Two teenagers killed, 15 detained in Israeli raids in occupied West Bank Raids carried out in multiple locations, including Ramallah and Bethlehem, as jets bombarded Gaza. Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2023
Live updates | Israel strikes north and south Gaza after US vetoes a UN cease-fire resolution Israel is pounding the north and the south of the Gaza Strip with airstrikes and artillery a day after the United States vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2023
Cop28 failing on climate adaptation finance so far, African group warns Continent’s chief negotiator says an agreement for fair and equitable funding is a matter of life and death The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023
Gaza bombardment continues after UN ceasefire vote fails The US vetoed a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2023
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 · Dec 9, 2023
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 · Dec 9, 2023
‘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 · Dec 9, 2023
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 · Dec 9, 2023
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 · Dec 9, 2023
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 · Dec 9, 2023
‘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 · Dec 9, 2023
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) · Dec 9, 2023
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 · Dec 9, 2023
US vetoes UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza The UK abstained from the vote Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023 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
Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2023 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.
France 24 · Dec 9, 2023 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…
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2023 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 Hindu · Dec 9, 2023 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 · Dec 9, 2023 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 · Dec 9, 2023 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 · Dec 9, 2023 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
International Business Times · Dec 9, 2023 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 · Dec 9, 2023 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 · Dec 9, 2023 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