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  The UNSC scheduled a vote Friday on a resolution that calls on all countries to stop the transfer of small arms, light weapons and ammunition to any party supporting gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti The UN Security Council scheduled a vote Friday on a resolution that calls on all countries to stop the transfer of small arms, light weapons and ammunition to any party supporting gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti, which has seen an upsurge in bloodshed and kidnappings. The draft by the United States and Mexico does not include an arms embargo as China sought. Other council members said an embargo would be unenforceable. The back and forth came in negotiations over a resolution to extend the mandate for the U.N. political mission in Haiti. The council's previous authorization for the mission expires Friday. The U.S.-Mexico draft resolution, put in final form late Thursday, would express the council's readiness to impose sanctions that could include travel b...

  Russian missiles have struck a city far from the eastern frontline, killing at least 23 people including three children, Ukrainian officials say. More than 100 were reported injured in the attack in Vinnytsia, which is south-west of Kyiv and a long way from the heart of the fighting in Donbas. Three Russian missiles hit an office block and damaged residential buildings. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called it "an open act of terrorism". The missiles hit the car park of the nine-storey office block at around 10:50 (07:50 GMT), Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. Residential buildings were also hit in the centre of Vinnytsia, which has a population of around 370,000. The Russian defence ministry, which denies targeting civilians, has yet to comment on the strike. The Ukrainian presidency said the attack had come from Kalibr cruise missiles launched from a submarine in the Black Sea. Several dozen people were detained following the attack, Ukraine's minist...