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Activists say their voices are stifled by increasing rules and restrictions at COP28 climate talks

This year’s United Nations climate talks may have seen record numbers registered to attend, but activists who have spent years demonstrating at the annual event say their space to voice their demands is shrinking year on year

The Independent UK

Gazans Living In 'Utter, Deepening Horror': UN

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living in "utter, deepening horror", the UN human rights chief said Wednesday, as he pleaded for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

International Business Times

Climate funding must be faster and easier, says deputy PM of flood-hit Somalia

Salah Jama said vulnerable countries face ‘bureaucratic bottlenecks’ in receiving loss and damage funds and are often forced to take them on as debt

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First Thing: Earth on the verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points

Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and economic ruin, scientists warn. Plus, why are shopping malls pushing teenagers away?

The Guardian - UK

Dutch plans to tackle climate change are in doubt after the election victory of a far-right party

The outgoing Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, told delegates at the COP28 United Nations climate conference his country is “committed to accelerating our efforts” to tackle climate change

The Independent UK

Putin Lands In Abu Dhabi On Middle East Visit

President Vladimir Putin is in the United Arab Emirates for a rare visit outside the former Soviet Union Wednesday, as Russia seeks to reassert itself on the global stage.

International Business Times

The biggest news from COP28 may not be climate-related at all

The ongoing UN climate conference COP28 heralds a new era in which public-private cooperation to face major global challenges has become the norm, writes Fortune’s Peter Vanham.

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Attack on Gaza: Israeli rhetoric fuels fears of ethnic cleansing as IDF assault continues to push south

Over the past eight weeks, with only a brief pause, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have carried out a relentless attack on Gaza. Day by day the death toll has grown. According to the latest figures from Gaza’s health ministry nearly 16,000 Palestinians have been killed, most of them civilians.

The Conversation

The threat of Israel-India-U.S. triangle

The US is backing India and Israel’s campaigns of occupation and oppression

Salon

Israeli Forces Battle Hamas In Main Southern Gaza City

Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Gaza's main southern city on Wednesday in some of the most intense combat of the two-month-old war sparked by the October 7 attacks.

International Business Times

‘All in same canoe’: What’s it like being young on a sinking small island?

Youth activist Litokne Kabua outlines the perils facing the low-lying Marshall Islands as the seas swell and tides rise.

Al Jazeera

Heavy fighting across Gaza halts most aid delivery, leaves civilians with few places to seek safety

Israeli forces are battling Hamas militants across Gaza after expanding their ground offensive to its second-largest city

The Independent UK

Top UN Official Calls Conditions In Gaza 'Apocalyptic'

The statement came after Israel launched an offensive in southern Gaza after the ceasefire ended.

International Business Times UK

Wednesday briefing: Inside the Home Office’s new Rwanda plan – and why it might not work

In today’s newsletter: James Cleverly has signed a treaty aimed at fixing its deportation plan, but there are questions whether its safeguards will change the supreme court’s mind

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Live updates | Dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza grow worse as Israel widens its offensive

Israel’s widening air and ground offensive in southern Gaza has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and is worsening the enclave’s dire humanitarian conditions

International Business Times UK

Hundreds Dead, Thousands Displaced As Torrential Rain Hits Parts Of East Africa

The extreme weather has been attributed to the El Niño weather phenomenon.

Latin Times

UNESCO To List Ceviche, Opera As 'Intangible Heritage'

Dozens of global traditions are candidates for inscription as intangible global heritage by UNESCO this week, ranging from Italian opera singing and Bangladeshi rickshaw art to the Peruvian delicacy of ceviche.

The Independent UK

Generation after generation, Israeli prison marks a rite of passage for Palestinian boys

The release of Palestinian prisoners under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement last week has touched nearly everyone in the occupied West Bank, where 750,000 Palestinians have been arrested since 1967

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Afternoon Update: former Liberal staffer gives evidence in Lehrmann defamation case; US to place visa bans on some Israeli settlers; and first summer heatwave

Scientists warn many of the gravest threats to humanity are drawing closer as carbon pollution heats the planet

The Independent UK

UN climate talks near end of first week with progress on some fronts, but fossil fuels lurk

Negotiators at a critical U.N.-led climate conference are in Dubai are preparing to wrap up their first week with moderate progress on some issues

The Guardian - AU

Israeli forces and Hamas fighting house-to-house battles in Gaza – as it happened

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France 24

UN chief warns of ‘complete breakdown of public order’ as fighting rages across Gaza

The head of the UN warned on Wednesday that he expects "public order to completely break down soon due to the desperate conditions" in Gaza, where Israeli forces have expanded their offensive to the southern city of Khan Younis. The fierce fighting has forced civilians to flee to shrinking “safe…

International Business Times

Israeli Forces Encircle Main Southern Gaza City

Israeli forces were encircling southern Gaza's main city on Wednesday, battling Hamas militants through streets and buildings in some of the most intense combat of the two-month war.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Congress announces Revanth Reddy as CM of Telangana; Global Stocktake draft calls for phasing out fossil fuels, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on December 06, 2023

The Independent UK

Taliban’s abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group says

A rights group says the Taliban’s education policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan

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