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Guatemala struggles with aftermath of Fuego eruption

Appeal goes out for help with reconstruction and salvage operation as fresh explosions and lava flows strike volcanic zone.

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Rape as a weapon of war: Women in South Sudan speak out

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Some 65 percent of South Sudanese women have experienced sexual or physical violence, twice the global average

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South Sudan: Fresh fighting flares, five years into civil war

The upsurge in violence in the world's youngest state comes ahead of planned peace talks and amid desperate humanitarian conditions

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Malawi: using drones to limit the impact of natural disasters

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The EU bets on innovation to make humanitarian response faster and more efficient

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Venezuela

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All kinds of people turn up at the border with one thing in common - desperation.

Syria

Patients treated after suspected chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta

Medics report a chlorine gas attack in Eastern Ghouta, just hours after an aid convoy left the area.

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International aid convoy sets off for Eastern Ghouta

Desperate for food and basic medicines, many of the besieged and bombarded Syrian civilians in Damascus' eastern suburbs of Ghouta waited on Monday as a 46-truck convoy organised by the United Nations and key aid agencies began entering the rebel-held enclave.

Papua New Guinea

Death toll from Papua New Guinea quake rises

The Red Cross says at least 67 people died and another 160,000 are affected.

Syria

Syria begins ground assault in Eastern Ghouta as UN aid convoys wait

No deal yet on evacuation of wounded or more aid convoys, but UNICEF says Damascus may allow a convoy with aid for 180,000 of the 400,000 civilians trapped in the region.

Syria

The UN tells the Syrian Humanitarian Task Force "You are failing"

Civilians too frightened to use five-hour daily ceasefires to flee, and window too short to allow aid to get through says UN.

Syria

Desperate conditions in Eastern Ghouta

Euronews spoke to a local doctor and aid worker about the plight of civilians, and about their faith in prospects for desperately-needed relief.

Haiti

Haiti suspends Oxfam operations over sexual misconduct scandal

The country's minister of planning and external cooperation said Oxfam made a "serious error" by not informing Haitian authorities of the allegations.

World

The battle to provide healthcare in Central African Republic

As the conflict in CAR continues, aid workers struggle to provide healthcare to mothers and newborn babies.

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What the biggest aid charities will disclose about sexual abuse

Seven out of 13 aid agencies contacted by Euronews provided 2017 data on sexual harassment or abuse cases by their staff.

Tonga

Tonga survives Cyclone Gita without fatalities

Australian and New Zealand dispatch aid supplies after power and water supplies hit.

World News

Venezuela returns to medical 'stone age'

The director of the Venezuelan civil association CodeVida blames the Venezuelan government for daily deaths caused by the health crisis in the country.

USA

Salvadoreans face deportation after US ends Temporary Protected Status

Due to the US practice of granted citizenship to babies born inside the United States, there are now nearly 200,000 US citizens who were born to parents who now may face deportation.

Bangladesh

Love Army raises more than €1 million for Rohingya refugees

Campaign reaches millions on social media as French stars bid to mobilise the public.

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Finding better and quicker ways to tackle TB

Futuris' Julián López Gómez travels to Tanzania, Malawi and The Netherlands to meet those developing new ways to beat tuberculosis

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