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UN chief warns that the risk of the Gaza war spreading is growing as situation becomes more dire

The United Nations chief is warning that the situation in the Middle East is growing more dire by the hour with the risk of the Gaza war spreading through the region increasing as societies splinter and tensions threaten to boil over

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

UN warns of increasing gang violence in Haiti amid calls for Kenya-led peace mission

Kenyan court on Tuesday extended an order barring the government from deploying hundreds of police officers to Haiti on a UN-backed mission aiming to pacify the troubled Caribbean nation.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 24, 2023

Lebanon's prime minister visits troops at the country's tense southern border with Israel

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has visited troops deployed near the border with Israel and U.N. peacekeepers as Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops clash for a third week

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Putin and Xi: Beijing Belt and Road meeting highlighted Russia’s role as China’s junior partner

The third Belt and Road Forum held in Beijing recently attracted fewer heads of state or senior officials than the previous forums in 2017 and 2019. There were 11 European presidents and prime ministers at the 2019 forum. But last week’s forum attracted only three.

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2023

Backlash to the oil CEO leading the UN climate summit overlooks his ambitious agenda for COP28 – and concerns of the Global South

In December 2023, negotiators from countries worldwide will meet in the United Arab Emirates for the next round of international climate talks. While the talks are considered essential to securing global agreements needed to avoid dangerous climate change, confidence in the summit, known as COP28, is at a low. One…

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2023

Aid truck numbers arriving in Gaza ‘wholly inadequate’, says UK minister

MPs have warned further help is needed to prevent a ‘humanitarian catastrophe’.

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

AI risk must be treated as seriously as climate crisis, says Google DeepMind chief

Demis Hassabis calls for greater regulation to quell existential fears over tech with above-human levels of intelligence

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Hamas hostage release: Two elderly Israelis leave Gaza after Egypt and Qatar broker deal

Hamas, who took more than 200 hostages in an attack in Israel two weeks ago, said it released the hostages – two elderly Israeli women – on ‘humanitarian grounds’

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Sudanese evacuees in the UK fear limbo as six-month visas begin to expire

Some of the people evacuated by British after civil war broke out say they have received no information from Home Office about their future

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Councillors who quit Labour accuse Keir Starmer of 'gaslighting' in scathing letter

COUNCILLORS and officials who quit Labour over comments made by Keir Starmer about the Israel-Hamas conflict have accused him of “gaslighting”…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 24, 2023