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Ethiopia vows to seize airports, facilities in Tigray as AU calls for truce

Ethiopia's government has vowed to seize control of airports and other federal facilities in the country's Tigray region, a day after the African Union appealed for a ceasefire.

Radio France Internationale

Russia says grain deal extension 'directly depends' on easing restrictions on its exports

Russia on Monday told a top United Nations representative that the extension of a landmark Black Sea grain deal was dependent on the West easing Russia's own agricultural and fertiliser exports, the defence ministry said in a statement.

Reuters

UN rights chief 'deeply troubled' by escalation of the war in Ukraine

Recently appointed United Nations rights chief, Volker Turk, voiced alarm at the escalating conflict in Ukraine when he arrived at his post in the Swiss capital Geneva on Monday, insisting that civilians must be protected.

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Somalia famine: what has caused the worst drought in 40 years and how to donate

More than half of children aged under five in Somalia are facing acute malnutrition

Evening Standard

Iran breaching nuclear deal by providing Russia with armed drones, says UK

UK joins France in saying apparent drone supply for use in Ukraine leaves Iran in breach of 2015 JCPoA

The Guardian - UK

Billionaire Mo Ibrahim attacks ‘hypocrisy’ over Africa’s gas

Telecoms entrepreneur says continent’s people should be allowed to use their vast reserves

The Guardian - UK

UN condemns 'deeply distressing' discovery of 92 naked migrants at Greece-Turkey border

EU border agency Frontex confirmed the arrival of the group in circumstances which the Greek ministry for civil protection said sent out an “inhuman image”

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Almost 100 migrants stopped at border and stripped naked in 'degrading' incident

The naked migrants were discovered close to the Evros river on the border between Greece and Turkey on Friday, prompting condemnation from the United Nations which is calling for an investigation

Daily Mirror

UN urges investigation after 92 naked migrants ‘sent’ from Turkey into Greece

UNHCR says circumstances of ‘shocking’ discovery unclear amid rising tension between two countries

The Guardian - UK

Washington ‘Deeply Disappointed’ by Palestinian President’s Meeting with Putin

The US administration issued a rare public stinging rebuke of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, days after he lauded Russian President Vladimir Putin while slamming the United States. “We were deeply disappointed to hear President Abbas’s remarks to President Putin. Russia does not stand for justice and international law, as evidenced…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN ‘distressed’ over 92 stripped refugees at Greece-Turkey border

Greece and Turkey trade accusations after Greek authorities find the people close to the countries’ border.

Al Jazeera

New UN rights chief urges halt to drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine

The new United Nations human rights chief, who took office on Monday as Russian drones struck the Ukrainian capital, said attacks on civilians in Ukraine had to stop.

Reuters

UN poverty chief warns cuts will cost lives as experts say there's 'no fat to trim'

Liz Truss has been hit by multiple warnings of what'll happen if she slashes public spending - as her new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned every department could face cuts to balance the books

Daily Mirror

UN ‘deeply distressed’ by discovery of 92 naked migrants at Greece-Turkey border

Greece says Turkey’s behaviour is ‘shame for civilisation’ while Ankara says country should give up ‘inhumane attitude’

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Ukraine War Pushes 4 Million Children into Poverty

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting economic fallout have thrown four million children into poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia, the UN children's agency said Monday. "Children are bearing the heaviest burden of the economic crisis caused by the war in Ukraine," UNICEF said. The conflict "and rising…

Asharq Al-Awsat

92 Migrants Found on Greek-Turkish Border

Ninety-two migrants were found almost naked and bruised after allegedly being forced across the Evros river from Türkiye into Greece, Athens said Sunday, a charge fiercely denied by Ankara. EU border agency Frontex confirmed to AFP the arrival of the group in circumstances which the Greek ministry for civil protection…

France 24

Russian ‘kamikaze’ drones strike Kyiv, Zelensky says attacks ‘won’t break’ Ukrainians

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky’s chief of staff said Russian “kamikaze drones” hit Kyiv early on Monday. Zelensky said Russia had launched a barrage of drone and missile attacks across the country, but that the strikes would not "break" Ukrainians. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events…

The Conversation

The UN says access to a healthy environment is a human right. Here's what it means for Australia

The United Nations recently declared that access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a universal human right.

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The Guardian - AU

Greece and Turkey trade blame after 92 naked migrants rescued at border

UN calls for a full investigation, as Greek authorities brand Turkey’s behaviour a ‘shame to civilisation’

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'has now lost more soldiers in Ukraine war than US did in Vietnam'

If the unverified figure is accurate, it means that Russia's death count after eight months would be beyond what the US's was during their battle in Vietnam

The Independent UK

‘Lives will be lost’ if benefits and wages do not rise in line with inflation

The most vulnerable are “paying the price” of world events, Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, will say.

Axios

Pope Francis calls for reforms to the United Nations in new book

There is never a place for the barbarism of war, especially not when contention acquires one of its most unjust faces: that of so-called ‘preventive wars,'" Pope Francis also wrote in an excerpt released Sunday.

The Independent UK

Calls grow for Ethiopia peace effort as fighting intensifies

Diplomats are calling on Ethiopia’s federal authorities and their rivals in the northern region of Tigray to agree to a cease-fire as heavy fighting raises growing humanitarian fears

The Guardian - AU

Work therapy: can a branding expert give a serial slashie a coherent way to sell herself?

Alex Kelly is a documentarian, campaigner and impact producer – among other things. Lindsay Rogers runs a creative agency. Together they talk about how someone with a portfolio career can hone their message

The Guardian - AU

Inflation and inadequate welfare fuelling Australia’s food insecurity crisis, Foodbank finds

The charity’s annual Hunger Report estimates about 500,000 households on any given day struggle with getting enough to eat

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