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The UN says the lack of humanitarian access granted by Myanmar's government to Rakhine state, where more than half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled violence, is "unacceptable". SOUNDBITE
Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape declares a 14-day state of emergency in the capital Port Moresby, after 15 people were killed in riots as crowds looted and burned shops, adding that more than 1,000 troops are on standby "to step in wherever necessary" under the emergency decree. SOUNDBITE
A village in Myanmar's Mon state is submerged by murky yellow-brown waters as floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in the country, according to officials. IMAGES
The first snow of the winter falls on Maidan Square in Kyiv, blanketing its statues and anti-tank obstacles as the Ukrainian capital faces blackouts and power outages from a fresh series of Russian strikes targeting the country's energy infrastructure. IMAGES
Smoke billows after a deadly strike on a residential building in northern Kyiv. At least two people died and 12 were wounded, the country's emergency service said Monday. "As of 07:40, the bodies of two people were found in a nine-storey apartment building, three people were hospitalised and nine people were treated on the spot," the emergency service said on Facebook, adding that the building was in Kyiv's Obolon district. IMAGES
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