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Up First briefing: Extreme heat; pandemic fraud; Supreme Court election theory ruling

The South faces record-breaking heat. Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent. The Supreme Court rejects the controversial independant state leglistatures theory.

WEKU

UN vote on maintaining its peace force in Mali is postponed until Friday

The UN Security Council is due to hold a vote Friday on whether to maintain Minusma - the UN peacekeeping force in Mali - after 30 June when the mission ends.

Radio France Internationale

Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar

Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation

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New migrant tragedy at sea changes little as EU leaders forge ahead with tougher borders plans

European Union leaders will push ahead this week with plans to beef up the bloc's borders and outsource their migrant challenges to countries people leave or cross to get to Europe

The Independent UK

Every 2 seconds in the world a baby is born prematurely – report identifies biggest challenges for their survival

Globally, about one baby in 10 is born too soon – that’s around one baby every two seconds. A full term pregnancy is around nine months or 37 weeks. Babies born before this mark are considered premature. Preterm birth is a significant global health issue. It can cause serious short…

The Conversation

Recruitment of children by armed groups in Syria is on the rise, even as fighting subsides

A U.N. report says armed groups across Syria are recruiting children into their ranks in growing numbers, even as fighting is subsiding

The Independent UK

Conditions at Guantanamo Bay are ‘cruel, inhuman and degrading’, UN report says

The UN visit was the first ever by an independent investigator

The Independent UK

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Trump is the only living president whose family didn’t own slaves, report says

Tribune News Service

UN urges Israel and Palestinians to halt West Bank violence in statement backed by US and Russia

The U.N. Security Council is urging Israel and the Palestinians to avoid actions that can further inflame tensions in the volatile West Bank

The Independent UK

Sudan violence likely to push over 1 million refugees out of the African country by October, UN says

The United Nations says the surging violence in Sudan is likely to drive over 1 million refugees out of the African country by October

The Independent UK

Guantánamo Bay detainees continue to face 'inhuman' treatment, U.N. investigator finds

The United Nations report says 30 men remained detained at Guantánamo Bay — 19 of whom have never been charged with a crime. The investigator says the infamous site should be shuttered.

WEKU

US subjects Guantánamo Bay detainees to ‘cruel’ treatment, UN says after visit

First UN human rights investigator allowed to visit since it was set up says men subjected to ‘inhuman and degrading’ treatment

The Guardian - US

UN says Russian forces have tortured and executed civilians in Ukraine

Report details widespread and systematic torture with summary executions of more than 70 people

The Guardian - UK

Schoolboys' heroic words before they die in shootout with Russian soldiers

Tihran Ohannisian cried 'Farewell! Glory to Ukraine!' as he gripped the Kalashnikov he had used to gun down two Russian soldiers before being shot and killed in an apparent exchange of bullets

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Al Jazeera

UN documents summary execution of 77 Ukrainian civilians

A UN monitoring mission in Ukraine finds both Russia and Ukraine guilty of breaching international law.

The Week

How the global drugs trade is changing

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs globally over the past decade as “increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises”.

The Independent UK

UN report finds Russia tortured, executed civilians in Ukraine; Kyiv also abused detainees

The United Nations human rights office says Russian forces carried out widespread and systematic torture of civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, and summarily executed dozens of them

Al Jazeera

‘Don’t see why not’: China envoy on backing Ukraine’s ’91 borders

China’s EU envoy, Fu Cong, says Beijing respects the territorial integrity of all countries and stands for peace.

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The Week

How will Wagner turmoil affect peace-keeping in Mali?

Russia has sought to reassure the military junta ruling Mali that Wagner Group mercenaries will continue to operate in the war-torn West African nation.

The Independent UK

Hunger kills hundreds after US and UN pause food aid to Ethiopia's Tigray region, officials say

Local officials and researchers say hunger has killed at least 700 people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region in recent weeks after the United States and United Nations suspended food aid

The Guardian - UK

‘We fear leaving the house’: Lebanon and Turkey step up deportations of Syrian refugees

Countries that once welcomed Syrians fleeing the civil war are now forcing them to return as Assad is feted by the Arab world

The Guardian - US

Republican executive blogged about ‘conversion therapy’ for extremist group

Mark Trammell wrote posts in 2013 and 2014 for Liberty Counsel, a group on a ‘crusade to strip LGBTQ people of their rights’

Al Jazeera

Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed since Taliban takeover: UN

UNAMA says there have been 3,774 civilian casualties, including 1,095 civilian deaths, in violence since August 2021.

The Independent UK

Since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, more than 1,000 civilians were killed in attacks, UN says

The United Nations says it has documented a significant level of civilian casualties from attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021

The Guardian - UK

Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge

An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is failing

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