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Air raids hit Sudan capital despite Eid truce

Residents and local reports say intense fighting continuing in Omdurman on Wednesday afternoon.

Al Jazeera

Fearmongering Won't Solve Climate Change

Global warming is an issue. But there are other pressing problems that deserve the world's attention.

Reason

The Guardian view on Ukraine’s suffering: mourning the lives unlived

Editorial: More than 550 children have died since Russia invaded last year, including in Tuesday’s attack on Kramatorsk

The Guardian - UK

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Small boats bill suffers defeats as Lords vote to stop trafficking victims being deported to Rwanda

Conservative peers among those attacking Illegal Migration Bill, which Rishi Sunak claims will ‘stop the boats’

The Independent UK

I'm one of the UK's official climate change advisers – our new report says the country is no longer a world leader

The UK’s Climate Change Committee – the official independent advisory body of which I am interim chair – has spent the past three months poring over thousands of pages of government strategy documents to inform its latest annual progress report to parliament. And our confidence in the UK meeting its…

The Conversation

So what if fossil fuel lobbyists have to declare themselves at Cop28? That won’t curb their power

Oil and gas companies don’t just have a seat at the Cop table: they are in charge of the table, says climate journalist Amy Westervelt

The Guardian - UK

Up First briefing: Extreme heat; pandemic fraud; Supreme Court election theory ruling

The South faces record-breaking heat. Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent. The Supreme Court rejects the controversial independant state leglistatures theory.

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UN vote on maintaining its peace force in Mali is postponed until Friday

The UN Security Council is due to hold a vote Friday on whether to maintain Minusma - the UN peacekeeping force in Mali - after 30 June when the mission ends.

Radio France Internationale

Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar

Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation

The Guardian - US

New migrant tragedy at sea changes little as EU leaders forge ahead with tougher borders plans

European Union leaders will push ahead this week with plans to beef up the bloc's borders and outsource their migrant challenges to countries people leave or cross to get to Europe

The Independent UK

Every 2 seconds in the world a baby is born prematurely – report identifies biggest challenges for their survival

Globally, about one baby in 10 is born too soon – that’s around one baby every two seconds. A full term pregnancy is around nine months or 37 weeks. Babies born before this mark are considered premature. Preterm birth is a significant global health issue. It can cause serious short…

The Conversation

Recruitment of children by armed groups in Syria is on the rise, even as fighting subsides

A U.N. report says armed groups across Syria are recruiting children into their ranks in growing numbers, even as fighting is subsiding

The Independent UK

Conditions at Guantanamo Bay are ‘cruel, inhuman and degrading’, UN report says

The UN visit was the first ever by an independent investigator

The Independent UK

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Trump is the only living president whose family didn’t own slaves, report says

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The Independent UK

UN urges Israel and Palestinians to halt West Bank violence in statement backed by US and Russia

The U.N. Security Council is urging Israel and the Palestinians to avoid actions that can further inflame tensions in the volatile West Bank

The Independent UK

Sudan violence likely to push over 1 million refugees out of the African country by October, UN says

The United Nations says the surging violence in Sudan is likely to drive over 1 million refugees out of the African country by October

WEKU

Guantánamo Bay detainees continue to face 'inhuman' treatment, U.N. investigator finds

The United Nations report says 30 men remained detained at Guantánamo Bay — 19 of whom have never been charged with a crime. The investigator says the infamous site should be shuttered.

The Guardian - US

US subjects Guantánamo Bay detainees to ‘cruel’ treatment, UN says after visit

First UN human rights investigator allowed to visit since it was set up says men subjected to ‘inhuman and degrading’ treatment

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UN says Russian forces have tortured and executed civilians in Ukraine

Report details widespread and systematic torture with summary executions of more than 70 people

Daily Mirror

Schoolboys' heroic words before they die in shootout with Russian soldiers

Tihran Ohannisian cried 'Farewell! Glory to Ukraine!' as he gripped the Kalashnikov he had used to gun down two Russian soldiers before being shot and killed in an apparent exchange of bullets

Al Jazeera

UN documents summary execution of 77 Ukrainian civilians

A UN monitoring mission in Ukraine finds both Russia and Ukraine guilty of breaching international law.

The Week

How the global drugs trade is changing

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs globally over the past decade as “increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises”.

The Independent UK

UN report finds Russia tortured, executed civilians in Ukraine; Kyiv also abused detainees

The United Nations human rights office says Russian forces carried out widespread and systematic torture of civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, and summarily executed dozens of them

Al Jazeera

‘Don’t see why not’: China envoy on backing Ukraine’s ’91 borders

China’s EU envoy, Fu Cong, says Beijing respects the territorial integrity of all countries and stands for peace.

The Week

How will Wagner turmoil affect peace-keeping in Mali?

Russia has sought to reassure the military junta ruling Mali that Wagner Group mercenaries will continue to operate in the war-torn West African nation.

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