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Wildlife populations plunge 73 percent amid warnings of biodiversity crisis

Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by WWF published on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Starmer bolsters anti-Russian sanctions ahead of welcoming Zelensky to Downing Street

The prime minister’s Ukrainian counterpart is due to visit Downing Street on Thursday

The Independent UK

Ex-UN Ambassador Says Trump Broke the Law If He Called Putin: 'Another Apparent Trump Crime'

Susan Rice said Trump's alleged phone calls with Putin after leaving office may have violated the Logan Act.

Latin Times

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Saudi Arabia loses bid for a seat on UN's premier human rights body

Saudi Arabia was defeated for a seat in the U.N.’s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups urging the world body’s members to reject its bid

The Independent UK

Former foreign policy adviser to three UK PMs appointed as UN aid chief

Tom Fletcher becomes sixth Briton in a row to take up post despite calls for it to be subject to open competition

The Guardian - UK

Cambodia: journalist arrest signals false dawn for democracy as the country slides into authoritarianism

Mech Dara, an award-winning Cambodian journalist and one of the kingdom’s last remaining independent media voices, was arrested on Monday, September 30. He has been detained over a social media post for “incitement to disturb social security”, and faces up to two years in jail.

The Conversation

UN tribunal orders ex-official to repay $58.8 million lost in bad deals while getting perks

A U.N. tribunal has ordered a former high-ranking official to repay the United Nations $58.8 million lost in deals he made with a British businessman who showered him with interest-free loans, a Mercedes for his wife and perks for his sons

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El Salvador faces scrutiny for ‘political’ trial of five environmental activists

UN and legal experts have condemned prosecution of anti-mining campaigners over alleged civil war-era killing

The Guardian - US

400,000 trapped in hell of northern Gaza, UN says, as death toll passes 42,000

Up to 51,000 children in the besieged Gaza strip could be unaccompanied or separated from their parents

The Independent UK

English water system singled out for criticism by UN special rapporteur

Prof Pedro Arrojo-Agudo says regulator Ofwat ‘complacent’ about water firms putting their shareholders before public

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s path-breaking’: British Columbia’s blueprint for decolonisation

First Nations are negotiating with government on sharing crucial decisions over forestry, mining and construction

The Guardian - UK

Israeli Soldiers Occupy Southern Lebanese Village Of Maroun Al-Ras

Israeli forces took control of Maroun Al-Ras in Lebanon, destroying Hezbollah positions. US criticized Israeli actions.

Top News

UN calls for action as famine and disease stalk Sudan

Risk of ‘countless’ additional deaths, with health system in ‘freefall’ and cholera cases surging amid 18-month war.

Al Jazeera

Destruction of Gaza heritage sites aims to erase – and replace – Palestine’s history

In 2016, British photographer James Morris published Time and Remains of Palestine. The images in this book bear witness to an absence of architectural monuments, and to the invisible moments of history buried in the rubble and wastelands of Palestine.

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The Guardian - UK

At least 400,000 people trapped by Israel’s latest Gaza offensive, says Unrwa

Raid centred on Jabaliya camp is worsening hunger and threatening polio vaccine campaign, says Philippe Lazzarini

The Independent UK

Urban policies and housing as drivers of economic growth in Africa

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The Guardian - UK

Europe was a leader on saving nature. Now, its backsliding could threaten global progress

Once a champion of initiatives to protect nature, the EU is now giving in to pressure from farmers and the far right

The Independent UK

Israeli offensive in hard-hit northern Gaza kills and wounds dozens and threatens hospitals

Palestinians say a large-scale Israeli operation in northern Gaza has killed and wounded dozens of people and threatens to shut down three hospitals

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Al Jazeera

Brazilian nun awarded UN refugee prize

Sister Rosita Milesi runs national network helping refugees across Brazil and has helped shape public policy.

The Independent UK

US sanctions a leader of Sudan's paramilitary group for fueling a brutal war

The United States has sanctioned a senior leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for supplying weapons for the 17-month-long war, which has killed more than 20,000 people

International Business Times

Hezbollah Strikes Israel, Says It Foiled Israeli Incursions

Hezbollah fired projectiles into Israel on Wednesday and said it foiled ground incursions, a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon could face destruction like Gaza.

The Guardian - UK

What is gender apartheid – and can anything be done to stop it?

Activists hope a change in international law could help to address the intensifying erosion of women and girls’ rights in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Afghan women fight to hold Taliban to account over gender apartheid

What women face in Afghanistan is a crime against humanity, say activists pushing for recognition by UN

The Guardian - UK

China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years

IEA says faster clean energy rollout led by solar power in China with country set to boast half of world’s renewables by 2030

International Business Times

Paying Out Disaster Relief Before Climate Catastrophe Strikes

Beyond the complex byways of international finance, a simple solution is gaining ground to protect populations caught in the path of destructive extreme weather: transfer a little money via their mobile phones before disaster strikes.

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