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1. UN rights office warns of deepening displacement ‘nightmare’ in Gaza

   Israeli forces continue to push Palestinians into ever-smaller areas of the Gaza Strip while destroying civilian infrastructure and attacking displacement sites, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Friday amid concerns of ethnic cleansing. 

2. Yemen war makes reaching assistance too dangerous for many

   More than 280,000 people have now been displaced by fighting in Yemen and many vulnerable people are unable to access lifesaving relief because it is too dangerous to do so, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.

3. Myanmar’s illicit economy fuels escalating violence, with civilians bearing the brunt

   Myanmar’s human rights situation is “catastrophic”, the UN independent expert on the country warned at a press briefing Thursday, as the war spirals with no end in sight. 

4. AI is changing the way we think. The question is whether we’ll notice in time

   Artificial intelligence promises to make life easier. With a few keystrokes, it can write emails, summarize reports, generate ideas and answer complex questions in seconds. For many people, it feels like a technological leap on par with the arrival of the internet itself.

5. World News in Brief: 5 children killed in Sudan, Haiti hunger emergency, Yemen war update

   At least five children were killed and two others injured in a drone attack on a market in Nyala, in Sudan’s South Darfur state, on Monday, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.