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UN urges world to stop arming the Myanmar military junta

The UN special rapporteur on Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said the military was regularly bombarding villages and displaced people's centres from the air.

The United Nations has urged the world to stop the flow of weapons and money to Myanmar's military rulers to help stop the escalating violence against civilians - we speak to the UN's leading human rights expert on Myanmar.

The Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the ban on beauty saloons - issued by the Taliban - will result in 60,000 women losing their jobs.

And the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, is running short of drinking water with only one week's supply of the essential resource left.

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  • Fri 7 Jul 202306:06GMT