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What it means for an oil producing country, the UAE, to host U.N. climate talks

The United Arab Emirates is a major oil producing nation, and that's drawing attention to the role oil and gas has at this year's COP28 climate negotiations.

WEKU

Israel Bombs Gaza Targets After US Vetoes Rare UN Ceasefire Bid

Israel bombarded targets in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas that has triggered alerts of an "apocalyptic" humanitarian situation.

International Business Times

‘Stunned’: OPEC urges members to block action on fossil fuels at COP28

French Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said Saturday she was "stunned" after the oil cartel OPEC urged its members to thwart any deal targeting fossil fuels at the COP28 conference.

France 24

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Sunak faces ‘Brexit-like’ struggle to get Rwanda bill done, as Tories warned not to bring him down

PM warned calling snap election like Theresa May won’t get him out of trouble – as Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick step up attacks

The Independent UK

Protesters at UN COP28 climate summit demonstrate for imprisoned Emirati, Egyptian activists

Protesters at the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit have demonstrated for imprisoned human rights activists in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, the past and current host of the negotiations

The Independent UK

OPEC Push On Fossil Fuels Draws Ire At Climate Talks

Negotiations over the future of fossil fuels heated up at UN climate talks on Saturday, with OPEC catching flak over the oil cartel's push to block any phase-out in the final deal.

International Business Times

‘Double standards’: World reacts to US veto on Gaza truce resolution at UN

International rights groups say US ‘risks complicity in war crimes’, has ‘callous disregard for civilian suffering’.

Al Jazeera

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UK abstains on UN vote demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza

The UK chose to abstain on a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza that was only blocked by the US...

The National (Scotland)

Pro-Palestine protest to march through London as US vetoes Gaza ceasefire vote

The march comes after the UK abstained on a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

Evening Standard

US vetoes UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

The UK abstained from the vote

Evening Standard

Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet

Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 64

US vetoes a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution as hundreds of Palestinians are killed in new attacks on Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Netanyahu ‘appreciates’ US veto in UN, says Gaza war ‘will continue’

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Saturday said he appreciated the US veto at the UN Security Council, which blocked a call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Israel will continue the war against Hamas, said Netanyahu, as the military pressed up with relentless bombardments in Gaza. Read our blog…

France 24

What is carbon capture and why does it keep coming up at COP28?

The future of fossil fuels that are warming the planet are at the core of negotiations at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai

The Independent UK

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Can't put India, other nations with high per capita emissions in same basket: European Parliament member Peter Liese

Clubbing India with emitters such as China and the U.S. is completely unacceptable as its per capita emissions are “very low”, a senior official of the European Parliament said on December 9.

The Guardian - AU

Israeli military says five of its soldiers killed in war – as it happened

US uses emergency declaration to provide $106.5m worth of rounds for immediate delivery to Israel, Pentagon says

The Guardian - UK

Why is the phase-out of fossil fuels the biggest flashpoint at Cop28?

The issue dominating the climate talks may appear to be a simple scientific one but is in fact complex and deeply political

The Independent UK

As UN climate talks near crunch time, activists plan 'day of action' to press negotiators

Protests aimed at pressuring nations to move decisively to stop climate change were expected to be their most intense yet on Saturday, a “Global Day of Action” with events at United Nations-led talks in Dubai and around the world

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International Business Times

Israel Strikes Gaza After Failed UN Ceasefire Bid

Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid to call for a ceasefire in the two-month war.

The Guardian - UK

Big meat and dairy lobbyists turn out in record numbers at Cop28

Food and agriculture firms have sent three times as many delegates to the climate summit as last year

The Independent UK

UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region

The United Nations Security Council took no immediate action at a closed emergency meeting requested by Guyana following Venezuela’s recent referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo region that makes up a large part of its neighbor

International Business Times

US Vetoes Security Council Resolution Calling For Gaza Ceasefire

The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in the intense fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | NHRC issues notice to Manipur govt. over killing of 13 persons in Tengnoupal district; Centre bans onion export till March 2024, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on December 09, 2023

WEKU

The U.S. has vetoed a Gaza cease-fire resolution in the U.N. Security Council

The United States was the only country to vote against a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

France 24

Al-Sisi runs for third time in vote following crackdown on dissent

Presidential elections in Egypt will take place from December 10 to 12. President Abdel Fattah al Sisi is running for a third term which outcome is predictable, even more now that the election campaign has been overshadowed by the Gaza war. But also because no serious other candidate is facing…

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