNDP has joined a shelter coalition built on Ukraine's work with Finland. “Fortunately, there are shelters, but there are not enough shelters,” De Croo said. “Now, creating shelters is expensive and it takes time.” Over the last four years, UNDP has raised 1.3 billion dollars for Ukraine, making it “the largest operator of the UN family” in the country. Its biggest donors are Norway, Japan, the European Union, Sweden and Denmark. The World Bank and UN organizations put the cost of repairing war damage at more than 600 billion dollars. “I mean, these are gigantic amounts of money,” De Croo said. Full-scale restoration, he said, can only happen “if the war would stop.”

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'Massive' security operation in place for 9/11 anniversary • FRANCE 24 English

As New York gets set to commemorate 25 years since the 9/11 attacks that changed the United States and the world forever, a “massive” security operation is underway, say city officials, with former US presidents and dignitaries set to gather at Ground Zero. #9/11 #september11 #anniversary 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen 🔴 LIVE - Watch FRANCE 24 English 24/7 here: https://f24.my/YTliveEN 🌍 Read the latest International News and Top Stories: https://www.france24.com/en/ Like us on Facebook: https://f24.my/FBen Follow us on X: https://f24.my/Xen Bluesky: https://f24.my/BSen and Threads: https://f24.my/THen Browse the news in pictures on Instagram: https://f24.my/IGen Discover our TikTok videos: https://f24.my/TKen Get the latest top stories on Telegram: https://f24.my/TGen

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Israel says destroys Hezbollah tunnels as explosions triggers tremor • FRANCE 24 English

Israel said Thursday it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, with the force of the explosions enough to trigger a 4.1 magnitude tremor. It comes a few days after Israeli authorities claimed to have taken control of the Ali al-Taher ridge, saying that the pro-Iranian Hezbollah had dug numerous tunnels there, allowing it to attack Israel from this mountainous area. #Lebanon #Israel #Hezbollah 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen 🔴 LIVE - Watch FRANCE 24 English 24/7 here: https://f24.my/YTliveEN 🌍 Read the latest International News and Top Stories: https://www.france24.com/en/ Like us on Facebook: https://f24.my/FBen Follow us on X: https://f24.my/Xen Bluesky: https://f24.my/BSen and Threads: https://f24.my/THen Browse the news in pictures on Instagram: https://f24.my/IGen Discover our TikTok videos: https://f24.my/TKen Get the latest top stories on Telegram: https://f24.my/TGen

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Yemen: Fighting has intensified across multiple frontlines - Briefing | United Nations

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UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg warned the latest developments across multiple frontlines, including at the port city Mokha, risk dragging the country into the wider and unresolved regional confrontation, with global repercussions. The Special Envoy spoke at an emergency Council meeting on Yemen via video link, following Houthi attacks in southern Saudi Arabia and the capture of Mokha. Grundberg told the Council that over the past twenty-four hours, the fighting has intensified across multiple frontlines, especially the strategic west coast. Ansar Allah launched a major offensive, including on Mokha, the port city that lies roughly 75 kilometers from the Bab al-Mandeb strait, the chokepoint linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden through which a substantial share of global trade and energy passes. As of right now, Grundberg said, “they have gained control of Mokha, giving them a direct presence on the approaches to one of the world’s most vital straits, although fighting is ongoing and the situation remains fluid.” He stressed, “this development is raising serious concerns within the international community about the threat to freedom of navigation.” The Special Envoy repeated his call on Ansar Allah to “cease its attacks inside Yemen and across the border into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and to cease attacks and threats against commercial vessels.” Grundberg reiterated, “this renewed war should alarm us all. It effectively marks the end of the relative calm that Yemen has experienced for over four years since the UN-brokered truce.” “It not only threatens to plunge Yemen into a prolonged and expanding war, but also risks yet again dragging the country into the wider and unresolved regional confrontation, with global repercussions,” the Special Envoy said. He said, “the question before the international community is no longer whether Yemen's war will resume, but how to address a new and more dangerous phase - one whose consequences, if left unchecked, will not stay within Yemen's borders.” “That is why the unity and sustained engagement of this Council matter now more than at any point in years,” the Special Envoy underscored, adding “Yemen cannot be allowed to slip from the Council's attention. It needs the active investment of every member of this body to contain what could be the precipice of a far more dangerous conflict.”

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