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Island nations take landmark ocean protection case to UN court

Nine small island states suffering the devastating impacts of climate change have appeared before the UN maritime court to seek a ruling that will say ocean-heating carbon emissions are pollution and therefore a violation of international law.

Radio France Internationale

Climate crisis: Africa is talking but is the west listening?

Africa’s largest meeting on the crisis finished last week amid arguments over ‘false solutions’ and unfulfilled promises. But will the lofty ideals presented translate into better lives for Africans?

The Guardian - UK

Brother of Briton held in India says UK government is ‘more talk and no action’

Gurpreet Singh Johal calls for increased pressure to free brother Jagtar after Rishi Sunak raised case with Narendra Modi

The Guardian - UK

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$1bn in aid has been used to support failed ‘war on drugs’ over past decade, says report

Funding tied to drug prevention programmes given to 92 lower-income countries, including Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover

The Guardian - UK

Iran’s regime has crushed anti-veil protests, but it has ‘lost the battle’ for credibility

One year after Mahsa Amini died in police custody, sparking nationwide protests, the Iranian regime has quashed all displays of public discontent. But the 2022 protest movement was not a lost cause and its impact on Iranian history cannot be undermined.

France 24

Flooding creates a disaster zone in Libya from Storm Daniel

The confirmed death toll from the weekend flooding did not include Derna, which was inaccessible, and many of the thousands missing there were believed carried away by waters after two dams burst.

WEKU

Younger people more likely to doubt merits of democracy – global poll

International study reveals 42% of people aged 18 to 35 supportive of military rule, against 20% of older respondents

The Guardian - UK

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UN says Colombia's coca crop at all-time high as officials promote new drug policies

The U.N. says coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade

The Independent UK

UN calls out Hunter mining, power station pollution impacts

UN rapporteur meets with Lake residents to discuss coal ash pollution.

Newcastle Herald

US and UK holding UN screening of documentary on Russia's siege of Ukrainian city of Mariupol

The United States and Britain have invited ambassadors, journalists and others to a U.N. screening of the award-winning documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” which follows a trio of Associated Press journalists during Russia’s siege of the Ukrainian port city in the early days of the war

The Independent UK

Russia targeted civilian cargo ship in Black Sea, Sunak tells MPs

Declassified UK intelligence suggests missiles were fired from a Russian Black Sea fleet missile carrier on August 24.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak under fire from MPs over calls to release Jagtar Singh Johal

The Prime Minister raised the case of Mr Johal when he met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the fringes of the G20 summit in New Delhi.

The Independent UK

Amnesty for Troubles-related crimes to become law – why many people in Northern Ireland oppose the bill

The UK government’s Northern Ireland Troubles (legacy and reconciliation) bill – which has faced near universal opposition in Northern Ireland – has passed the House of Commons. The Commons rejected the latest Lords’ amendments, paving the way for the controversial bill to receive royal assent and become law in the…

The Conversation

Niger's junta finds support in Mali and Russia, but France stands firm

The leaders of Russia and Mali have agreed the political crisis in Niger should be resolved using diplomacy and not force. Meanwhile France has rejected accusations by Niger's coup leaders that it's planning a military intervention.

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The Guardian - UK

Venice awaits Unesco heritage ruling as beds for tourists outnumber residents for first time

‘We feel like foreigners in our own home’ says activist as city’s population dwarfed by visitors

The Independent UK

Fighting intensifies in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp despite attempted truce talks

Fighting has intensified in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp claiming the life of another person as stray bullets and shells hit residential areas in the country's third-largest city

Al Jazeera

How to support Morocco’s earthquake victims

Here are some organisations that are collecting donations to help the people of Morocco.

Radio France Internationale

Climate change 'dystopian future already here', UN warns

The United Nations human rights chief on Monday issued a grim warning about the “environmental horror” being suffered by countries on the frontlines of climate change – adding that food insecurity and human rights crises were now a lethal reality.

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Why world figures urged Bangladesh to stop ‘harassment’ of a Nobel laureate

As Yunus faces corruption and labour law charges, global figures say country’s only Nobel winner is being ‘persecuted’.

The Independent UK

UN rights chief calls for 'urgent reversal' to civilian rule in coup-hit African countries

The U.N. human rights chief has called for an “urgent reversal” of military takeovers and return to civilian rule in African countries where coups have driven out elected leaders

The Independent UK

Moroccan soldiers and aid teams battle to reach remote, quake-hit towns as toll rises past 2,400

Moroccan soldiers and aid teams in trucks and helicopters are battling to reach remote mountain towns devastated by a monstrous earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people

Al Jazeera

What we know three days after Morocco’s devastating earthquake

Local volunteers, soldiers, doctors and aid workers are racing to reach affected areas high in the Atlas Mountains.

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin confirms Putin meeting as Kim reportedly boards armoured train

West fears North Korea plans to supply Moscow with weapons to use in war against Ukraine

Radio France Internationale

Egypt brands Ethiopia's move to fill Nile mega-dam as 'illegal'

Ethiopia announced on Sunday it had filled its Grand Renaissance Dam on the river Nile, which has been the source of a long-running dispute with downstream Egypt and Sudan. Cairo has condemned the move, saying it is illegal.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak says he told China actions to undermine British democracy are ‘completely unacceptable’

Prime minister says he told Li Qiang, the Chinese prime minister, at G20 that Chinese interference with the work of parliament will ‘never be tolerated’

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