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Hong Kong leader says "no legal basis" to act on Russian superyacht

Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Tuesday there was "no legal basis" for the city to act on Western sanctions, when asked about a Russian yacht berthed in the financial centre that belongs to a sanctioned Russian oligarch.

Reuters

Iran racing to expand enrichment at underground plant

(This Oct. 10 story has been refiled to clarify last inspection mentioned in quarterly report was on Sept. 6 (not Aug. 31), and the third IR-6 cascade had come online then.)

Reuters

Morning mail: missile and drone strikes in Ukraine, Covid vaccine wastage, push to change political party privacy rules

Tuesday: Russia launches a wave of cruise missile and kamikaze drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, killing civilians and targeting key infrastructure. Plus: how to pick the best women’s underwear

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Ukraine to demand step-change in western aid after Russian missile blitz

Kyiv presses military and diplomatic wishlist as French president sees ‘profound change in nature of this war’

The Guardian - UK

UN assembly to meet on Ukraine hours after Russian strikes

The U.N. General Assembly is due to start debate on whether to demand that Russia reverse course on annexing four regions of Ukraine

The Independent UK

India signals its will to broaden ties with Australia in meeting with Foreign Minister Penny Wong

India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says the expanding contact between top brass in both countries showed India viewed Australia as a "serious, professional and comfortable partner".

ABC News

Iraq Drought Displaces 1,200 Families in Parched South

Some 1,200 Iraqi families have been forced out of southern marshes and farmlands over the past six months, a local official told AFP, as drought ravages swathes of the country. The Mesopotamian Marshes, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have been battered by low rainfall and reduced flows in the Tigris…

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Year after Iraq Vote, UN Urges Dialogue to End Gridlock

A year after Iraq's last general election, the United Nations mission urged political factions to end the deadlock paralyzing the oil-rich country, warning that "Iraq is running out of time." "The protracted crisis is breeding further instability ... it threatens people's livelihoods," the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq said, urging…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Barbaric’ practices still used in Victorian prisons, human rights advocates say

Andrews government urged to establish independent watchdog to comply with anti-torture obligations ratified by Australia in 2017

The Guardian - AU

These are the key points from Nicola Sturgeon's speech to SNP conference

SCOTLAND’S remaining oil revenues should be used to create a £20 billion investment fund for the first decade after independence, Nicola…

The National (Scotland)

In Haiti, factories close, school feedings are on hold and hunger is about to get worse

The armed men arrived at the two-story factory in Haiti’s rural Artibonite Valley, wielding AK-47s, followed by a hungry mob of hundreds.

Miami Herald

Ukraine seeks 'resolute response' to Russian attacks from UN

The Ukrainian government is seeking a "resolute response" from the United Nations to Russian missile strikes across Ukraine on Monday, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

Reuters

Calls mount for Filipino ex-senator freedom after jail riot

Human rights activists have pressed their call for the immediate release of a former Philippine opposition senator after she was taken hostage in a rampage by three Muslim militants in a failed attempt to escape from a maximum-security jail

The Independent UK

US appoints special envoy to champion nature in time for Montreal summit

Monica Medina will be responsible for biodiversity and water resources, announces state department ahead of Cop15

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Kremlin: Putin to meet U.N. nuclear watchdog chief in Russia on Tuesday

The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi on Tuesday in Russia.

Asharq Al-Awsat

As Oceans Rise, are Some Nations Doomed to Vanish?

If rising seas engulf the Maldives and Tuvalu, will those countries be wiped off the map?

Radio France Internationale

World food prices fall from all-time high, easing for sixth month in a row

World food prices fell for the sixth straight month in September, United Nations data showed, receding from all-time highs reached earlier this year in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Drive for climate compensation grows after Pakistan's floods

The devastation wreaked by floods in Pakistan this summer has intensified the debate over a question of climate justice: Do rich countries whose emissions are the main cause of climate change owe compensation to poor countries hit by climate change-fueled disasters

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Thai PM announces crackdown on drugs in wake of nursery attack

Attack that left 37 dead was carried out by former police officer dismissed from the force for methamphetamine possession

France 24

Biden promises 'advanced air defense systems' in talks with Zelensky

Russia struck cities across Ukraine during rush hour on Monday morning, killing civilians and destroying infrastructure, two days after an explosion on a bridge linking Russia to occupied Crimea sparked calls for reprisals in Moscow. The missile strikes, the most widespread since the start of the invasion, prompted President Joe…

The Independent UK

UN mulls quick foreign troop deployment to ease Haiti crisis

The United Nations Security Council is evaluating options including the immediate activation of foreign troops to help free Haiti from the grip of gangs that has caused a scarcity of fuel, water and other basic supplies

Miami Herald

UN secretary-general proposes rapid-response troops to help Haiti regain control from gangs

The head of the United Nations threw his weight Sunday behind Haiti’s request for the immediate deployment of military troops to help the country take back control of its ports from powerful gangs and provide aid as Haitians confront a deadly cholera outbreak.

The Times of India

India declines to disclose upcoming UN vote on Ukraine

SYDNEY: India does not want to say in advance how it will vote at the United Nations General Assembly on a likely draft resolution condemning Russia's proclaimed annexation of parts of Ukraine, foreign minister S Jaishankar said on Monday.

The Guardian - AU

Sold to gangs, forced to run online scams: inside Cambodia’s cybercrime crisis

Thousands of people from Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand have been tricked into slavery and are unable to leave a ‘living hell’

Reuters

U.N. chief suggests rapid action force to help Haiti

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that one or several countries send "a rapid action force" to help Haiti's police remove a threat posed by armed gangs, according to a letter to the U.N. Security Council, seen by Reuters on Sunday.

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