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"Nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is beyond words. Nowhere and no one is safe," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells a press briefing in New York. SOUNDBITE
Mourners gather in Beirut for the funeral of Hamas officials killed in a strike on the suburbs of Beirut on the 3rd of January, including the Hamas deputy chief, Saleh al-Aruri. Lebanese authorities and Hamas accused Israel of killing Hamas leader Aruri and other officials, with Lebanese state media saying they died in a drone strike. Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari did not directly comment on the killings but said the military was "highly prepared for any scenario" in its aftermath. IMAGES
At a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, the head of the UN's refugee agency Filippo Grandi says, "Today we pass the mark of half a million refugees from Sudan, following the beginning of the conflict." He also says that the number of people now internally displaced in the conflict torn nation is now at two million. SOUNDBITE
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus estimates the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 to be "at least 20 million", well above the official number reported to WHO of "almost seven million deaths". SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for an end to the conflict in Sudan, saying the country cannot afford such destruction at a desperate time. SOUNDBITE
More than 1,000 people have been evacuated in the Spanish regions of Valencia (south-east) and Aragon (north-east) where forest fires have already burnt some 900 hectares, according to local authorities. Four hundred firefighters, rescue workers and military personnel, fifteen planes, seaplanes and helicopters worked to extinguish the flames, according to the Valencia rescue service. A nearby field hospital was set up and the Red Cross opened a reception centre for evacuees in a gymnasium in the town of Segorbe. Spain was hit last summer by some 500 fires that burned over 300,000 hectares of land, making it the most affected European country, according to the European Forest Fire Information System. IMAGES
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