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Ukraine seeks to attract arms manufacturers in bid to boost local production

Ukraine is looking to expand its domestic arms production as Kyiv hosts its first International Defence Industries Forum. Speaking at the opening on Friday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv aims to develop defence production in cooperation with global industry leaders. Meanwhile Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday marked the anniversary…

France 24

UAE's president-designate for UN COP28 offers full-throated defense of nation hosting climate talks

The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference has offered a full-throated defense of his nation hosting the talks

The Independent UK

More refugees to come from Latin America, Caribbean under Biden's new 125,000 refugee cap

As the number of migrants coming to the U.S.’s southern border is climbing, the Biden administration aims to admit more refugees from Latin America and the Caribbean over the next year

The Independent UK

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Tory MPs complain to chief whip over Suella Braverman’s asylum speech

Around a dozen Tory MPs have raised complaints with the party’s chief whip over Suella Braverman’s controversial speech about asylum seekers.

Evening Standard

More than 2,500 migrants crossing the Mediterranean died or went missing this year

The staggering toll increased more than 60% from last year, when fewer migrants attempted the dangerous journey to Europe. This year so far, the majority of migrants are arriving in Italy.

WEKU

Suella Braverman’s message of divide and rule must be resisted

The home secretary’s speech in Washington crossed a line, write Peter Hain and Paul Holborow, founder members of the Anti Nazi League

The Guardian - UK

Palestinian security force deploys in school compound in Lebanon refugee camp following clashes

A Palestinian security force has deployed in a school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp in the country’s south

The Independent UK

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Europe's ‘Med9’ leaders meet on migration crisis in Malta

The leaders of nine Mediterranean and southern European countries, the so-called "Med9" met on Friday in Malta for talks focused on exploding numbers of migrants. An EU agreement to deal with the problem, however, may still be out of reach.

Radio France Internationale

Suella Braverman is wrong about the UN refugee convention being 'not fit for purpose' – here's why

The UK’s home secretary, Suella Braverman – the minister responsible for setting immigration policy – has said the United Nations refugee convention is not “fit for our modern age” and should be renegotiated.

The Conversation

‘Centuries of history lost’: Armenians describe journey to safety after fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

‘All you can see is a sea of cars stretching to the horizon ... people cooking by the side of the road’

The Independent UK

IOC allows Paris Olympics participants to wear hijabs at athletes’ village

French athletes are still subject to a headscarf ban as their sports federation restricts the hijab during the games.

Al Jazeera

Moscow, Baku to decide future of Russian peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh

The Kremlin said Monday that the future of its peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh would be determined by Russia and Azerbaijan, which last week took control of the territory from Armenian separatists.

France 24

We have all felt powerless as poverty mounts in Tory Britain. Here is a practical way to hold back the tide

Help with bills via a social tariff would hark back to the success of the Covid universal credit uplift, writes Polly Toynbee

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Sunak ‘backs drivers’ with curbs on 20mph limits and bus lanes

Low-traffic neighbourhoods and fines also face clampdown under plans condemned by active travel groups

The Guardian - UK

Axing most winter fuel payments would break Tory manifesto promise, says Labour – as it happened

Sky reports Sunak is considering removing the winter fuel allowance – worth between £250 and £600 this winter – from most pensioners

The Independent UK

Swiss indict daughter of former Uzbek president in bribery, money laundering case involving millions

Swiss federal prosecutors say they have indicted the daughter of a former president of Uzbekistan on charges including money laundering, bribery and participation in a criminal network that used “violence and intimidation.”

France 24

More than 2,500 migrants dead or missing in Mediterranean this year, UN says

The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday that some 186,000 migrants and refugees arrived in southern Europe so far this year, the vast majority in Italy.

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Afternoon Update: Extinction Rebellion disrupts AFL parade; Clive Palmer to launch no ad blitz; and what to stream in October

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The Independent UK

US quietly acknowledges Iran satellite successfully reached orbit as tensions remain high

The United States has quietly acknowledged that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard successfully put an imaging satellite into orbit this week in a launch that resembled others previously criticized by Washington as helping Tehran’s ballistic missile program

The Guardian - UK

When the drugs don’t work: can we do anything about antimicrobial resistance?

One little girl’s tragic death in an Abuja hospital this summer illustrates a global problem, but one that is worst in Africa where it could kill 4 million people by 2050

Al Jazeera

More than 2,500 dead, missing as 186,000 cross Mediterranean in 2023

UN refugee agency says ‘no end in sight’ to the lives lost in Mediterranean and on land routes to sea departure points.

The Guardian - UK

France faces court action over widespread use of racial profiling

Rights groups hope to bring end to discrimination they say has gone unaddressed by successive governments

The National (Scotland)

'Unforgiveable': Scotland's migration minister hits out at Suella Braverman

THE Home Secretary's comments about LGBT refugees are “unforgivable”, Scotland’s equalities minister has said.

The Independent UK

As migration surges in Americas, 'funds simply aren't there' for humanitarian response, UN says

Countries in the Americas are reeling as the flow of migrants reaches historic levels, but a U.N. officials says international “funds simply aren’t there” for humanitarian needs

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