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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday paints a dark picture of the situation in the Middle East, warning that spiraling tensions over the war in Gaza and Iran's attack on Israel could devolve into a "full-scale regional conflict." SOUNDBITE
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK will act again if Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen persist in attacking shipping in the Red Sea, speaking after a second round of joint US-UK strikes. "We urge the Huthis and those who enable them to stop these illegal and unacceptable attacks. But if necessary, the United Kingdom will not hesitate to respond in self-defence. We cannot stand by and allow these attacks to go unchallenged," he tells parliament. SOUNDBITE
Cameroon launches the world's first large-scale systematic vaccination campaign against malaria, a "historic step" according to the WHO in the fight against one of the biggest killers of African children. IMAGES
Thick black smoke billows from the Palestinian city of Jenin amid a deadly large-scale Israeli army operation, as seen from the Israeli town of Muqeibila, north of the occupied West Bank. IMAGES
The UN's head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warns that drought-ravaged Somalia was on the brink of famine and time was running out to save lives. SOUNDBITE
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