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UK ambassador to the UN urges Russia to ‘step back’ as PM readies Cobra meeting

Dame Barbara Woodward told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council that Russia has ‘brought us to the brink’.

The Independent UK

Russia is making ‘kill list’ of gays, ethnic minorities and dissidents, US claims

The United States ambassador to the UN, Bathsheba Nell Crocker, has said that Russia aims to kill or send to camps, gays, ethnic minorities and political opponents if it invades

Daily Mirror

Latest Ukraine updates: Biden announces new Russia sanctions

Latest Ukraine crisis updates from February 22: Blinken cancels upcoming meeting with Russia’s Lavrov as tensions mount.

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Vladimir Putin has painted a foreboding picture of what lies ahead in Ukraine

Analysis: Russian president’s announcement makes efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis more difficult

The Independent UK

At least 82 protesters killed since October coup in Sudan

On tonight's show we focus on Sudan, where demonstrators once again have taken to the streets to call for the release of prisoners incarcerated for taking part in the recurring protests since last October's military coup. The latest demonstrations come just a day after the UN human rights expert Adama…

France 24

U.S. slams Russian 'peacekeepers' in Ukraine as 'nonsense'

The deployment of what Russia called a peacekeeping operation in eastern Ukraine is "nonsense" and Moscow's recognition of breakaway regions as independent is part of its pretext for war, the United States told the U.N. Security Council on Monday.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine updates: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces raft of sanctions against Russia — as it happened

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a host of sanctions against Russia in a strongly worded address of UK parliament in which he announces an invasion of Ukraine must fail.

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Ukraine: World reacts to Putin’s recognition of Donetsk, Luhansk

The Russian president’s decision to recognise the independence of Ukrainian separatist regions draws condemnation.

Al Jazeera

New pragmatism on the rise in Asean

While the Myanmar quagmire will continue to dominate Asean's agenda under Cambodia and future chairs, one must not forget that the current chair must also deal with a myriad of challenges across all sectors of the grouping's ongoing cooperation. The much-awaited foreign ministerial retreat last Thursday has once again shown…

Bangkok Post

Dismay and condemnation as west begins to impose sanctions on Russia

Leaders denounce Putin’s recognition of breakaway Ukraine regions and call for emergency UN session

The Guardian - UK

Union calls on PM to apologise for strike comments; 34 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

NSW government drops case against rail workers’ union; Australia closes embassy in Lviv, Ukraine. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

India journalist Ayyub faces ‘judicial harassment’: UN experts

India dubs the allegations ‘baseless and unwarranted’ after experts say Rana Ayyub subjected to relentless attacks.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar Seeks to Have Rohingya Case Thrown Out of UN Court

Lawyers for Myanmar's military rulers on Monday sought the dismissal of a case that accuses the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority, saying the United Nations’ top court lacked jurisdiction. Public hearings at the International Court of Justice went ahead amid questions about who should represent…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mauritius asks Google to label Chagos Islands as part of its territory

Row breaks out over Google Maps definition as UK insists it still maintains sovereignty

The Guardian - UK

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Self-absorbed West needs reality check on actual existential threats

Racism, discrimination and crime are all worth worrying about – but, unlike Russia, they hardly have the potential to cause a major (and potentially nuclear) war.

The Hindu

India rejects allegations of harassment of journalist Rana Ayyub as 'baseless, unwarranted'

Official sources in New Delhi said the matter will be followed up by a note verbale from the Indian mission in Geneva

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Parliament Extends Lifting of Bank Secrecy to Audit Cenbank

Lebanon parliament extends lifting of bank secrecy to audit cenbank Lebanon's parliament on Monday extended a law that lifts banking secrecy regulations to facilitate a forensic audit of the country's central bank, a key condition for foreign aid that has hit a roadblock, MPs said after the session. Such an…

Reuters

Lebanon parliament extends lifting of bank secrecy to audit cenbank

Lebanon's parliament on Monday extended a law that lifts banking secrecy regulations to facilitate a forensic audit of the country's central bank, a key condition for foreign aid that has hit a roadblock, MPs said after the session.

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US, Egypt Launch Group to Prepare for COP27 Climate Summit

The United States and Egypt on Monday launched a joint working group to prepare for the next climate change summit in November, the American envoy for climate issues said. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said the group is focused on the United Nations' COP27 conference in Egypt's Red…

The Independent UK

Russia has list of Ukrainians ‘to be killed or sent to camps,’ US officials say

US warn of torture and kidnappings following a Russian invasion in letter to the UN

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s neighbours bracing for millions of refugees if Russia invades

Poland, Romania and Slovakia make plans, as Poland criticised over unequal treatment of asylum seekers

The Independent UK

UN court to open hearings in Rohingya genocide case

Myanmar’s shadow civilian administration has called on the United Nations’ top court not to allow the country’s military rulers to represent the Southeast Asian nation at hearings into a case accusing the country of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority

France 24

As it happened: US to impose sanctions on breakaway Ukraine regions following Russian recognition

US President Joe Biden will soon move to prohibit US investment and trade with the self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the White House said Monday, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he would recognise the separatist areas as independent nations. Read about the day's events…

The Independent UK

US, Egypt launch group to prepare for COP27 climate summit

The United States and Egypt have launched a joint work group to prepare for the next United Nations climate change summit in November

Al Jazeera

Putin orders Russian forces to Ukraine rebel regions

Ukriane-Russia crisis news from February 21: Russian president says troops to ‘maintain peace’ in Donetsk and Luhansk.

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