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UN envoy to Myanmar warns that violence puts country on 'path to self-destruction'

The U.N. envoy to Myanmar is warning that the Southeast Asian country is on “a path to self-destruction” if the violence doesn’t end

The Independent UK

MoD ‘dishonest’ to call 1994 Chinook crash an accident, say families

RAF Chinook ZD576 crashed in foggy weather on June 2 1994 on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland.

Evening Standard

MPs call for UK to recognise Palestine after Government sanctions ministers

Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative MPs all call for the UK to recognise Palestine at UN conference in New York next week

Evening Standard

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UK should renegotiate Chagos Islands deal to allow islanders to return, UN argues

Chagossians were expelled from the islands between 1965 and 1973 to make way for a joint UK-US base

Evening Standard

Israeli troops kill 17, say Gaza officials, as UN experts decry ‘obliteration’ of education

Palestinians reportedly killed while trying to reach food sites, while Israel accused of war crime in targeting schools

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s Chagos deal should be halted over locals’ rights: UN experts

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The Independent UK

Myanmar military junta fighter jet shot down near Mandalay, rebel group claims

Sagaing region is a stronghold of armed resistance to the ruling military junta, which seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Euronews

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United Nations experts call for Starmer’s Chagos deal to be suspended

The Chagos deal with Mauritius fails to guarantee rights of Chagossans, UN experts say

The Independent UK

Iran warns of ‘proportionate’ response as IAEA mulls censure

Iran-US talks over Iranian nuclear file are less friendly and Israel is threatening to attack Iran’s nuclear sites.

Al Jazeera

White House says it will spare some Aids programs that were on the chopping block

Congressional Republicans voice concerns over cuts to signature HIV prevention program, forcing rethink ahead of consequential vote on planned federal funding cuts

The Independent UK

UNESCO World Heritage site St Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv damaged in Russian overnight attack

Russia's attack against Ukraine overnight on Tuesday damaged the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv — one of Ukraine’s most cherished and most famous monuments listed among its UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Euronews

Ten dead, a missed warning to the gunman’s mother and no clear motive: All we know about Austria’s worst school shooting

Gunman opened fire at a school in Graz on Tuesday before taking his own life in the toilet

The Independent UK

Moratorium on deep-sea mining a 'necessity' says Macron at UN summit

World leaders gathered for the UN Ocean Conference in Nice on Monday called for strict rules to govern deep-sea mining and warned against racing to exploit the ocean floor. This comes amid growing anxiety over US President Donald Trump's unilateral push to fast-track the practice in international waters.

Radio France Internationale

Michigan State settles with 3 survivors of 2023 mass shooting for $30M

Lawyers say Michigan State University has reached settlements worth about $30 million with three students who survived a mass shooting at the school in 2023

The Independent UK

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EU seeks to lower a price cap on Russian oil and discourage Nord Stream pipeline investors

The European Union wants to lower a cap on the price of Russian oil to deprive the Kremlin of profits to fund its war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Palestinians say Israeli forces fired toward crowds near Gaza aid site, killing 3

Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired toward crowds making their way to a food distribution point run by an Israeli and U.S.-supported group in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing three people and wounding scores

The Independent UK

Ahead of UN climate talks, Brazil fast-tracks oil and highway projects that threaten the Amazon

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon set for November, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut its green rhetoric, revealing mounting political pressure on the federal environmental agency and widening divisions within President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s cabinet

The Independent UK

Concerns raised over World Cup tickets and travel as tournament draws nearer

The US will host the World Cup for the first time since 1994 - but several questions have been raised about the tournament

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The Independent UK

Citing trade wars, the World Bank sharply downgrades forecast for global economic growth to 2.3%

President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world, the World Bank forecast Tuesday

Radio France Internationale

Silencing dissent in Tanzania, reckoning with genocide in Namibia

In East Africa, politicians and civil society members are increasingly alarmed by political arrests, as opposition figure Tundu Lissu remains imprisoned in Tanzania, facing the death penalty in a trial that continues to be repeatedly postponed. In this week's Spotlight on Africa podcast, we hear from Robert Amsterdam, legal counsel…

Euronews

Tajikistan leads global call to protect melting glaciers at UN-backed summit in Dushanbe

In this episode of Focus, we report from Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where global leaders, scientists, and climate experts have gathered for the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation to address one of the most pressing water-related challenges of our time - glacier melt.

Al Jazeera

Israel guilty of ‘extermination’ in attacks on schools, mosques: UN

Evidence is mounting of ‘a concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life in Gaza’, commission chair says.

Radio France Internationale

French Polynesia unveils world's largest marine protected zone

French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson on Monday announced that his country is on track to create the world's largest marine protected area (MPA). The ambitious objective, spanning nearly 23 percent of the archipelago's waters, came on the first day of the UN Oceans Conference in Nice.

Al Jazeera

Israel deports four from intercepted Gaza-bound Madleen, others in custody

Greta Thunberg among four activists who agreed to deportation, while others are to appear before Israeli authorities.

The Independent UK

High school graduate facing ICE deportation weeks after earning his diploma: ‘I was just living my life’

Talented soccer player Emerson Colindres, 19, arrived in U.S. from Honduras as a child and was unexpectedly detained last week despite complying with check-in requirements

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