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Channel boat pilot found guilty of manslaughter as UN rights chief slams UK's Rwanda plan

Four men drowned in December 2022 when their unseaworthy dinghy sank soon after leaving France

Evening Standard

EU’s Borrell suggests US stop arming Israel amid fears over Rafah assault

Josep Borrell says ‘too many people’ are being killed in Gaza as Israel pledges to press on with Rafah offensive.

Al Jazeera

UN rights chief decries death of 50 people in Mali attacks

The UN official said he was ‘appalled’ by the killings in central Mali.

Al Jazeera

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Myanmar’s NUG says anti-coup forces ‘edging closer’ to defeating generals

Three years after 2021 coup, the resistance says it is gaining strength and taking territory from the military.

Al Jazeera

Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 91

Israel brings a ‘day after’ plan for Gaza and al-Arouri’s funeral is held. Here’s the latest:

Al Jazeera

End ‘unlawful killings’ in occupied West Bank, UN tells Israel

Latest UN report warns the situation in the territory is rapidly deteriorating and calls for accountability.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin claims Kyiv pulled out of peace talks last year ‘at Britain’s insistence’ – as it happened

Spokesperson for the Russian government claims UK ‘forbade’ negotiations with Russia

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 665

Volodymyr Zelenskiy insists US and European support for war will continue; Vladimir Putin says Moscow will ‘not give up what is ours’

The Guardian - AU

Biden warns Israel risks losing support over ‘indiscriminate’ Gaza bombing

US president offers his sharpest public criticism of Israel since the start of its war with Hamas.

Al Jazeera

UN Seeks Israel Access For Hamas Sexual Violence Investigation

The UN rights chief voiced deep concern on Wednesday over allegations of sexual violence by Hamas militants during their October 7 attack, calling on Israel to allow his team in to investigate.

International Business Times

Gazans Living In 'Utter, Deepening Horror': UN

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living in "utter, deepening horror", the UN human rights chief said Wednesday, as he pleaded for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

International Business Times

Israel orders evacuation in parts of southern Gaza amid fears of escalation

Residents in east Khan Younis receive leaflets telling them to flee as UN rights chief warns there are no safe places.

Al Jazeera

Outbreaks of disease and hunger ‘inevitable’ in Gaza, UN says

The World Health Organization has already warned about 'an unusually large number of cases of diarrhoeal disease in Gaza'

Evening Standard

'We won't know if Israel has committed war crimes until end of conflict,' expert says

Has Israel breached international law in Gaza with its military response to Hamas's atrocities? The UN's human rights chief says that both sides have committed war crimes. Volker Turk pointed to Hamas's horrific attacks on October 7, as well as the militant group continuing to hold hostages. But he also…

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Both Israel and Hamas committing war crimes, says UN human rights chief

‘We have fallen off a precipice. This cannot continue’

Evening Standard

Israel-Hamas war: Pressure builds for truce as both side accused of war crimes

International pressure expected to redouble at conference in Paris called by French President Emmanuel Macron

The Guardian - UK

Netanyahu says Israel will have ‘overall security responsibility’ in Gaza after war

Prime minister rules out general ceasefire as Israel marks a month since Hamas attack

The Independent UK

Top official claims UN ‘failing in duty’ towards Palestinians in Gaza as he steps down

‘This will be my last communication to you,’ top official says in letter addressed to UN’s High Commissioner in Geneva

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The Independent UK

Iranian officials mulling over use of AI to issue fatwas

‘Robots can’t replace senior clerics, but they can be a trusted assistant that can help them issue a fatwa faster’

The Independent UK

The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief

The U.N. rights chief says the Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan's people

Radio France Internationale

Climate change 'dystopian future already here', UN warns

The United Nations human rights chief on Monday issued a grim warning about the “environmental horror” being suffered by countries on the frontlines of climate change – adding that food insecurity and human rights crises were now a lethal reality.

Al Jazeera

UN ‘concerned’ by harassment of human rights defenders in Bangladesh

UN human rights chief Volker Turk calls on Dhaka to create a ‘safe’ environment for activists and civil society leaders.

Al Jazeera

200 former Afghan troops, officials killed since Taliban takeover: UN

The UN mission documents 800 cases of serious rights violations despite amnesty; Taliban dismisses the report.

The Independent UK

More than 200 former Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover, UN says

A new U.N. report says more than 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have taken place since the Taliban took over the country two years ago

France 24

ECOWAS force ready to intervene in Niger 'anytime the order is given'

ECOWAS could send a diplomatic mission to Niger on Saturday, an official said Friday, as ECOWAS defence chiefs continued their talks in Ghana on the crisis in Niger after coup leaders there ignored the West African bloc's deadline to step down. The news comes as the US said it is…

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