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Kharge vs Tharoor: Inside the campaign to elect the new Congress president

“Hello sir, I am calling from Shashi Tharoor sir’s office. You know elections are coming and both Kharge and Tharoor sahib are the choice of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi ji,” a canvasser for Shashi Tharoor solicits the support of a Congress delegate from Amethi. “Please vote carefully.”

Newslaundry

Ukraine grain backlog prompts U.N. call for faster ship checks

(This Oct. 11 story officially corrects to adjust JCC data in paragraph 7, reflecting most-delayed ship awaiting inspections for 20 days.)

Reuters

G7 leaders convene crisis conclave on Russia's missile blitz of Ukraine

Leaders of the G7 group of global economic powers are to hold a videoconference on Tuesday, one day after Moscow launched an unprecedented missile barrage targeting cities and infrastructure across Ukraine.

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Heatwaves will make entire regions uninhabitable within decades, report warns

The Red Cross and the United Nations have published a report warning that within decades heatwaves will become so extreme in some parts of the world that human life there will be unsustainable.

Radio France Internationale

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

Ukraine’s State Emergencies Service says that 19 people were killed and 105 others were wounded in Monday’s Russian missile strikes across Ukraine

The Independent UK

Serious debt crisis unfolding across developing countries - UNDP

The United Nations' Development Programme (UNDP) joined on Tuesday the chorus of institutions and charities warning that a serious debt crisis is now taking hold in the poorest parts of the world.

Reuters

Int’l Calls to Open Probe into Burnt Bodies Found on Sabratha Shore

International diplomatic missions in Libya issued several calls on Tuesday for an investigation into the recovered 15 bodies, including a number burned, found on and near a boat on the shores of Sabratha. Several humanitarian organizations called on Monday for the immediate rescue of the sinking boat off the coast…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iranian authorities round up celebrities as crackdown on protest continues

An international footballer and an influential blogger are among those arrested for criticising the ruling theocratic regime in Iran for a crackdown that has seen hundreds arrested in more than three weeks of deadly protests.

Radio France Internationale

UN: 54 Poor Nations Urgently Need Debt Relief

Cascading global crises have left 54 countries -- home to more than half of the world's poorest people -- in dire need of debt relief, the UN said Tuesday. In a new report, the United Nations Development Program warned that dozens of developing nations were facing a rapidly deepening debt…

Asharq Al-Awsat

G7 to Hold Crisis Talks on Russia's Bombing Blitz in Ukraine

The United States and other G7 powers will hold crisis talks Tuesday on Russia's recent bombing blitz across Ukraine, with Britain's Liz Truss expected to insist they "must not waver one iota" in their support for Kyiv. The meeting comes a day after Russian missiles rocked the Ukrainian capital for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Racing to Expand Enrichment at Underground Plant, IAEA Report Shows

Iran is rapidly expanding its ability to enrich uranium with advanced centrifuges at its underground plant at Natanz and now intends to go further than previously planned, a confidential UN nuclear watchdog report seen by Reuters showed on Monday. While indirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving…

Asharq Al-Awsat

G7 leaders say they will hold Putin 'to account' for Ukraine missile strikes

Russian missile strikes on the western Lviv region on Tuesday left parts of it without power a day after a wave of deadly strikes hit several Ukrainian cities. Leaders at a G7 meeting condemned 'in the strongest possible terms' Russia's recent missile blitz. Catch up with the day's developments on…

France 24

Saudi Defense Minister, Al-Alimi Discuss Efforts to Extend Yemen Truce

Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held in Riyadh talks on Monday with Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi. Their meeting focused on United Nations efforts to extend the nationwide truce that expired on October 2. Prince Khalid tweeted that the talks tackled efforts to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At UNGA, India votes to reject Russia’s demand for secret ballot on draft resolution on Ukraine

Moscow’s demand for a secret ballot was rejected after 107 UN member states, including India, voted in favour of a recorded vote.

The Hindu

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Reuters

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.)

The Guardian - AU

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

The Guardian - UK

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’

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The Independent 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

ABC News

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".

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

The Guardian - AU

‘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 National (Scotland)

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…

Miami Herald

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.

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