The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Israel says its Gaza offensive is self-defence, but dissent is spreading. In June, French dockworkers blocked a shipment of arms components bound for Israel, rousing support across Europe. In the Italian port of Genoa, dockworkers — long opposed to arms exports — joined the protest.

PM Keir Starmer announces that the UK will recognise the state of Palestine in September, amid famine situation in Gaza.

The African Union has rejected a move by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to form a rival government, calling it a threat to peace and national unity.

The UK plans to recognise Palestine as a state if Israel does not cease its actions in Gaza, raising questions about implications and conditions

Netanyahu’s government will be emboldened by what amounts to a distraction. The priority must be ending the butchery in Gaza

Authorities say a Russian missile hit a Ukrainian army training ground in an attack that killed three soldiers and wounded 18 others

Despite decades of falling smoking rates, vaping may mean young people are as likely to start smoking tobacco as those in the 1970s

Heidi Alexander said the announcement is ‘about the Palestinian people’.

Emily Damari said Keir Starmer was guilty of a ‘moral failure’ after his move to recognise the state of Palestine