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Cop29: wealthy countries agree to raise climate finance offer to $300bn a year

EU and nations including the UK, US and Australia indicate they will make the increase in exchange for changes to a draft text, sources say

The Guardian - AU

Satellite images show North Korea breaking sanctions to get million barrels of oil from Russia

Pictures show North Korean tankers repeatedly loading oil at Russian port, report by UK group claims

The Independent UK

Key UN committee adopts resolution paving the way for a first-ever treaty on crimes against humanity

A key U.N. General Assembly committee has adopted a resolution paving the way for negotiations on a first-ever treaty on preventing and punishing crimes against humanity after Russia dropped amendments that would have derailed the effort

The Independent UK

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Christmas means women have to spend more time and money to stay safe

IN FOCUS: December is a time for making merry, but if you are female, a night out can often also be fraught with fear. Olivia Petter investigates why so many women continue to feel frightened when out after dark, and asks whether government awareness campaigns and some of the language…

The Independent UK

‘Protect the climate for whom?’: Palestinians highlight Gaza at Cop29

Advocates and officials argue that consequences of Israeli siege are inextricably linked to tackling the climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war briefing: US expects thousands of North Korean troops to enter Ukraine combat ‘soon’

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin says about 10,000 of the soldiers believed to be based in Kursk border region and being ‘integrated into Russian formations’. What we know on day 1,004

The Guardian - AU

UN Report Highlights Atrocities In Myanmar

Learn about the escalating violence in Myanmar by the military junta, leading to a devastating humanitarian crisis and urgent calls for international action.

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Israeli Ambassador to UN Claims 'No Starvation in Gaza' Despite UN Agency Warning of 'Imminent Famine'

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon claimed Palestinians in Gaza are not being starved despite multiple aid groups warning famine is imminent.

Latin Times

Developing countries urged to reject ‘bad deal’ as Cop29 climate talks falter

Talk grows of a walkout from poor countries in response to ‘unacceptable’ and ‘insulting’ finance proposal

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a joke’: $250bn climate finance offer met with scorn at COP29

Vulnerable nations are seeking $1.3 trillion annually to deal with the damage caused by climate change and to adapt.

Al Jazeera

Haiti summons French ambassador after Macron called its leaders ‘morons’

Government protests ‘unfriendly and inappropriate’ comments by French president caught on camera

The Guardian - US

UN Weighs Peacekeeping Mission for Haiti Amid Escalating Gang Violence and Political Instability

As gangs escalate violence in Haiti, the UN Security Council debates upgrading the current security mission to a peacekeeping force despite opposition from Russia and China.

Latin Times

Rich nations pledge $250bn for climate aid, but Africa demands more

Wealthy nations on Friday offered $250 billion a year to help poorer nations hit hardest by global warming but faced immediate calls led by Africa to give more as UN climate negotiations extended into overtime.

Radio France Internationale

Fears For Gaza Hospitals As Fuel, Other Aid Run Low

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Friday that hospitals have only two days' fuel left before they must restrict services, after the UN warned aid delivery to the war-devastated territory is being crippled.

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The Conversation

Cop29: Indigenous communities still being sold short as the world decides how to regulate carbon markets

As the annual UN climate conference, Cop29, draws to a close, negotiators, civil society observers and activists are staying up late, poring over draft texts that will determine how the international community addresses climate change for years to come. Central among their concerns this year: the turbulent world of carbon…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Are we headed for a Third World War in Ukraine? If so, shouldn’t we be talking about it?

Is the Ukraine conflict turning into a world war involving Britain? If so, shouldn’t there be more open discussion about it? I mention this because British Storm Shadow long range missiles have been used by Ukraine inside Russian territory. Yesterday, the Russian ambassador to London, Andrei Kelin, declared that “Britain…

The Conversation

Nations at Cop29 have emphasised the role culture can play in climate recovery – as a playwright, I’m sceptical

For many, the advent of the 29th UN Cop has elicited as much despair as hope – especially with the long shadow of the US election result darkening proceedings. Add in the grim irony of its setting in Baku, Azerbaijan – capital city of a petrostate maxing out on fossil…

The Guardian - AU

Think the Cop29 climate summit doesn’t matter? Here are five things you should know

Who pays how much to fund the switch from fossil fuels, what to do about nuclear power, and who hosts Cop31 are key questions

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UNIFIL Monitors Heavy Clashes In South Lebanon

Israeli troops clash with Hezbollah in south Lebanon; ICC issues arrest warrants for war crimes. Gaza faces severe humanitarian crisis with food shortages.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s really an honour’: people of oil-rich Azerbaijan welcome climate summit

Cop29 is taking place in a country whose economy has long been dependent on its oil reserves

The Independent UK

Middle East latest: UN reports heavy clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in south Lebanon

Israeli troops have fought fierce battles with Hezbollah fighters in different areas in south Lebanon, including a coastal town that is home to the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: ICC seeks Netanyahu’s arrest over allegations of ‘war crimes and crimes against humanity’

The international criminal court also issued warrants for Israel’s Yoav Gallant and Hamas’s Mohammed Deif. Plus, Matt Gaetz withdraws from attorney general nomination

The Independent UK

More aid workers have been killed in 2024 than in any other year, UN says

The United Nations says more aid workers, health care staffers, delivery personnel and other humanitarians have been killed in 2024 than in any other single year

Radio France Internationale

Macron's criticism of Haiti leaders sparks diplomatic row with former colony

Haiti has summoned France's ambassador following remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron who was filmed calling the country's leaders "completely stupid". Macron's comments have sparked particular outrage in the former French colony.

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