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What would it take for a cease-fire to happen in Gaza?

Calls for a cease-fire and other limits on military operations and violence were made by governments, advocacy groups and political leaders around the world almost immediately after the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre of 1,200 Israeli civilians by Hamas. Israel immediately declared war on Hamas and began shelling and then invaded…

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak hits back at UN criticism of long jail terms for Just Stop Oil protesters

The prime minister said it was ‘entirely right that selfish protesters’ are handed ‘tough sentences’

The Independent UK

Scots head to major United Nations meeting snubbed by UK Government

A GROUP of Scots will be travelling to New York at the weekend to take part in a key UN meeting on banning nuclear weapons.

The National (Scotland)

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Rishi Sunak hits back at UN criticism of long sentences for climate protesters

The Prime Minister said it was ‘entirely right that selfish protesters’ are handed ‘tough sentences’.

The Independent UK

Billionaires are lining up to fund Donald Trump’s anti-democratic agenda

The more disturbing Trump’s public proclamations become, the more US plutocrats seem to want him to win

The Guardian - US

Israeli troops battle Hamas fighters in packed refugee camp

sraeli troops have battled Hamas militants in a packed urban refugee camp as they expanded operations across northern Gaza, where residents have…

The National (Scotland)

Family of Scottish man detained in India says his life depends on new foreign secretary’s intervention

Jagtar Singh Johal’s brother says sibling’s life depends on ‘what David Cameron decides to do’

The Independent UK

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‘Vulnerable’ Pacific countries must get maximum benefit from ‘loss and damage’ fund, Australian climate minister says

Chris Bowen also says climate disaster fund will need to be bankrolled by broader-than-expected range of countries in speech ahead of Cop28

The Guardian - AU

Hamas, Israel leaders suggest deal is ‘close’ on captives, Gaza truce

Qatar-mediated deal could see Hamas exchange captives for Palestinian prisoners; Biden says ‘we’re now very close’.

Al Jazeera

Israeli troops battle militants across north Gaza, which has been cut off from services for weeks

Israeli troops are battling Palestinian militants in a dense, urban refugee camp near Gaza City as they expand operations across the north

The Independent UK

US set to reveal nuclear fusion plan that could pave way for first commercial use

Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars to generate electricity, can be replicated on Earth

The Independent UK

Sudan’s cycle of violence: ‘There is a genocide going on in west Darfur’

The UN, independent researchers and charities all highlight the brutality of a conflict that has left 9,000 people dead and 5.6 million displaced in the past seven months

The Guardian - UK

A year after Pakistan's floods, 44% of children have stunted growth. What can be done about it?

The extensive flooding in Pakistan in August 2022 submerged one-third of the country. This affected 33 million people, half of them children. Some 9.4 million acres of crops were destroyed, and more than 1.1 million farm animals perished.

The Conversation

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN

UN warns window for limiting warming to 1.5C is closing fast ahead of COP28 meeting in Dubai.

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Israeli cabinet approves deal for pause in fighting – as it happened

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France 24

Hostage deal is 'right decision', Netanyahu tells Cabinet

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet Tuesday night that a hostage deal is the "right decision". US President Joe Biden said earlier on Tuesday that a deal to free some of the more than 200 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza was "very close". Israel, the US…

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"I'd made the best of what I could with the three chords that I knew": Bryan Adams on how an "extremely average" musician carved out one of rock's most successful careers

These days Bryan Adams says he's "a photographer moonlighting as a singer," but before that came decades of making high-grade classic rock

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6 Stocks To Watch As The World Turns To The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference

A new report by the UN's Environment Program is shedding an unsettling new light on the current path of global warming

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The Independent UK

Israel reveals signs of Hamas activity at Shifa, but a promised command center remains elusive

Three weeks ago, the Israeli military unveiled a detailed 3D model of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital

The Independent UK

Gaza hostage deal – including up to 40 children – getting closer, officials say

Multiple sources tell The Independent that while an agreement has not been reached, talks for an Israel-Hamas deal involving between 50 and 75 hostages could be concluded by early next week

WEKU

A deal for the release of Israeli hostages appears close, officials say

Talk of a possible deal comes as Palestinian health officials say Israeli fire hit another hospital in Gaza, and dozens of premature infants from Al-Shifa hospital are evacuated to Egypt.

Radio France Internationale

Unicef sounds alarm over child poverty in French overseas departments

Children in French overseas territories lack the access to healthcare, housing and education that kids in mainland France can rely on, a new report by Unicef highlights. The UN children's agency is calling on the French government to address what it calls "alarming inequalities" and protect basic rights across the…

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil protesters’ jail terms potentially breach international law, UN expert says

Sentences risk silencing public concerns about the environment, climate change rapporteur Ian Fry says

The Independent UK

Cameron vows to put development ‘back at heart’ of Foreign Office

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the Global Food Security Summit ‘no parent should ever have to watch their child starve’.

Al Jazeera

In Brazil’s favelas, activists find common ground with Palestinians in Gaza

Residents of Brazil’s poorest neighbourhoods say they see their struggles reflected in Israel’s treatment of Gaza.

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