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The death toll rises from airstrikes that hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa where hundreds of mourners had gathered for the wake of a pro-Houthi figure. Nathan Frandino reports.
Medics and residents say 26 people are now dead and 60 others wounded after an Arab coalition air strike hit a house in a residential area in western Yemen.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for warring parties in Sudan to agree to a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "I call on all parties in Sudan to honor the values of Ramadan by honoring a Ramadan cessation of hostilities," he tells a Security Council meeting. SOUNDBITE
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is "shocked by the reported death" of Russia's opposition figure Alexei Navalny. "The Secretary-General expresses his condolences to Mr. Navalny's family and calls for a full, credible, and transparent investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Navalny's reported death in custody," Stephane Dujarric tells a press conference. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip, as the fighting between Israel and Hamas there passed the grim 100-day milestone. "We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. Tho ensure sufficient aid gets to where it is needed. To facilitate the release of the hostages. To tamp down the flames of wider war because the longer the conflict in Gaza continues, the greater the risk of escalation and miscalculation," Guterres says at a press briefing in New York. SOUNDBITE
Floodwaters cover a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost region, where the death toll of an extratropical cyclone has risen to 27. IMAGES