Melania Trump chairs UN meeting on children in conflict (opens in new tab)

<p>US first lady Melania Trump has chaired a meeting of the United Nations security council on children and education in conflict, two days after her husband, Donald Trump, and Israel launched attacks on Iran that prompted a UN warning about child safety. The UN event happened days after Iranian state media reported that an airstrike <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/iran-school-bombing-death-toll-us-israel-strikes">killed at least 165 people</a> at a girls’ school in sou...