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Voices: A post-foreign aid world needs to be built on transformational tax and trade policies

COMMENT: As traditional donors like the US and UK cut back, the answer for Africa and the Global South is not in charity, but in a fundamental restructuring of how the world economy is organised, writes Fadhel Kaboub

The Independent UK

IS group-linked militants slaughter 60 people in eastern DR Congo

A local official says the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) targeted residents attending a burial in the country's North Kivu province.

Euronews

Alarm as WHO accepts increasing amount of dark money from corporate donors

Experts say millions in corporate funding and concealment of donors’ identities raises key conflict-of-interest concerns

The Guardian - US

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Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg 'set on fire after drone strike'

The Portuguese-flagged vessel was reportedly hit while anchored outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia

Evening Standard

Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem and Emma Stone among 1,300 filmmakers to boycott Israeli film companies

The new campaign comes amid a growing number of entertainment industry initiatives to protest Israel’s war in Gaza. The pledge says Israeli film institutions are playing their part in "genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."

Euronews

'Drone strike' hits Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid

A DRONE has allegedly struck a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on board ...

The National (Scotland)

Hundreds of earthquake-hit villages in Afghanistan still not reached: UN

The UN says the affected areas were already some of the most remote in the country, leaving communities cut off.

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Lead ship of Flotilla for Gaza struck by drone off Tunisia, organisers say

Videos circulating online reveal a luminous flying object hitting the vessel. No crew members were harmed. Activists part of the flotilla say they will not be deterred by the attack, and that their mission will continue as planned.

Euronews

Africa Climate Summit puts financing and resilience under the spotlight

The second Africa Climate Summit opened in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Monday, with the continent determined to position itself not only as a frontline victim of global warming but also as a source of solutions and innovation.

Radio France Internationale

Fire breaks out after ‘drone strike’ on Gaza-bound flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg

Eyewitness says the explosion happened ‘right next’ to the boat’s diesel tank

The Independent UK

‘I broke completely’: how jobseekers from Africa are being tricked into slavery in Asia’s cyberscam compounds

A growing number of Kenyans, Ugandans and Ethiopians are being trafficked to Myanmar, where missing online scam targets leads to beatings and torture

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan quake destroyed 5,230 homes in 49 villages -- but the UN hasn't gotten to 362 others

An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake has found that 5,230 homes were destroyed and 672 were damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages

The Independent UK

Netanyahu threatens Gaza residents as UN slams Israel over ‘mass killing’

Gaza City residents told to ‘leave now’, while UN human rights chief condemns Israel for ‘war crime upon war crime’.

Al Jazeera

Australian ‘terrified for my life’ after apparent drone strike on vessel – as it happened

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Over 1,300 artists vow boycott of Israeli film institutions amid Gaza war

Ayo Edebiri, Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed and Tilda Swinton are among more than 1,300 signatories to the pledge.

The Guardian - UK

Bayrou’s fall and a divided parliament hardly offer the stability Macron needs

The French president will have to choose a new prime minister after resistance to austerity budget unites left and far-right in opposition

The Guardian - UK

US visa refusal for Palestinian delegation prompts calls to move UN meeting to Geneva

General assembly session about two-state solution for Palestine and Israel due to start in New York on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Africa’s climate summit is fighting back against Trump’s fossil fuel agenda

ON THE GROUND: Attendees in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa tell Nick Ferris while the US president’s attitude makes things difficult, the realities of the climate crisis represent a far more pressing problem

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The Guardian - AU

Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation

From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our world

The Conversation

Baby turtles vanish into the Indian Ocean for years: now a model shows where they might go

All sea turtle species are threatened worldwide. They migrate long distances in the oceans – often thousands of kilometres – and so fall under multiple countries’ laws and conservation targets. They also have a complex life cycle with changes in habitats and diet at different life stages. These things make…

The Independent UK

Starmer set to meet Palestinian Authority president Abbas

The meeting comes against the backdrop of further violence after Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a Jerusalem bus stop.

Euronews

Spain increases humanitarian aid for Gaza and imposes arms embargo on Israel

Spain's government has been an outspoken critic of the war in Gaza, which began after Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people in an incursion into southern Israel on 7 October 2023.

Radio France Internationale

ICC opens war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony

The International Criminal Court will open hearings against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, in a landmark step for international justice nearly two decades after issuing its first-ever arrest warrant for him.

The Independent UK

Spain intensifies criticism of Israeli offensive in Gaza. Israel responds with travel bans

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has intensified criticism of Israel's actions in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict

Latin Times

Trump Officials Mull Terrorist Label for Venezuelan Security Agency Accused of Political Repression

Amnesty International identified the DGCIM as one of the main state agencies responsible for enforced disappearances in Venezuela in a damning report back in July

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