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I developed an app that uses drone footage to track plastic litter on beaches

Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the beaches around Tramore in County Waterford, Ireland, where plastic debris has always been part of the coastline, including bottles, fragments of fishing gear and food packaging.

The Conversation

Benjamin Netanyahu Joins Donald Trump's Board Of Peace Amid Regional Reconstruction Row

Netanyahu reverses course to join Trump's Board of Peace despite earlier fury over Turkey's inclusion, as phase two of Gaza's ceasefire faces mounting obstacles including Hamas weapons refusal and Israeli security control demands.

International Business Times UK

Fact check: What is Trump's 'Board of Peace' and would it have real power?

A leaked charter suggests Trump's "Board of Peace" aims to have a worldwide mandate. International law experts say its power would be limited.

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After a year of defunding UN agencies, Trump reveals his goal of replacing the UN with his own ‘Board of Peace’

Trump wants to be the chairman of the Board of Peace indefinitely.

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What is Donald Trump's Board of Peace plan? What we know

Here’s everything we know so far about Trump’s Board of Peace plan:

Evening Standard

Trump responds to Carney in Davos: "Canada lives because of the United States"

Canada should be "grateful" to the U.S. for the "freebies" it receives, Trump claimed.

Axios

Watch: What is Trump's Board of Peace about?

Do you have a gym membership or a loyalty card in your wallet? Well, the US president just launched the ultimate club. It’s called the "Board of Peace." The official goal? To end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. But is it really?

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Donald Trump’s ‘board of peace’ looks like a privatised UN with one shareholder: the US president

It is hard to believe that Donald Trump has only been back in the White House for a year. His accomplishments are many – but most of them are of questionable durability or benefit, including for the United States.

The Conversation

‘Serious mistake’: there’s no benefit for Australia in joining Donald Trump’s ‘board of peace’ – only risk

To tie ourselves to the worst excesses of the Trump regime would be an act of national sabotage

The Guardian - AU

Israeli fire kills 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two children, local hospital officials say

Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli forces have killed at least 11 Palestinians in the latest violence in the war-battered enclave, including two 13-year-old boys who were collecting firewood, three journalists and a woman

The Independent UK

France not considering soccer World Cup boycott over Greenland for now

France’s sports minister says her country is not currently thinking about boycotting the soccer World Cup in the United States amid growing tensions related to Donald Trump’s quest to control Greenland

The Independent UK

Bats, bushbabies and aardvark edge closer to extinction in southern Africa

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to extinction since 2016. Those that have joined the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s regional Red List for mammals at risk are: Lesueur’s hairy bat, the laminate vlei…

The Conversation

'Board of Peace' membership grows as Trump courts global support

Nine countries so far – including Hungary – have agreed to join US President Donald Trump’s proposed Board of Peace, a new international body initially focused on Gaza but now promoted by Trump as a broader forum for resolving global conflicts.

Radio France Internationale

Pictures of hundreds of people killed in Iran’s violent crackdown on protests leaked

Many of the victims were reportedly so disfigured, they could not be identified

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Netanyahu to join Trump ‘board of peace’ despite previous objections

Israeli prime minister accepts position on US-proposed body with initial remit to oversee Gaza ceasefire

The Independent UK

The women in Syria defying violence – and Trump’s aid cuts – to protect their families

ON THE GROUND: As global aid is slashed by Donald Trump, essential services for women in Syria are closing – with devastating consequences at a pivotal moment for the war-scarred country. Jessie Williams visits women who are finding ways to resist

The Guardian - UK

‘A grenade under her pillow?’: the Filipino journalist jailed for six years without trial

The arrest of Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been described as a ‘travesty of justice’. On Thursday a court will deliver its verdict, potentially sentencing her to 40 years in prison for alleged terrorism

The Guardian - US

World leaders in Davos must stand up to Trump. This is their chance

The world needs global leaders to clearly and firmly denounce the havoc Trump is wreaking on the US and international order

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‘I’ve spent almost 20 years in prison for robbing £20. Now the UK wants to deport me to a country I’ve never called home’

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Sheldon Coore, 47, says he is being punished ‘twice and thrice and even tenfold’

Euronews

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu accepts invitation to join Trump's 'Board of Peace'

The board was originally envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire plan but appears to have changed into a body tasked with solving conflicts more broadly.

The Guardian - AU

Thousands of workers flee Cambodia scam centres, officials say

Amnesty International deeply concerned for scores of people ‘walking around in search of assistance’

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Can we afford to be optimistic about grassroots music venues?

In today’s newsletter: Music spaces are welcoming bigger crowds again, but the industry remains fragile as rising costs and shrinking local circuits threaten the next generation of talent

Euronews

The world has entered an era of ‘global water bankruptcy’, UN warns. What does it actually mean?

Decades of human activity have left “irreversible damage” to the planet’s water supply, a new report warns.

The Guardian - UK

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows

Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account

The Guardian - US

‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump

In a speech at Davos, written by Carney himself, the Canadian prime minister laid out his doctrine for a world of fractured international norms

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