World News in Brief: Marshall Islands nuclear legacy, FlyDubai attack condemned, Ukraine update, breast cancer treatment expanded in West Bank

The enduring radioactive legacy of US nuclear bomb testing in the Marshall Islands took centre stage at the Human Rights Council on Thursday.Addressing the impact of 67 known tests conducted between 1946 and 1958, UN deputy rights chief Awa Dabo said that it lives on in the bodies of Marshallese people, in “lands poisoned and communities displaced” today.Justice must be served for the people unable to return to the atolls – or coral islands – contaminated by the detonations, Ms. Dabo insisted. she also highlighted the devastating health consequences of repeated nuclear testing, an issue highlighted this week at a high-level General Assembly meeting.Everyone impacted“Virtually every Marshallese family has been touched by the enduring health consequences of the nuclear testing, which include elevated rates of cancer,” she said. Marshallese women and their family members carry painful memories of miscarriages, stillbirths and severe congenital conditions.Today, communities affected by harmful nuclear radiation face social stigma and are called “poison people”, Ms. Dabo noted.“Marshallese communities have the right to an effective remedy for the harm caused by the nuclear tests,” she s...