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Tunisian minister concedes 'small groups' of migrants were pushed back into desert no man's land

Tunisia’s interior minister has conceded that small groups of sub-Saharan migrants trying to enter the country are pushed back into the desert border areas

The Independent UK

EU urges G20 to help persuade Putin to reopen Ukraine grain export route

Brussels’ foreign policy chief calls on nations to speak with a unified voice to help ‘people most in need’

The Guardian - UK

Colombia begins a six-month cease-fire with its last remaining rebel group in hopes of forging peace

Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have formally begun a six-month cease-fire as part of a process to forge a permanent peace between authorities and the country’s last remaining rebel group

The Independent UK

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Rishi Sunak’s green backtracking contrasts strongly with previous prime ministers’ efforts

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak appears to be wavering on “net zero by 2050” that Theresa May successfully passed through parliament with barely a cough of disapproval in 2019.

The Conversation

Niger coup: west African union has pledged to intervene – but some members support the plotters

When the Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, was elected as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on July 10, he asserted that the organisation would no longer be a “toothless bulldog”. Tinubu insisted that Ecowas would work collectively to combat terrorism and promote democracy in west Africa,…

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More than 6 million people a step away from famine in Sudan, UN warns

The United Nations has sounded the alarm of impending famine in Sudan, where months of war have hit food supplies and pushed nearly four million people to flee the fighting.

Radio France Internationale

Turkey withdraws as host of Cop16, blaming February’s earthquakes

UN appeals for another country to step in for biodiversity summit – due to take place in 2024 – as Ankara cites ‘force majeure’ for move

The Guardian - UK

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UN bodies call for urgent action over Panama’s Darién Gap migration route

UN Refugee Agency and IOM urge steps – including more legal pathways for migrants – to curb humanitarian crisis

The Guardian - US

Greenpeace demonstrators drape UK prime minister's house in black to protest oil expansion

Greenpeace demonstrators have draped the country estate of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in black fabric to protest the expansion of oil drilling in the North Sea

The Independent UK

The many challenges of ensuring maternal and child health in India

A WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA paper titled ‘Improving maternal and newborn health and survival and reducing stillbirth progress report 2023’, observed that India’s share of the total maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths was about 17%. Both newborns and women are extremely vulnerable in the hours and days after birth and therefore…

The Hindu

Putin is using food as a weapon – but his cynical attempts to drum up forced allies will fail

By reneging on the Black Sea grain deal, Russia has driven up food prices around the world, says Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy

The Guardian - UK

Do phrases like 'global boiling' help or hinder climate action?

Last week, United Nations General Secretary António Guterres coined an arresting new term. The era of global warming has ended, he declared dramatically, and the era of “global boiling” has arrived.

The Conversation

Expert panel calls for urgent rethink on Great Barrier Reef management amid ‘unremitting’ climate crisis

Group chaired by former chief scientist Ian Chubb writes to Tanya Plibersek, saying ‘business as usual’ on the reef is not an option

The Guardian - AU

The US wants Kenya to lead a force in Haiti with 1,000 police. Watchdogs say they'll export abuse

The United States is praising Kenya's interest in leading a multinational force in Haiti

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Tensions escalate between Israel and Hezbollah in border region

Lebanese militant group appears to be trying new tactics to test Israel’s resolve

The Guardian - AU

The world likely just had its hottest month on record. What a time to be a climate science denier

Temperature records only go back to the 19th century, but they tell a very clear story: it’s getting hotter – and we’re causing it

Zenger

Erdan Warns UN Security Council Of ‘powder Keg’ On Cusp Of Hezbollah Ignition

The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations implored its Security Council to help clamp down on Hezbollah

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From the command centre in Kyiv, Olena Zelenska’s urgent plea to help her nation as war rages around her

Bel Trew sits down with the first lady in a wide-ranging interview discussing her work rebuilding Ukraine in the middle of war – and the pressures on her family

The Hindu

Coup in Niger: On the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum

President Bazoum’s ouster affects political stability in the nascent democracy and efforts to counter fast-spreading Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region

The National (Scotland)

Sunak's family firm signed $1.5B deal with BP before oil and gas license announcement

JUST two months before Rishi Sunak opened hundreds of new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, an IT firm founded by his…

The Conversation

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling

The UK will extract as much oil and gas from the North Sea as possible, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday as he announced more than 100 new drilling licenses. Only a few days earlier, United Nations chief António Guterres declared that record heat and extreme weather signalled a…

Zenger

Trump And GOP Launch Counter-Offensive, Push For Biden Impeachment

Former President and Republican allies resurface impeachment efforts, raising concerns within the party.

The Independent UK

Republican National Committee boosts polling and fundraising thresholds to qualify for 2nd debate

Some Republican presidential candidates haven’t met polling and fundraising thresholds for the first 2024 debate, and now requirements for making it to the second debate will be even higher

Al Jazeera

Tunisian parliament gets defensive after Black refugee treatment criticism

Country’s interior minister has called images of dead refugees ‘fake’, as EU ignores criticism of deal with Tunisia.

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