UN calls for urgent ceasefire in Aleppo

The UN has called for an urgent ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where it said two million people lacked access to clean running water, with children most at risk of disease.
UN calls for urgent ceasefire in Aleppo

Access is needed to deliver food and medical supplies and for technicians to repair electricity networks that drive water pumping stations.

“The UN is extremely concerned that the consequences will be dire for millions of civilians if the electricity and water networks are not immediately repaired,” it said in a statement.

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