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 · Sep 29, 2023
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 Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023
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.” The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023
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. France 24 · Sep 29, 2023
Afternoon Update: Extinction Rebellion disrupts AFL parade; Clive Palmer to launch no ad blitz; and what to stream in October Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2023
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 Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023
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 The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023
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. Al Jazeera · Sep 29, 2023
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 Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023
'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 National (Scotland) · Sep 29, 2023
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 The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023
US Envoy Blasts Israeli And Palestinian Actions At UN Security Council Meeting US Ambassador to UN criticizes Israelis and Palestinians, calls out Holocaust denial and illegal activities Zenger · Sep 28, 2023
Israel Reopens Sole Pedestrian Crossing With Gaza Amid Border Tensions Israeli authorities reopen Gaza crossing amid ongoing violence Zenger · Sep 28, 2023
Rishi Sunak rejects Braverman claim multiculturalism has failed Prime minister praises UK’s ‘fantastic multicultural democracy’ in contrast to comments made by home secretary The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Tim Scott attacked Nikki Haley over expensive curtains. There’s more to the story ‘Bring it Tim,’ Nikki Haley tells Tim Scott during the second GOP debate
The Conversation · Sep 28, 2023 The UN and the multilateral system are in crisis – what the Global South must do The planet is on fire, but almost all the firefighters have deserted. At the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, which began on September 19 in New York, the leaders of four of the five permanent members of the Security Council – the UN’s most powerful executive body –…
Zenger · Sep 28, 2023 DeSantis Vows To Target Progressive Prosecutors If Elected President Florida Governor pledges to use Justice Department powers against left-wing, Soros-funded prosecutors.
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Putin’s shameless UN charm offensive - with stolen grain from Ukraine Russia is on a mission to grab a seat on the UN’s Human Rights Council - and to add insult to injury it’s using crops plundered from its illegal war to curry favour with potential backers, writes Arpan Rai
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023 Big European insurers ‘underwrite 30% of US coal despite net zero pledges’ Lloyd’s of London, Zurich and Swiss Re among top 10 insurers of largest US coalmines, study finds
Al Jazeera · Sep 28, 2023 UN chief says Pakistan floods ‘litmus test for climate justice’ as aid lags Fund delays ‘undermining people’s efforts to rebuild lives’, Guterres says during special UNGA session on catastrophe.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023 UN refugee convention works and is as necessary as ever Letters: Leaders of charities and NGOs respond to Suella Braverman’s recent comments attacking the refugee convention in the US
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Thai police say drug bust nets methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin worth $8.2 million Police in Thailand say they made one of the country’s biggest ever seizures of illicit drugs, a haul including methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin, with a total estimated street value of about $8.2 million
WEKU · Sep 28, 2023 6 takeaways from the second GOP debate The second Republican debate wrapped up with seven candidates attempting to break away from the front-runner, former President Donald Trump, who was in Michigan instead of attending.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023 US soldier who fled to North Korea in July lands at Texas military base Travis King arrived on US military flight and will undergo medical review and reintegration process
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 Senior Thai national park official, 3 others, acquitted in 9-year-old case of missing activist A court in Thailand has acquitted four national park employees, including a senior official, of the kidnapping and murder of an Indigenous rights activist who disappeared under suspicious circumstances more than nine years ago