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'Then why not Gaza?': David Lammy's 'reversal' on genocide rhetoric called out

FOREIGN Secretary David Lammy has been pushed on why he “only seem[s] to have a problem” describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide,…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 30, 2024

'We are teetering on a planetary tightrope': Cut emissions in half right now to prevent climate catastrophe, UN warns

A new U.N. report has found the world will warm by twice the 1.5-degree-Celsius target adopted in the Paris Agreement by 2100 if countries fail to slash greenhouse gas emissions right now.

LiveScience · Oct 30, 2024

Middle East latest: Israel issues an evacuation order for the entire Baalbek city in eastern Lebanon

The Israeli army has issued an evacuation order for residents in the entire eastern Lebanese city of Baalbeck, along with surrounding areas and key routes in the Bekaa Valley

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2024

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Climate change is driving record threats to human health, experts warn

Climate change is causing unprecedented damage to human health worldwide, with the authors of a major report on Wednesday warning that "wasted time has been paid in lives".

Radio France Internationale · Oct 30, 2024

North Korea's top diplomat set to hold talks in Moscow amid reports of troop deployment

North Korea’s top diplomat is set to hold talks in Moscow following reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to support Russia’s action in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2024

Israel's Ban On UNRWA Raises Concerns For Middle East

UNRWA chief warns of dire repercussions in the Middle East as Israel bans the agency, sparking international concern.

Gaza's collapsing public health system

Detailing Israel’s “crime of extermination,” the report makes it clear bombing hospitals is no accident

Salon · Oct 30, 2024

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Middle East crisis: UN security council warns against attempts to dismantle Unrwa – as it happened

UN body expressed grave concern over the legislation adopted by the Israeli parliament on Monday

The Guardian - US · Oct 30, 2024

Continued conflict leaves Myanmar mired in crisis: UN

Human suffering at unprecedented levels and criminal networks ‘out of control’, UN special envoy warns.

Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2024

UN Official Condemns Deadly Israeli Strike In Gaza

UN official condemns deadly Israeli strike in Gaza, resulting in over 90 deaths, including 25 children. International concerns raised.

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv announces draft of 160,000 more troops

Russia claims control of Selydove, near Pokrovsk; spotlight on Moscow’s expanded use of torture since invasion. What we know on day 980

The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2024

Here’s what Keir Starmer gets wrong about reparations: we’ve made them before, but now we have to do it right

The call for justice is not going away. Rather than ignore it, Labour should be entering the conversation – and shaping it, says academic Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024

‘This is effectively a civil war’: despair in Haiti as gangs step up assault on capital

Fighters wielding guns and machetes have taken a key zone of Port-au-Prince as the beleaguered authorities try to restore order

The Guardian - US · Oct 30, 2024

New Indonesia Defence Chief Harks Back To Dictator's Rule

When riots broke out in Indonesia's capital in 1998 leading to dictator Suharto's downfall, activists were detained, women raped, and stores owned by ethnic Chinese ransacked in unrest many say was stoked by the army.

International Business Times · Oct 30, 2024

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The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2024

UN envoy warns Myanmar is in crisis, with conflict escalating and criminal networks 'out of control'

The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar has warned that the Southeast Asian nation is in crisis, with conflict escalating, criminal networks “out of control” and human suffering at unprecedented levels

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024

Budget cuts mean farmers in England ‘must do more with less’

UK ‘among most nature-depleted countries in the world’ warns environment secretary

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024

The world needs $700bn a year to restore nature. But where is the money coming from?

Representatives from nearly 200 countries at the UN’s Cop16 summit in Colombia have yet to break the deadlock over who pays and how much

Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2024

Israel again bombs Gaza’s Beit Lahiya hours after killing 93 in one strike

Fresh Israeli attack on northern Gaza town kills 19 as US expresses horror at earlier raid that killed 93 people.

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Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2024

Health risks of climate change reach record-breaking levels, experts warn

A report has found that 10 of the 15 indicators tracking health threats of climate change have reached new record levels.

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024

France announces new investments in disputed Western Sahara

A French delegation visiting Morocco with President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled investment plans in the disputed Western Sahara as part of a broader suite of agreements and partnerships between the two countries

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024

Israel must step in if it bans the UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza, UN says

The United Nations says that if Israel puts in place new laws cutting ties with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the Israeli government will have to meet their needs under international law

Israeli Parliament Bans UNRWA, Palestinians In Gaza Express Concern

Palestinians in Gaza express worry and anger over the Israeli parliament's decision to ban UNRWA, a vital agency for Palestinian refugees, raising concerns...

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024

UN chief calls for more pledges, private sector input to save global biodiversity at Colombia summit

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged delegates at a major biodiversity summit to follow through on pledges to help save global biodiversity and for the private sector to come on board

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024

Israel's move to ban a UN agency raises alarm about aid to Gaza even as the implications are unclear

Israeli legislation cutting ties with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has raised fears that the largest provider of aid to Gaza could be shut out of the war-ravaged territory, even as the implications of the new laws remain unclear

Al Jazeera · Oct 29, 2024

Eight wounded in new attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon

UNIFIL says rocket attack likely fired by Hezbollah or ‘affiliated group’ hit its headquarters in Naqoura.

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