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The UN considers that there is a "strong probability" that the children's hospital in Kyiv was hit by a "direct hit" from a Russian missile, according to the representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine, who speaks remotly during a UN press briefing in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
The residents of Blendecques, a town in northern France, are trying to cope with further flooding caused by the 'exceptional flooding of the Aa', two months after the November floods. IMAGES
Security in Haiti, where violent gangs control large swathes of the country, has deteriorated even further, with the number of major crimes hitting "record highs," the UN representative to the impoverished nation warns. "The security situation on the ground continues to deteriorate as growing gang violence plunge(s) the lives of the people of Haiti into disarray and major crimes are rising sharply to new record highs," Maria Isabel Salvador tells the UN Security Council. SOUNDBITE
Four key climate change indicators all set new record highs in 2021, Brigitte Perrin, Head of Strategic Communication at the World Meterological Organization, outlines at a press conference presenting its "State of the Global Climate in 2021" report. Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification all set new records last year, the United Nations' weather and climate body says in the report. IMAGES
Images of a residential building in Kyiv that was hit by a Russian missile in the early hours of Saturday, destroying several flats. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI323Z3RF_EN
Images of a residential building in Kyiv that was hit by a Russian missile in the early hours of Saturday, destroying several flats. IMAGES