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Sunak to face MPs after unveiling law to stop migrant Channel crossings

The Prime Minister could be challenged over how the proposed policy will work in practice.

The Independent UK

Sunak migrant plan succeeded in Australia, claims top politician

The Independent UK

International Women’s Day 2023: What is this year’s theme and how to take part in it?

The holiday falls on 8 March every year

The Independent UK

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Independent Women 2023 - The Influence List

For the first time in its history, The Independent has drawn up a list of the most influential women of the moment. The result is an eclectic, all-star line up for 2023, bringing together women from a vast range of orbits who all share one thing in common: their influence…

The Independent UK

Is International Women's Day a catalyst for change or just a symbolic gesture?

International Women’s Day occurs yearly on March 8. The United Nations argues that international days are powerful tools for advocacy, awareness and action. On women’s rights and equality issues, action and awareness are badly needed, at home in Canada and around the world.

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak says illegal migrant crossings crackdown ‘tough’ but ‘necessary’ as backlash grows

United Nations refugee agency urges MPs and peers to block PM’s ‘profoundly’ concerning plan to tackle small boat crossings

Evening Standard

Suella Braverman's Illegal Migration Bill explained as UN calls for it to be blocked

The Home Secretary has unveiled controversial legislation aimed at tackling the number of people who arrive in the UK by small boat - but she conceded that there may be some legal wrangling to come

Daily Mirror

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Health care offered to women in prison should match community standards – and their rights

On this International Women’s Day, let’s not forget women in prison.

The Conversation

Biden thanks Oman for Yemen truce support, opening airspace

U.S. President Joe Biden thanked the sultan of Oman on Tuesday for the country's support of a UN-mediated truce in Yemen and for its decision to open its airspace to all civilian aircraft, including those flying to and from Israel, the White House said in a statement.

Reuters

United Nations refugee agency condemns Sunak’s small boats legislation

The UNHCR said the Illegal Migration Bill would undermine Britain’s proud history of offering humanitarian support.

The Independent UK

The high seas are supposed to belong to everyone – a new UN treaty aims to make it law

It may come as a surprise to fellow land-dwellers, but the ocean actually accounts for most of the habitable space on our planet. Yet a big chunk of it has been left largely unmanaged. It’s a vast global common resource, and the focus of a new treaty called the biodiversity…

The Conversation

UN Rights Chief Calls for ‘Serious’ Lebanon Blast Investigation

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for a "serious investigation" into the disastrous 2020 Beirut port explosion in a call that was echoed by dozens of other countries on Tuesday. Families of victims, rights groups, and even some political parties in Lebanon have lambasted political stonewalling of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New UN rights chief opens ‘communication’ with China

Volker Türk’s first speech falls short of activists’ hopes for a tougher stand after UN report on abuses in Xinjiang.

Al Jazeera

Dunblane doctor shares work helping mums-to-be caught up in tragic earthquake zone

Paul Holmes is part of a UK Government team deployed to Turkey to help people suffering from the impact of the quake.

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First torture, now solitary - NZ's shame

Aaron Smale unravels the legal liability the Crown is now ensnared in after the Royal Commission into State Abuse's finding of torture at Lake Alice - how solitary confinement elsewhere is now in the gun, and the political implications.

France 24

Thousands of Rohingya left homeless after yet another fire breaks out in Bangladesh refugee camp

An immense fire destroyed a large section of a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Sunday afternoon, leaving thousands of people without shelter in this camp that is home to around a million Rohingya refugees.

The Independent UK

Venezuelans still miss Chavez, want Maduro to do 'better'

President Hugo Chávez told Venezuelans to choose Nicolás Maduro as his successor during his last televised message before dying of cancer

Al Jazeera

Concerns mount over UN food aid cut for Rohingya in Bangladesh

The UN and Bangladesh government call for more international aid to help the refugees as they face a ‘difficult year’.

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The Independent UK

UN rights chief cites 'communication' about issues in China

The new U.N. human rights chief says his office has opened “channels of communication” to help follow up on concerns about the rights of minorities in China, including Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans

Asharq Al-Awsat

Teachers Protest over Suspected Iran Schoolgirl Poisonings

Iranian teachers held protests in several cities on Tuesday over suspected poisonings targeting hundreds of schoolgirls. Security forces broke up several of the demonstrations using water cannons and tear gas, activists said. Meanwhile, prosecutors started filing criminal charges against journalists, activists and others over their comments on the still-unsolved incidents…

WEKU

Larry Hogan won't run for president, but has some advice for the Republicans who do

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced over the weekend he will not run for president in 2024, but hopes to shape the future of the GOP. He talks to NPR about what he wants to see from his party.

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy vows to ‘find the murderers’ of PoW allegedly shot dead by Russians

Ukrainian president’s comment come after video appears to show killing of unarmed combatant

Manchester Evening News

When is Soccer Aid 2023? Date, kick-off time, players and how to watch on TV

Soccer Aid returns to Manchester United's Old Trafford ground this year with several celebrities and footballers taking part in the hotly-anticipated UNICEF charity match.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Says it Regains UN Voting Rights after Paying Dues

Lebanon has regained UN voting rights after paying dues for 2022 and 2023, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after the country, which is in deep financial crisis, lost its rights at the world body for the second time in three years. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a Jan. 17…

The Independent UK

Malnutrition rises in pregnant women in 12 at-risk countries

A new United Nations report says acute malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25% in the past two years in 12 countries hard hit by rising food prices fueled by the fighting in Ukraine

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