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These “relentless” attacks targeted critical energy infrastructure, leaving millions of people without heat and electricity, as well as limited access to water and other essential needs.
“Increasing long-range missile and drone attacks mean that nowhere is safe in Ukraine,” he said UNHCR director, Philippe Leclerc, added that humanitarian operations had also come under attack.
Evacuations continue
Between September and mid-October, several security incidents impacted agency personnel and partners, relief facilities or clearly marked vehicles involved in relief efforts.
UNHCR said displacement in Ukraine is expected to continue as evacuations from frontline areas increase, while nearly 5.2 million Ukrainian civilians continue to live across Europe as refugees.
The UN nuclear watchdog has still not been able to verify Iran’s nuclear material
The UN nuclear watchdog still cannot confirm that no protected Iranian nuclear material was diverted, its chief told Security Council on Tuesday – more than a year after Israeli and US military strikes cut off the monitors’ access.
“This can and must be improved,” said IAEA Genera Director Rafael Grossi, added that we know from our past cooperation with Iran that constructive engagement is possible.”
Inspectors have not yet been able to return to sites hit by Israeli airstrikes in June 2025 and joint Israeli and US attacks in early 2026.
The agency sees no signs of repair or rebuilding, Grossi said, but satellite monitoring is no substitute for on-the-ground access.
The only exception was the Bushehr nuclear power plant, where inspectors were working.
Iran’s atomic energy agency has been cooperating in delivering security equipment needed to verify the spent fuel there before it is transferred to dry storage, which is expected to happen early next year, Grossi said.
Rafael Grossi, head of the IAEA, briefs a Security Council meeting on nuclear non-proliferation and Iran.
Normal inspections are suspended
Normal inspections have not resumed, and Iran has not provided the information and access necessary to verify previously declared nuclear material at protected facilities – both those hit and those not hit – the IAEA chief said.
Of particular concern is Iran’s stated stockpile of 440 kg of highly enriched uranium. The agency is also seeking access to the Isfahan Fuel Enrichment Plant, which Iran declared just before the attack in June 2025.
“Only diplomacy, supported by IAEA verification, can prevent nuclear proliferation in the long term,” Grossi said.
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Emergency aid for Ethiopians fleeing to Kenya
Kenyan authorities are at the forefront of emergency response plans to accommodate more than 36,600 Ethiopian refugees fleeing rising insecurity in the southern region, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Recent fighting has sparked a wave of displacement following decades of fighting between forces from Ethiopia’s southern Somali and Oromia regions over border demarcation and resources.
Thousands of Ethiopian refugees live in host communities.
Rapid needs assessment
UN agencies have joined in the Government-led response – assessing needs and providing emergency supplies and technical support – including the World Food Program (WFP) and the UN migration agency, IOMtogether with UNHCR.
On Tuesday, UNICEF in Kenya said therapeutic nutrition supplies had been delivered to local hospitals and the agency was supporting malnutrition screening, infant and young child feeding, clean water and hygiene services.
UNICEF has also provided four 10,000 liter water tanks and hygiene kits for around 1,000 households, as well as additional technical support on nutrition and sanitation.
