The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Of course Macron won’t tackle police violence – he knows his power depends on it

Since the 2018 gilets jaunes crisis, the French president seems to have accepted brutal police tactics. Is it fear or indifference? says Paris-based journalist Pauline Bock

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

Aid groups alarmed at Jenin access curbs, scale of Israeli attack

Road blocks and bulldozers ploughing streets and buildings are preventing life-saving medical access.

Al Jazeera · Jul 4, 2023

Ocean temperatures around Australia 0.5C above June average as UN declares an El Niño

World Meteorological Organization says weather pattern is in place, which for Australia increases risk of drought, heatwaves, bushfires and coral bleaching

The Guardian - AU · Jul 4, 2023

UN agencies alarmed by West Bank escalation as three children among dead in Israeli raid

At least 10 Palestinians killed so far as Israel launches one of its biggest military operations in decades in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

First Thing: Millions under US heat warnings amid record temperatures

Further extreme conditions expected during 4 July holiday, as thunderstorms and intense heat continue across the country

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

Netanyahu’s attack on Jenin shows weakness. The Palestinians are weak too – and therein lies the danger

It is too early to know if a third intifada will follow this incursion or a wider conflict. But the signs are not good, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

Improving soil could keep world within 1.5C heating target, research suggests

Better farming techniques across the world could lead to storage of 31 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide a year, data shows

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

Fukushima plan to release water into ocean approved by UN watchdog

IAEA report says discharge would have ‘negligible radiological impact on people and the environment’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

What is the 'nine-dash line' and what does it have to do with the Barbie movie?

The new Barbie film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is set for imminent release. But according to Vietnam’s state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper the film’s release has been barred. The head of the Department of Cinema, a government body in charge of licensing and censoring foreign films, said

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2023

Modi uses speech to Russia-China-led group to swipe at Pakistan, avoids mentioning Ukraine

India’s prime minister on Tuesday took a veiled swipe at rival neighbor Pakistan and avoided mentioning the war in Ukraine while addressing a group of Asian countries led by China and Russia

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023