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The El Niño extreme weather pattern could cost the global economy up to $11 trillion and seriously impact food security, said the UN agency tackling rural poverty in developing countries on Monday.

After fading into the background when the war with Iran began, the US diplomatic push to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine is intensifying again, with the first US-Ukraine-Russia talks since February scheduled for November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi.

In October 2026, units of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine surveyed 1,804 hectares of liberated territories and cleared them of mines and explosive remnants of war.

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in a meeting with a delegation from Finland, including representatives of Finnish and Ukrainian defence companies. The parties discussed prospects for expanding defence-industrial cooperation, launching joint production projects, and developing a technological partnership.

Russia struck the Dry Port logistics center in port of Odessa, designed for the storage and distribution of cargo for the Ukrainian forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Russia supports the US's approach on security guarantees to be one of the key issues of talks in Abu-Dhabi on the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.

The Russian armed forces have liberated the settlement of Vasylkovoye in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

The Russian armed forces struck an electrical substation in the area of the village of Belaya Tserkov in the Kiev region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine might "end up with a little bit different shape" as part of a peace settlement.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed his hope that progress on the Ukrainian settlement can be achieved during the talks in Abu Dhabi.

Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine by Mohamed Yahya, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, on behalf of Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

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Switzerland is to provide the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) with an additional CHF 4 million in aid for the evacuation and subsequent support of civilians affected by the war in Ukraine. The funds will mainly benefit people forced to leave their homes close to the front line due to the ongoing Russian attacks.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation today with H.E. Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.