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Last-minute hearing over Archie Battersbee treatment as life support set to end today

Court of Appeal grants hearing at 11am, hours before youngster’s life-support due to be withdrawn

The Independent UK

The first Ukrainian grain ship leaves Odesa after months of Russian blockade

The milestone comes after the U.N. and Turkey signed agreements with Russia and Ukraine to resume exports. The U.N. had pushed for a deal to address a growing global food shortage.

WEKU

First ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa

Turkey says the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain under a new agreement among Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations left the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Monday bound for Lebanon.

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What is ‘Centaurus’? Fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

The Independent UK

New UN Proposal on Yemen Truce

Discussions over extending the nationwide truce in Yemen are no longer covering whether it would be accepted or not, but tackling new suggestions to the ceasefire itself, revealed several diplomatic sources to Asharq Al-Awsat. The truce is set to end on Tuesday. Sources expected the Taiz province to be a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Attack on Mykolaiv hospital described as ‘cynical terrorism’; Moscow bans 39 Britons including Keir Starmer – as it happened

City’s mayor condemns attack on medical facilities; former UK PM David Cameron also among those now blacklisted

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 159 of the invasion

First grain ship departs from Odesa as part of Turkey-brokered export deal; Russia says five injured in Black Sea drone attack

The Guardian - UK

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Australia urged to prove it is a safe nuclear custodian as Aukus comes under scrutiny at UN

Non-nuclear state Australia’s handling of nuclear-powered submarines will have to be ‘impeccable’, Australia Institute says

The Guardian - AU

Last-minute hearing due in case of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee

The Court of Appeal has granted a hearing at 11am on Monday, hours before the youngster’s life-support is due to be withdrawn.

The Independent UK

A Tunisian protege

Child protege and accomplished author Amir Fehri, 18, has been wearing a number of hats since a young age.

Bangkok Post

Israel demands U.N. disband Gaza war panel over alleged anti-Semitism

Israel on Sunday demanded that a United Nations' panel investigating its 2021 war with Palestinian militants be disbanded, condemning remarks made by one of its members as anti-Semitic.

Reuters

We need a big plan to help towns like Broke after natural disasters

I think the time has come for a permanent federal disaster levy to be dished out and run strictly by the federal government immediately for the greater good.

Newcastle Herald

Government backs UN bid to stop Archie Battersbee's life support being stopped tomorrow

The 12-year-old boy was set to have his treatment ended tomorrow, but government legal advisers have asked the High Court to 'urgently consider' a request from the UN

Daily Mirror

Government intervention over withdrawal of Archie Battersbee’s treatment

The Government Legal Department has asked the High Court to delay the withdrawal of life support treatment from Archie Battersbee.

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Government asks High Court to review UN request over life support for Archie Battersbee

Government lawyers have asked the High Court to “urgently consider” a request by the UN to stop life-support treatment being ended for 12-year-old Archie Battersbee, according to reports.

The Guardian - UK

Court to hear last-minute appeal in Archie Battersbee case

Court of appeal to consider request by UN body to review plan to switch off life support treatment for 12-year-old in a coma

Reuters

U.N. brigade in Congo opened fire at border post, killing two

Soldiers returning from leave to a United Nations intervention brigade in Democratic Republic of Congo opened fire at a border post, killing at least two people and injuring 15 others, Congo's government and the U.N. peacekeeping force said on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Ukraine war hangs over UN meeting on nukes treaty's legacy

A major U.N. meeting on the landmark Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is about to begin after a long delay due to the coronavirus pandemic

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Ukraine’s harvest could be halved this year due to Russian invasion, warns Zelenskiy

President’s comments likely to intensify fears of worldwide grain shortage and global hunger

Asharq Al-Awsat

First Grain-Carrying Ship Could Leave Ukraine on Aug. 1

The possibility of the first grain-exporting ship leaving Ukraine's ports on Monday is high, a spokesperson for President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Speaking in an interview with broadcaster Kanal 7, Ibrahim Kalin said the joint coordination center in Istanbul will probably complete the final work on the exporting routes…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Williams Ends Libya Mission, Accuses Politicians of Being ‘Opportunistic’

The United Nations announced that the veteran American diplomat, Stephanie Williams, will leave her position on Sunday as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Libya. She will leave her post amid renewed tensions in the North African country that is divided between rival administrations in the east and west and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Says Harvest Could Be Halved by War

Ukraine's president said on Sunday that the country's harvest could be half its usual amount this year due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "Ukrainian harvest this year is under the threat to be twice less," suggesting half as much as usual, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote in English on Twitter.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

PA Files Complaint to UN Security Council Against Lapid’s Gov’t

The Palestinian Authority filed a complaint to the United Nations Security Council against Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s caretaker government. “The occupying power (Israel) has launched an illegal and massive campaign to colonize Palestinian land and build hundreds of other settlement units,” the PA noted, citing the ongoing violent attacks…

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Under the Banner of Heaven; Love Island; The Newsreader; Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution

Righteous indignation fuels Disney’s Mormon murder mystery; Love Island staggers to a close; The Newsreader is over far too soon; and a brilliant documentary reports on Myanmar’s descent into civil war

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says harvest could be halved by war

Ukraine's president said on Sunday that the country's harvest could be half its usual amount this year due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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