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Chagossians want sovereignty deal to go ahead, says Mauritius legal adviser

A panel of UN experts urged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to abandon the agreement reached with Mauritius last month and negotiate a new one.

Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2025

First Thing: LA police announce ‘mass arrests’ as Newsom intensifies criticism of Trump

Protesters defy overnight curfew as California governor issues searing rebuke of administration. Plus, who is behind the hedonistic party palaces of New York’s Fire Island?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2025

‘Win-win’: new maps reveal best opportunities for global reforestation

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2025

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Niue, the tiny island selling the sea to save it from destruction

On a remote raised coral atoll in the South Pacific, the tiny island nation of Niue is quietly protecting one of the world’s most ambitious marine reserves. While global leaders at the UN oceans gathering in Nice debate how to scale up efforts to safeguard the seas, Niue – population…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 11, 2025

Israel’s Smotrich could paralyse Palestinian economy by ending bank waiver

Israeli finance minister ends waiver that Palestinian banks rely on to operate after Western sanctions announced.

Al Jazeera · Jun 11, 2025

Flying shoes, a viral BLM speech and that leather jacket: Q+A’s most memorable moments

The ABC’s storied panel show is ending after 18 years – but its polarising topics and infamous arguments will live on in Australia’s collective memory

The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2025

Guterres urges countries to join ocean pact before point of no return, warns against science deniers

Following 18 new ratifications on Monday, UN chief Guterres said on Tuesday the High Seas Treaty is "within sight" of taking effect. He warned of a 'hard battle' against 'greed', which denies science to oppose the pact.

Euronews · Jun 11, 2025

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Palestinian leader pledges 'unprecedented' reforms ahead of Paris conference

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has said that Hamas "must hand over its weapons" and called for the deployment of international forces to protect the Palestinian people, France has announced. The move comes ahead of a conference next week at which Paris could become the most prominent Western power to back…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 11, 2025

Viking woman from over 1,100 years ago found buried with her dog and boat

Researchers suspect she was important figure with significant social status

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

Australia-US rift over sanctions on Israeli ministers further complicates Albanese-Trump expected talks

Australia, together with the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Norway, has imposed sanctions on two ministers in the Israeli government for “inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank”.

The Conversation · Jun 11, 2025

Government urged to disrupt ‘addictive grip’ of smartphones on children’s lives

Urgent action is needed to create more opportunities for children to play outdoors and away from digital devices, report suggests.

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025

Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year

Move comes after efforts at UN ocean summit to establish marine protected areas in international waters

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

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 · Jun 10, 2025

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 · Jun 10, 2025

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Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025

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 · Jun 10, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

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 Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025

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

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Euronews · Jun 10, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025

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

Al Jazeera · Jun 10, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025

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

Euronews · Jun 10, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025

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

Radio France Internationale · Jun 10, 2025

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.

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