A QUARTER of children around the world are set to live in poverty this year after Russia's war in Ukraine raised food and energy costs, a rights group warned on Monday.

The KidsRights index, based on figures supplied by UN agencies, said children are also at risk from climate change and ongoing health impacts from the Covid pandemic.

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