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Ukrainian president says some mass burial victims were tortured

Zelenskyy says hundreds of civilians and soldiers had been found ‘tortured, shot and killed by shelling’ near Izyum.

Al Jazeera

Fork in the road: can Tasmania unwind the environmental damage at Lake Pedder?

Christine Milne argues the glory of restored Tasmanian lake, drowned in 1972, would outweigh benefits of energy it generates

The Guardian - AU

Pacific Islands students target U.N. court as key weapon to fight climate change

In the shadow of the United Nations' towering headquarters in New York City, law student Solomon Yeo from an island nation in the South Pacific is taking in what he describes as a “surreal moment.”

Reuters

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Water Begins Receding in Pakistan’s Worst Flood-Hit South

Floodwaters are receding in Pakistan's worst-hit southern Sindh province, officials said Friday, a potentially bright sign in an ongoing crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless in the impoverished South Asian country. The Indus River, which had swelled until earlier this month, was now rushing at “normal”…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Libyan militia detains hundreds of Chadians after poachers arrested

At least 400 Chadian workers rounded up in east Libyan town of Ajdabiya after security forces in Chad arrest four Libyan poachers

The Guardian - UK

U.S. envoy says no plans to meet Russians at United Nations

The United States has no plans "at this time" to meet with Russian diplomats next week during the annual United Nations gathering of world leaders, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Friday.

Reuters

China, AUKUS countries clash at IAEA over nuclear submarine plan

China clashed with the countries in the so-called AUKUS alliance at the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Friday over their plan to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines, capping a week in which Beijing has repeatedly railed against the project.

Reuters

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Scottish osprey found to have hitched a lift on two ships during migration

A YOUNG Scottish osprey hitched a ride on two boats during his first attempt at migrating, a team of researchers has found.

The National (Scotland)

Blind and deaf traveller who couch surfs the globe nears goal of visiting every country

Tony Giles, who grew up in Western-super-Mare in North Somerset, is determined to visit every country in the world, having already made it to 128 of the 193 on the UN's official list

Daily Mirror

Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed by Niger military

Seven suspected "terrorists" have been reported killed and some 30 alleged accomplices of the Boko Haram jihadist group arrested over the past two weeks in south-eastern Niger.

Radio France Internationale

In Mali’s Kidal, former rebels enforce law and order

Fighters from the Coordination of Azawad Movements take charge of maintaining security in the strategic town of Kidal.

Al Jazeera

Xinjiang Kazakh plans political party to counter China's Xi

A Chinese-born Kazakh activist is preparing to register a political party in Kazakhstan to counter Beijing's growing influence in the region

The Independent UK

Truss to meet six visiting world leaders ahead of Queen’s funeral

The Prime Minister will meet privately with the leaders of the US, Canada, Ireland, Poland, Australia and New Zealand.

The Independent UK

Truss to meet Biden and world leaders flying in for Queen’s funeral

Prime minister will welcome the US president for first time since taking office on Sunday at No 10

The Guardian - UK

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Reuters

U.N. rights office calls for urgent halt to arms sales to Myanmar

Countries should do more to prevent revenues and arms from reaching a military in Myanmar that is ruling by repressing and terrorising its people, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Lebanese banks to close next week after more branches are stormed

At least eight banks were held up by depositors in Beirut and other parts of country demanding access to their money.

The Independent UK

French airport to be renamed after Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen visited the town in the 1930s when it was a playground for the rich and famous

Reuters

UN draws deep from emergency funds amid record humanitarian aid gap

Faced with a record $32 billion shortfall in humanitarian aid funding, the United Nations is dipping deep into its emergency fund to support critical programmes in 11 countries including Myanmar and Mali.

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The Independent UK

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemeni Government Seeks to Raise Combat Forces Readiness

The Yemeni government has announced that it was working to raise the readiness of armed forces to confront outlaws and pursue terrorist elements. The decision was made during a cabinet meeting in the city of Aden amid a campaign led by security and military forces in separate areas of Abyan…

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia maps: Where is the invasion taking place?

Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ has brought bloody warfare to cities of western neighbour

Wales Online

World facing a 'tsunami of hunger' says United Nations

“The hungry people of the world are counting on us and… we must not let them down.”

Daily Record

Chinese delegation banned from Queen's lying-in-state at Westminster

The Commons Speaker has reportedly banned Chinese diplomats from entering the parliament although the Beijing government is still invited to the funeral service in Westminster Abbey.

Reuters

UN rights team in Ukraine plans to visit collective grave site

A spokesperson for the U.N. human rights office said on Friday that it plans to send monitors to a Ukrainian city recaptured from Russian forces where authorities say they have found a mass grave containing 440 bodies.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: senior pro-Russian officials reported killed; Ukraine says mass grave found at Izium – as it happened

Officials in Russian-occupied areas reported dead; hundreds of bodies said to have been found in retaken Ukraine city

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