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Deadly Israeli air strike hits hospital; 13 killed across Gaza: United Nations made an emergency appeal for waterproof tents to shelter hundreds of thousands exposed to flooding due to heavy rains (LINK) 12 November 2026
Amnesty International reported that United Nations peacekeepers and South Sudanese authorities ignored warnings weeks before an insurgent raid on Abiemnom killed more than 200 people earlier this year (ground news LINK) 12 November 2026
— UNMISS knew an attack on Abiemnom was likely but failed to reinforce the roughly three dozen peacekeepers stationed there until after violence occurred. Tigere Chagutah, an Amnesty regional director, said their failure to take stronger action cost lives. Facing budget cuts and reduced personnel, UNMISS spokesperson Priyanka Chowdhury said the mission concentrated available capacity on protecting roughly 2,500 people at its base. The Security Council reduced authorized troop levels from 17,000 to 12,000 in April.
Indonesia's vice president resigns as his eligibility and academic credentials are questioned (LINK) 12 November 2026
Millions of Spaniards stage first general strike in 14 years as anger rages over housing (LINK) 11 November 2026
World heading for 'irrevocable overshoot' of global temperature thresholds, Climate Action Tracker (CAT) warns (LINK) 11 November 2026
— Under current policies, the planet will heat up by 2.7C on average by the end of the century compared with preindustrial times, the report found. This is up slightly from a prediction of 2.6C in the group's analysis conducted last year.
12 free reports about climate change for COP31 (LINK) 11 November 2026
Breaking news
Russia's largest oil refinery, in Omsk, slammed by drones in 8-hour attack 2,500 km from Ukraine (LINK) 12 November 2026
Brooklyn building collapse in Flatbush live updates: 2 dead, 17 hurt as search goes on (LINK) 11 November 2026
US to seek Putin's 'blessing' on Thursday for Europe to join Ukraine talks: agreed a major prisoner swap, with final numbers to be confirmed (LINK) 11 November 2026
Bomb threats hit hundreds of schools in Italy, Ireland and UK (LINK) 11 November 2026
— In Italy, more than 300 schools were evacuated on Wednesday after receiving identical bomb threats. More than 270 Scottish schools and over 300 schools in Northern Ireland were targeted. Some schools in England and the Republic of Ireland also received emails. ANSA reported that the threats against flights were signed "Fighters of the Male State" — a reference to a Russian ultranationalist, misogynistic movement which Moscow banned in 2021. The group's founder denied involvement.
Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, awaits disease-free status: will continue to exercise prevention measures until December 23 (LINK) 11 November 2026
Other major headlines
Ukraine: Zelenskyy sees 'window of opportunity' for peace as US envoys to meet Putin: day 1,723 of war (LINK) 12 November 2026
US: Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate race: first black person from Mississippi to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years (LINK) 11 November 2026
— BBC: Fewer than five thousand votes out of nearly a million counted separated him from his Republican opponent, the incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. The result means the Democrats will hold 55 seats in the 100-member Senate, with a knife-edge race in Alaska still to be called. Hyde-Smith congratulated Colom in a video posted on X on Wednesday evening and wished him well. "While this was not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters," she said.
Brazil's Lula blasts absence of world's top polluters at COP31 (LINK) 11 November 2026
Iran tells COP31 it wants compensation for environmental damage from US-Israeli strikes (ground news LINK) 11 November 2026
Israeli Court refuses to release 14 Gaza doctors held without charge or trial (ground news LINK) 11 November 2026
Turkey's president calls the war in Gaza "not only a genocide, but [...] also an ecocide" at the UN climate summit (LINK) 11 November 2026
— "Centuries old olive trees have been cut down. The soil and water have been polluted in Gaza, and cities in Gaza have been turned into enormous piles of rubble," Erdogan said. "With Gaza's destroyed infrastructure, compounded by torrential rain and by flooding, tens of thousands of tents and shelters have been inundated."
Millions of Spaniards stage first general strike in 14 years as anger rages over housing (LINK) 11 November 2026
Iran unveils underground 'Missile City' as expert notes radar-evasion efforts (LINK sign-up required) 10 November 2026
Trump's Board of Peace says Israel's aid response after Gaza floods 'insufficent' (LINK) 10 November 2026
Iran attacks shipping navigation systems on Oman's Didamar island, sources say
(LINK) 10 November 2026
FBI adds IRGC member Shahram Poursafi to Most Wanted terrorists list for allegedly soliciting the murders of two former U.S. government officials (ground news LINK) 10 November 2026
Brazil fines Facebook $1.3 million for failing to comply with court orders during election: missing deadlines and providing incomplete information regarding requirements to treat the campaigns of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro equally (ground news LINK) 10 November 2026
Haitian PM praises El Salvador after joint strike on alleged home of the 400 Mawozo gang leader (LINK) 10 November 2026
— Local media reported that as many as 20 people were killed in the strike, which they said was carried out in the early hours of Sunday.
