"The children were sleeping when death came from the air. A military warplane dropped two 500lb (230kg) bombs on their boarding school, witnesses said. Imagine, if you can, the carnage and the horror. At least 18 died. Others suffered life-changing injuries. The ruling regime claims to be fighting terrorists. Yet more often than not, it is defenceless, blameless civilians who are killed, maimed and displaced. No, this isn't Gaza. It isn't Ukraine. It's Myanmar, where appalling atrocities, including crimes against humanity, often go unreported."
"Myanmar, formerly British-run colonial Burma, where civil war has raged since an army coup overthrew the elected government in 2021, is a microcosm of today's fractured world. National leaders gathering at the UN general assembly this week face numerous daunting problems: among them, the authoritarian assault on democracy; record levels of conflict; pervasive flouting of human rights; impunity in the committing of genocide and war crimes; humanitarian emergencies exacerbated by foreign aid cuts; rising poverty; and environmentally damaging exploitation of less-developed countries' natural resources."
A military warplane attacked a boarding school in Myanmar, killing at least 18 and causing life-changing injuries. The ruling junta asserts it is fighting terrorists, yet civilians are routinely killed, maimed and displaced. Civil war has continued since the 2021 army coup that ousted the elected government. Atrocities, including crimes against humanity, often go unreported and unpunished. The crisis highlights weakened UN systems and failing regional and great-power responses. Deliberate inaction by countries such as China and Russia, and shifting Western politics, have compounded impunity, humanitarian emergencies, poverty and environmental exploitation.
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