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Archie Battersbee to die in hospital after High Court rejects hospice move

The youngster has been at Whitechapel's Royal London Hospital since April - with his parents filing another application through the high court to see him moved to a hospice for end of life care.

Chronicle Live

Timeline in the case of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee - OLD

Archie Battersbee’s life support will be withdrawn at 10am on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Cairo Hopes UAE Can Play ‘Effective’ Role in GERD Crisis

The United Arab Emirates is seeking to play an “effective” role to advance negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). It is also aiming to resolve the 11-year conflict by relying on its political rapprochement with parties to the case, namely Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. An informed source said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Putin and Erdogan contacts underline complex Russia-Turkey ties

Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdogan meet on Friday for the second time in just over two weeks, after Turkey helped broker a deal to resume Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports which were blocked by Russia's invasion.

Reuters

Iran and US Try to Salvage 2015 Nuclear Deal in Vienna

Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Vienna on Friday in a last ditch effort to reinstate a 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian state media reported. Few expect a breakthrough. Each side has called on the other to compromise, while Tehran's nuclear program surges forward. Reuters, citing one Iranian…

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Renewed U.S.-Iran talks to salvage nuclear deal are 'serious' -Russian envoy

Russia's envoy to talks on reviving Iran's 2015 nuclear deal said on Friday they had resumed in a "serious" atmosphere even as few expect a breakthrough compromise while Tehran's disputed uranium enrichment programme surges forward.

Reuters

Abbas to Visit Germany, Mobilize Support for Palestine’s Full UN Membership

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seeking to mobilize international support to obtain full membership for the Palestinian state in the United Nations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Food prices fell again in July, U.N. agency says

The United Nations food agency's world price index declined again in July, edging further away from record highs hit in March.

Reuters

Death toll reaches 36 in eastern DRC as protesters turn on UN peacekeepers

With elections due next year, analysts fear political motives could be driving the rising violence and tensions in the region

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin’s forces ‘undermining security and safety’ of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, says MoD

Russian forces have “likely undermined the security and safety” of Ukraine’s biggest nuclear power plant, UK defence chiefs warned on Friday.

Evening Standard

Turkey's Erdogan due in Russia to 'sound out' Putin on Ukraine and Syria

Ending the war in Ukraine and starting a new one in Syria are expected to dominate talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Radio France Internationale

Republicans Urge Biden to Deny Entry Visa for Iran’s Raisi

Several Republican senators have urged the US administration to deny visas for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York City in September.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Supreme Court seeks government response on seizure of digital devices

The Ministry of Home Affairs, in its affidavit, said that while laptops, computers and mobiles are commonly used in contemporary society, criminals also “use these devices in the facilitation of their unlawful activities”.

The Hindu

SE Asian nations criticize Myanmar, but weaker than expected

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers issued their final communique after a series of meetings in the Cambodian capital, criticizing fellow member Myanmar for its lack of progress in ending the violence there, but with weaker language than several countries had hoped for

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Three new ships with grain leave Ukraine under landmark deal

Three ships loaded with grain under a recently concluded deal have left Ukrainian ports, the Turkish defenсe ministry and Reuters witnesses said on Friday.

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Iran Nuclear Negotiations Resume, Breakthrough Unlikely

Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington resumed in Vienna with a meeting between Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and the EU's Enrique Mora, who coordinates the talks aimed at salvaging a 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian state media reported on Thursday. Both Tehran and Washington have played down the prospect of a…

The Independent UK

The AP Interview: Samantha Power vs. food crisis, Russia

Samantha Power's job as the top official in charge of U.S. food aid includes a new task since Russia invaded Ukraine — countering Russia's messages abroad

Asharq Al-Awsat

Three Grain Ships Set to Leave Ukraine; NATO Chief Says Russia Must Not Win

Three ships carrying a total of 58,041 tons of corn have been authorized to leave Ukrainian ports on Friday as part of a deal to unblock grain exports, as a Russian offensive forced Ukraine to cede territory in the east. The first vessel carrying Ukrainian grain allowed to leave port…

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Al-Qaida chief’s killing comes as group gains ground in African conflict zones

UN says terror organisation, whose affiliate recently attacked Mali’s most important military base, ‘is once again the leader of global jihad’

Al Jazeera

Singapore executions under scrutiny as more hanged for drugs

Questions being asked over speed of executions, legal representation, and the ethnicities of the condemned.

Reuters

North Korea 'paves the way' for more nuclear tests, U.N. report says

North Korea made preparations for a nuclear test during the first six months of this year, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine intelligence boss says Vladimir Putin is using 'body double' in fresh claims

There have long been theories and claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin has used body doubles due to issues around his health

Bangkok Post

The potential of sustainable wood

Forests are not just the lungs of the planet: they have huge potential, if managed sustainably, to become a major source of welfare, income and renewable products as part of a more healthy global economy.

The Independent UK

US: Africa can buy Russian grain but risks actions on oil

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says African nations are free to buy grain from Russia but could face consequences if they trade in U.S.-sanctioned commodities such as Russian oil

Reuters

White House says expects Russia to try and frame Ukraine for prison attack

The United States expects Russian officials to try and frame Ukrainian forces for an attack on the front-line Ukrainian town of Olenivka that killed prisoners held by Moscow-backed separatists, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday.

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