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Protesters attack French, US, Rwandan embassies in DRC

Demonstrators attack embassies of France, Belgium, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and the United States in Kinshasa.

Al Jazeera

Who funds the World Health Organization? A list of donors after US withdrawal

The World Health Organization is losing its biggest funder after Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US

The Independent UK

Israel To Cut All Contact With UNRWA, Intermediaries: Israel UN Envoy

Israel will cease all contact with the UN's Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and any other body acting on its behalf, Israel's envoy to the UN said Tuesday after repeatedly accusing the organization of undermining its security.

International Business Times

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New Backlash Over Trump Plan To Move People Out Of Gaza

An idea floated by US President Donald Trump to move Gazans to Egypt or Jordan faced a renewed backlash Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Gazans displaced by the Israel-Hamas war returned to their devastated neighbourhoods.

International Business Times

UK gives £17m in drive to aid Gaza amid continuing ceasefire

Anneliese Dodds announced the aid commitment in the House of Commons, which will go towards food, water and sanitation programmes.

Evening Standard

'No safe place to go to from Goma' for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city

Bodies are lying on the streets

The Independent UK

Trump repeats suggestion Palestinians should leave Gaza for Egypt and Jordan

US president insists leaders of both countries would agree to move that could be ‘temporary or long-term’

The Guardian - UK

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France ramps up diplomacy as M23 rebels advance in eastern DRC

President Emmanuel Macron is stepping up diplomatic efforts to address the worsening crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where violence between the Congolese army and M23 rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands. The rebels are reportedly supported by Rwandan forces, a claim Kigali denies.

Radio France Internationale

Charities reeling from USAid freeze warn of ‘life or death’ effects

Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital services

The Guardian - UK

Trump pulls out of WHO and Paris – how did international bodies get through deglobalisation last time around?

Following Donald Trump’s return to the White House, much attention has been given to his plans for tariffs on imported goods, deportations of illegal migrants, and cuts to federal government spending. Fewer column inches have addressed the implications of his presidency for global regulatory bodies.

The Conversation

Dead bodies on the streets and hospitals overwhelmed as rebels battle government in DR Congo city of Goma

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are looking to occupy the major Congolese city of Goma, after doing so in 2012

The Independent UK

Palestinians return to their destroyed homes in north Gaza: ‘The war has taken everything precious to us’

ON THE GROUND: Scrambling over sand banks and craters, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian families describe the long trek back home to Nedal Hamdouna inside Gaza and Bel Trew

The Independent UK

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants over atrocities in Darfur

Karim Khan says civilians being targeted and communities destroyed in western region of Sudan

The Guardian - UK

Gunshots In DR Congo's Goma Ahead Of New UN Meeting

Gunshots rang out through parts of the besieged DR Congo city of Goma on Tuesday, as Congolese soldiers clashed with militia fighters backed by Rwandan troops ahead of a UN Security Council meeting.

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The Independent UK

Congo’s forces try to slow Rwanda-backed rebels in the east as protests break out in the capital

Congo’s security forces are fighting against Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced into a key eastern city in a major escalation of a decadeslong conflict

Al Jazeera

Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma

The M23 rebel group has declared the key city of Goma under its control, signalling a big blow to the Congolese army.

The Independent UK

Ms. Rachel opens up about her support for Gaza’s children: ‘I couldn’t look away’

Exclusive: The YouTube megastar, beloved by kids and parents across the US, speaks to The Independent about fundraising for children in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Switzerland releases, deports Palestinian American journalist Ali Abunimah

The Electronic Intifada’s executive director says his offence was ‘being a journalist who speaks up for Palestine’.

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Al Jazeera

UN chief expresses ‘concern’ over Trump’s freeze on US foreign aid

Experts say Trump administration’s order to halt foreign assistance will ‘cost many, many lives’.

The Conversation

1975 was declared International Women’s Year. 50 years on, the ‘revolution in our heads’ is still being fought

In December 1972, the same month the Whitlam government was first elected, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1975 as International Women’s Year (IWY). This set in train a series of world-changing events, in which Australia was to play a significant part.

Evening Standard

Southport killer could ‘one day walk free amongst us’, says peer

Conservative peer Lord Davies called for a review on sentencing to allow whole-life orders to be given to under-18s.

The Conversation

Trump voters are not the obstacle to climate action many think they are

Another day brings another monster tide for residents of Carteret county, North Carolina, whose coastal towns and villages are being swallowed by the rising Atlantic. Nonetheless, its voters returned Donald Trump to the White House, a man who denies the science of climate change and had withdrawn his country from…

The Guardian - UK

France seeks UN resolution naming Rwanda as backer of M23 rebels in DRC

M23’s lightning advance into east DRC being supported by up to 4,000 Rwandan troops, say UN officials

The Independent UK

EU cautiously agrees roadmap to ease sanctions on Syria in wake of Assad's downfall

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to begin lifting sanctions on Syria, but insist that the measures should be reimposed if they see any abuses by the country’s new rulers

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Climate Change Fuels Food Insecurity In Latin America

UN report reveals how climate change exacerbates extreme weather, impacting food security in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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