For today, links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and an ASSANGE entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM   

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The UN Security Council is voting on a Gaza cease-fire, with the U.S. certain to veto, by Edith M. Lederer | AP  UNITED NATIONS — Arab nations are putting to a vote a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, knowing it will be vetoed by the United States but hoping to show broad global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. The Security Council scheduled . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM FEB. 19  U.S. pushes for UN to support temporary Gaza ceasefire, oppose Rafah assault, by Michelle Nichols | Reuters  UNITED NATIONS — The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah, according to the text seen by Reuters. The move . . . READ MORE . . .

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NEWER  Israel orders new evacuations in northern Gaza, where UN says 1 in 6 children are malnourished, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israel ordered new evacuations from parts of Gaza City today, as a study led by the U.N. children’s agency found that one in six children are acutely malnourished in the isolated and largely devastated north of the territory, where . . . READ MORE . . .

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NEWER  UN food agency pauses deliveries to the north of Gaza. From Reuters.  ROME — The World Food Programme said today it was pausing deliveries of food aid to northern Gaza until conditions in the Palestinian enclave allow for safe distribution. “The decision has not been taken lightly, as we . . . READ MORE . . .