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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

The Independent UK

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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

The Independent UK

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…

Radio France Internationale

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.

Euronews

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.

Al Jazeera

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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.

Radio France Internationale

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.

Al Jazeera

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

The Independent UK

Campaigners lament ‘glaring omission’ of fossil fuels in Macron’s opening remarks at UN ocean summit

Oil and gas blocks cover an area the size of Argentina in just 11 ocean ‘frontier regions’, a new report shows.

Euronews

Aid cuts push global funding down by a third in 2025, UN data shows

IN FOCUS: Agency that coordinates humanitarian responses says that for 44 humanitarian crises it has prioritised this year, only around 11 per cent of the required funding as been confirmed, writes Nick Ferris

The Independent UK

20 more Palestinians killed and hundreds injured by Israel near aid points

DOZENS more Palestinians have reportedly been killed by Israel in their homes and while waiting for aid at Israeli and US-supported food…

The National (Scotland)

Israeli gunfire kills at least 17 Palestinians near aid site, say health authorities

Dozens more have been reported injured

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French left demonstrates in support of Gaza-bound aid boat

Tens of thousands of people rallied across France on Monday in support of activists on a boat bound for Gaza that has been intercepted by Israeli authorities. President Emmanuel Macron has called for the “swiftest possible” return of the six French nationals aboard.

Euronews

‘A key opportunity’: Brazil and France urge nations to boost ocean climate action ahead of COP30

Brazil explicitly included ocean-based actions for the first time in its most recently submitted national climate plan.

The Guardian - UK

Blix Not Bombs review – former UN weapons inspector revisits the Iraq war

Greta Stocklassová’s documentary films Hans Blix, aged 97, and asks about his role in the war, WMD, and why his world of diplomacy has now disappeared

The Conversation

Australia’s government is pledging better protection for our vulnerable seas – but will it work?

Ahead of this week’s crucial United Nations ocean conference, federal Environment Minister Murray Watt promised that by 2030, 30% of Australian waters would be “highly protected”.

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The Independent UK

What to know about inspections of Iran's nuclear program by the IAEA ahead of a key board vote

Iran’s nuclear program remains a top focus for inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, particularly as any possible deal between Tehran and the United States over the program would likely rely on the agency long known as the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog

The Guardian - UK

Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments

The Madleen is no ‘selfie yacht’. It is a symbol of human compassion in a world that has decided to look away, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand is failing to protect its vast ocean resources. We owe it to the world to act

Less than 1% of our country’s seas are highly protected and the damaging practice of bottom-trawling must be restricted

Al Jazeera

Seized Gaza aid boat Madleen carrying Greta Thunberg taken to Israeli port

Freedom Flotilla organisers have had no contact with activists since they were ‘kidnapped’ by Israel on way to Gaza.

The Independent UK

Greta Thunberg Gaza flotilla reaches port after being seized by Israel

Activists face deportation after British-flagged vessel Madleen intercepted by Israeli military en route to Gaza

Euronews

Land convoy sets off for Gaza from Tunisia to protest against Israeli blockade of Strip

The convoy of buses and cars plans to traverse Tunisia, Libya and Egypt before reaching Rafah, the border crossing with Egypt that has remained largely closed since Israel's military took control of the Gaza side in May 2024.

The Guardian - UK

World must move from ‘plunder to protection’ to save oceans, UN chief warns

Speaking at summit in France, António Guterres calls for bold pledges to stop deep sea becoming ‘wild west’

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