— Up to 40in/over 1m of rain, 13ft/4m of storm surge expected, causing "extensive infrastructure damage" and cutting off communities. Melissa has already killed three people in Haiti and one person in the Dominican Republic but doubled in strength over the weekend.
BBC: The Jamaican government has ordered evacuations for parts of the capital, Kingston, and the entire island has been classed as "threatened". — (LINK)
— Putin said Russia had successfully tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, a nuclear-capable weapon Moscow says can pierce any defence shield, in a move that has infuriated Washington. Moscow said the Burevestnik had flown for 14,000km.
— After the ceremony, Thailand's foreign minister refused to call it a peace agreement, telling the BBC "I would call it a pathway to peace" instead. Trump calls the agreement "a monumental step". But looking at the details, it isn't much of leap foward, the BBC's South East Asia correspondent writes
— Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez stated that opposition leader Leopoldo López's nationality is being revoked for his support of U.S. military actions. López responded that revoking his nationality is unconstitutional, asserting that no Venezuelan can lose their nationality and emphasizing his call for freedom.
— Adopted by the General Assembly in December 2024 after five years of negotiation, the Convention against Cybercrime establishes the first universal framework for investigating and prosecuting offences committed online — from ransomware and financial fraud to the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. The signing ceremony was hosted by Viet Nam in collaboration with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). It will enter into force 90 days after the 40th State deposits its ratification. Global cybercrime costs are projected to reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, according to industry experts.
— Russia launched a drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, in the early hours of Sunday, striking residential buildings, killing at least three and wounding at least 29 people, including six children, according to Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on X accused Moscow of trying to "create a humanitarian catastrophe" in her country amid the winter season. The Russian attacks on Saturday targeted "critical infrastructure", the energy grid, a railroad and residential areas in the Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy and other regions, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha wrote in a separate post on X.
— Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said China was repeating the "same old message" and that China's real aim was to "annex" Taiwan. "The experience of Hong Kong has also demonstrated that 'one country, two systems' ultimately amounts to authoritarian rule by the Chinese Communist Party," the council said.
— The budget for canton Geneva is in the red with a deficit of CHF409.4 million. Among the measures proposed to curb the rise in costs is the suspension of the annuity (regular payment) for civil servants.
— New partnerships and funding pledges were announced to advance action on debt relief, the digital economy, investment and supply chain resilience, proving that multilateralism remains alive, relevant and capable of delivering results. The Government of Switzerland announced new funding of 4 million Swiss francs to bolster UNCTAD's work on e-commerce and the digital economy for developing economies.