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UN Ocean Conference sets sail in France on World Oceans Day

A fleet of 30 research and exploration vessels is to sail off the French coastal city of Nice, marking World Oceans Day and the opening of the third United Nations Ocean Conference

The Independent UK

Canada must take action to prevent climate-related migration

As wildfire season begins, the destructive impacts of climate change are being felt across Canada. Several communities in northern Saskatchewan have been issued evacuation orders due to wildfires. In Manitoba, Pimicikamak Cree Nation worked to evacuate hundreds of people as wildfires closed in, while smoke from those fires caused air-quality…

The Conversation

Israeli fire ‘kills 4 Palestinians’ near Gaza aid sites

Israeli officials have come under pressure in recent days for incidents near aid sites

The Independent UK

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What is UNOC? World leaders gather in Nice to confront ocean emergency

More than 10,000 people will gather in France for largest ocean conference ever.

Euronews

Cameroon's forgotten crisis displaces nearly a million people

Cameroon’s overlapping conflicts have pushed almost one million people from their homes. A new report says the crisis is both under-funded and under-reported. RFI spoke to some of those forced to flee, now struggling to survive far from home.

Radio France Internationale

Israeli forces strike Gaza residential building as 95 Palestinians killed over past 24 hours

At least 16 people killed in strike on residential building and six on way to get food aid

The Independent UK

‘Clearly an excuse’: Does Netanyahu really want Hamas gone?

Israeli PM says he will keep war on Gaza going until ‘Hamas is defeated’, but analysts say he may not want that.

Al Jazeera

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Professor sues University of California for suspension over comments about Israel’s war in Gaza

Rupa Marya, a doctor and professor at the university’s San Francisco campus, says her free speech rights were violated

The Guardian - US

Brazil urges United Nations to take lead role in Russia-Ukraine peace efforts

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday called on the United Nations to assemble a group of countries tasked with seeking a resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Radio France Internationale

Israel backs an anti-Hamas armed group known for looting aid in Gaza. Here's what we know

Israel is supporting armed groups of Palestinians in Gaza in what it says is a move to counter Hamas

The Independent UK

‘Let down by a world that claims to be humane but does nothing’: Palestinians speak out as Israeli bulldozers raze West Bank villages

IN DEPTH: Masafer Yatta, a collection of villages in the West Bank, has long been a target of forced evictions and settler attacks. After the month of May saw a village almost entirely wiped out and the announcement of 22 new Israeli settlements, Palestinians are losing hope, Alex Croft reports

The Independent UK

UK won't recognise Palestine at UN conference despite 'discussions', reports say

The UK will not recognise Palestine as a state at an upcoming UN conference, according to reports

The National (Scotland)

Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water, report warns

NGO says Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to address

The Guardian - UK

Israeli forces kill six Palestinians near Gaza aid site

Israeli forces have killed at least six Palestinians this morning near an aid distribution site in Gaza

The National (Scotland)

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‘These are traps set for the people’: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza

A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter

The Guardian - UK

Conference to recognise Palestinian state to weaken scope of its ambition, diplomats say

UK, France and other western states will not recognise Palestine at New York meeting, instead focusing on agreeing steps towards it

Al Jazeera

‘We do this to survive’: Harvesting opium poppies in Myanmar’s Shan State

Poppy cultivation and methamphetamine production has surged in Myanmar amid the country’s grinding civil war.

The Conversation

Women’s prize for fiction 2025: six experts review the shortlisted novels

From a longlist of 16, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Women’s prize for fiction. Our experts review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on June 12.

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Ocean’s survival hinges on finding the billions needed to save it

The ocean supports food, jobs and the climate systems that keep global weather in balance – but only 8 percent of it is protected, and money to safeguard the rest is critically lacking. This weekend, finance leaders and marine experts are meeting in Monaco for what many say is a…

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: David Beckham to be awarded a knighthood by King Charles

David Beckham, the former England soccer captain who has been an ambassador for the U.N. children’s fund for two decades, is to receive a knighthood in next week’s honors list from King Charles III, according to U.K. media reports Friday.

The Independent UK

As UN climate talks loom, Brazil's Amazon forest loses in May an area larger than NYC

Brazil’s environmental goals suffered a major setback in May as deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% compared to the same month last year, according to official monitoring data

The Independent UK

Starving Palestinians fear being shot dead for a bag of lentils as Gaza aid points close

Aid workers in both the south and north of Gaza tell The Independent that the GHF is not equipped to deal with the dire humanitarian situation in the enclave

The Independent UK

Arise Sir David!: Beckham to be awarded a knighthood by King Charles, according to media reports

David Beckham, the former England soccer captain who has been an ambassador for the U.N. children’s fund, is to receive a knighthood in next week’s honors list from King Charles III, according to U.K. media reports

The Independent UK

Syrian families return home in time for Eid al-Adha after years in notorious displacement camp

Yasmine al-Saleh has two occasions to celebrate this year: the Eid al-Adha holiday and her family’s return home after nine years in a notorious displacement camp in the Syrian desert

The Independent UK

Gaza marks the start of Eid with outdoor prayers amongst the rubble and food growing ever scarcer

People across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon

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