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Key COP28 draft document says countries must show progress on adapting to climate change by 2030

By 2025, all countries must have plans to adapt to climate change and demonstrate progress by 2030. Negotiators proposed targets such as enhancing adaptive capacity by 50-90% by 2030-50. Developed countries must invest trillions in developing countries to help them adapt. India is meeting most of its adaptation expenses with…

The Hindu

Baku to the future: After stalemate, UN climate talks will be in Azerbaijan in 2024

For years, climate change has been a factor — not the only one — in wars and conflicts, but now for the first time it’s part of a peace deal

The Independent UK

Israel cannot carry out ‘collective punishment’ of people in Gaza: Lavrov

Speaking at the Doha Forum, the Russian foreign minister calls for international monitoring of the situation in Gaza.

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‘Come with solutions’: Cop28 president calls for compromise in final meetings

Sultan Al Jaber urges nations to be flexible as talks reach impasse over whether to phase out or phase down fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK

Is urgent reform of world's food system still a side dish at climate talks?

The indivisible link between climate and nutrition was a pivotal subject at Cop28 on Sunday as campaigners carried on their fight for food systems – responsible for a third of greenhouse gas emissions – to be included in the summit’s final and critical global stocktake on climate policy.

Radio France Internationale

Cases of human trafficking victims being forced to commit cybercrimes on the rise

Interpol op. unearths fraud schemes fueled by human trafficking, resulting in 281 arrests, 149 victims rescued, 360 investigations opened. Operation Storm Makers II uncovered fake investments, work-from-home offers, lottery and online gambling scams. Victims subjected to torture, sexual violence & forced labor. Traffickers targeting migrants stranded in countries due to…

The Hindu

UN chief vows to go on seeking ceasefire in Gaza despite US veto

António Guterres says UN has no clear route map to stop conflict and world institutions are ‘caught in a time warp’

The Guardian - UK

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy heads to Argentina in bid to win support from developing nations

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is heading to Buenos Aires to witness the swearing-in of Argentina's new president, Javier Milei

The Independent UK

'Urgency Of Action': Pressure Grows For COP28 Climate Deal

UN climate talks negotiators were under growing pressure on Sunday as the deadline nears to strike a new global deal aimed at keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius.

International Business Times

The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It's irked some other nations at COP28

The European Union’s plan to impose a tax on the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, as poorer countries argue that the tax will harm livelihoods and economic growth

The Independent UK

Over 300 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar arrive in Indonesia's Aceh region after weeks at sea

Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday morning after being adrift for over weeks

The Independent UK

Freebie politics distort expenditure priorities: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar

VP Dhankhar: India's civilisational ethos, constitutional framework reflect deep commitment to human rights; need to empower minds, not pockets; no one above law, all accountable; transparency, accountable governance new norm, gamechanger for human rights.

The Hindu

'Small Minority' Blocking COP28 Progress, Says At-risk Vanuatu

A small minority of countries at UN climate talks are blocking a growing consensus to phase out fossil fuels, at-risk Vanuatu's climate change minister told AFP on Sunday.

International Business Times

Qatar says ‘narrowing window’ for freeing more hostages held in Gaza – as it happened

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UN says the Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan

The U.N. says the Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

UN sets out roadmap to combat global hunger amid climate crisis

Targets include cutting methane emissions from livestock by 25%, halving food waste and managing fisheries sustainably by 2030

The Independent UK

Heavy fighting in south Gaza as Israel presses ahead with renewed US military and diplomatic support

Heavy fighting raged overnight in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis

France 24

Hamas warns hostages doomed unless demands are met, as Israel steps up assault

Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for Hamas militants to lay down their arms, saying the Palestinian Islamist group's end was near. Netanyahu's comments came after Israeli tanks battled their way to the centre of Khan Younis on Sunday in a major new push into the heart of…

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The Observer view: Maduro’s land grab in Guyana is a cynical ploy to hang on to power in Venezuela

The Independent UK

Climate negotiators urged to reach a consensus on curbing warming as COP28 talks near crunch time

Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options and agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming as the clock runs down on United Nations climate talks and the summit’s president is determined to finish up talks by Tuesday

Newcastle Herald

'Everyone is really down': emotional scenes at Palestine protest

'I think there were lots of hopes the UN would bring a ceasefire.'

The Independent UK

What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is marking its 75th anniversary?

Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the U.N. General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris

The Guardian - UK

‘I keep asking myself how will I die?’ Gaza residents in fear as battle for Khan Younis escalates

The Israeli military has launched a relentless bombardment of the city, which it claims is the Hamas command centre

The National (Scotland)

David Pratt: Nikki Haley is becoming Donald Trump’s principal rival

TWO telling remarks last week from within the ranks of prominent US Republicans gave an insight into the fears and acrimony that

The Independent UK

UN says half of Gaza’s population is now starving amid Israel offensive on south

Nine in 10 people in northern Gaza are no longer eating every day, World Food Programme says

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