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UN Security Council backs Trump peace plan for Gaza

The move authorises the second phase of the US president's 20-point plan - including foreign troops being sent to demilitarise the territory and decommissioning weapons held by Hamas

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2025

UN Security Council approves Trump’s plan authorising a stabilisation force in Gaza

The negotiations lasted nearly two weeks

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2025

UN body passes resolution – as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Nov 17, 2025

Cop30 enters crunch week as fights over money and fossil fuels intensify

The Cop30 climate summit enters its final week in Brazil with ministers heading into closed rooms to fight over climate money, fossil fuels and how to protect people already hit by rising heat, storms and floods. Civil society groups say trust is thin after a decade of broken promises.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 17, 2025

Marines Guarding U.S. Embassy In Haiti Exchange Gunfire With Gangs Controlling Most Of The Capital

U.S. Marines guarding the country's embassy in Haiti exchanged gunfire with gangs controlling most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a report.

Latin Times · Nov 17, 2025

Pay inequality means women 'work for free' until year's end, European Commission says

Women in the EU only earn €0.88 on average for every euro a man makes, meaning that they will symbolically start “working for free” from 17 November until the end of the year, according to the EU.

Euronews · Nov 17, 2025

Nicki Minaj Joins Trump's UN Ambassador to Condemn Alleged Killings of Christians in Nigeria

Rapper to speak at UN event on Tuesday alongside Ambassador Mike Waltz in unprecedented celebrity-diplomatic collaboration

International Business Times UK · Nov 17, 2025

Why small climate-vulnerable island states punch well above their weight in UN climate talks

Few diplomatic organisations punch above their weight quite like the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis). With no fixed budget, no permanent secretariat and no formal charter, it has still managed to shape some of the most important climate agreements of the past few decades – including the 1.5°C target…

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2025

Denmark’s prime minister has led the country’s hardline migration policy – now she is trying to influence the rest of Europe

The social democrat Mette Frederiksen won Denmark’s 2019 elections on a platform of radical reforms to reach climate targets, lowering the pension age for manual workers – and stricter migration policies.

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2025

Bangladesh signals that no leader is above the law by sentencing Sheikh Hasina to death

A domestic war crimes court in Bangladesh has sentenced the country’s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. The court found Hasina guilty of incitement, orders to kill and inaction to prevent atrocities during the deadly state crackdown on a student-led uprising in 2024.

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2025