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After day of rest at climate summit, COP28 negotiators turn back to fossil fuels

The United Nations climate conference is opening its final week with negotiators expected to zoom in on the future of fossil fuels on a dangerously warming planet

The Independent UK

US highlights ‘gap’ in Israel’s commitment to protect civilians in Gaza

In some of the strongest criticism of Israel’s conduct in its war with Hamas, Antony Blinken says Israel must put a ‘premium on civilian protection’

The Guardian - AU

Talks at Cop28 set to intensify in bid to break impasse over fossil fuels

UN climate chief calls for ‘highest ambition’ as nations wrangle over draft agreement

The Guardian - UK

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UN Security Council To Consider Urging Gaza Ceasefire

The UN Security Council meets on Gaza Friday under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire after weeks of ruinous war.

International Business Times

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in the intense fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The United States' deputy representative at the UN, Robert Wood, said the resolution was "divorced from reality" and "would have not…

France 24

Israel Pursues Hamas In And Around Gaza's Biggest Cities

Israel pressed on with its offensive in and around Gaza's main cities on Friday, more than two months after Hamas's deadly attack sparked a war that has claimed thousands of lives and left the Palestinian territory in ruins.

International Business Times

The UN secretary-general invoked 'Article 99' to push for a Gaza ceasefire. What exactly is it?

It’s called “Article 99.”

The Independent UK

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 653

As the war enters its 653rd day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Israel urges Gaza civilians to flee to 'safe zone,' where arrivals find little but muddy roads

Israel has designated a small slice of land along Gaza’s Mediterranean coast as a safe zone

The Independent UK

UN says Africa faces unprecedented food crisis, with 3 in 4 people unable to afford a healthy diet

The United Nations says at least three of every four Africans can’t afford a healthy diet because of an “unprecedented food crisis.”

The Independent UK

UN aid chief sees ‘promising signs’ on opening of new crossing to Gaza

Martin Griffiths says the Kerem Shalom crossing may be opening ‘soon’ to facilitate aid deliveries to Gaza.

Al Jazeera

IDF instructions on Gaza refuge zones cruel ‘mirage’, say aid agencies

Those who have fled to ‘humanitarian zone’ in south-west Gaza bemoan total lack of shelter and barely any food

The Guardian - UK

Holyrood passes revised bill on children’s rights after UK challenge

Scotland to become first devolved nation to incorporate UNCRC into domestic law – unless Westminster intervenes again

The Guardian - UK

Struggling to survive in Gaza: ‘If war does not kill my children, hunger will’

Residents of Khan Younis tell Tom Bennett about not being able to feed their children as Israel expands its war on Hamas and supplies run out

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DeSantis raises eyebrows by telling GOP debate his favourite president is Calvin Coolidge

‘He’s one of the few presidents that got almost everything right. He understood the proper role of the federal government under the Constitution,’ DeSantis says

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Parliament unanimously passes children's rights bill after legal challenge

The first-ever Bill in the Scottish Parliament to go through a reconsideration stage after being initially knocked down by the courts has passed…

WEKU

How the Republican presidential candidates view Jan. 6, democracy and voting issues

Here's where the current notable GOP hopefuls, including Donald Trump, stand on issues of democracy and election integrity.

The Conversation

Billions have been raised to restore forests, with little success. Here's the missing ingredient

Protecting and restoring forests is one of the cheapest and most effective options for mitigating the carbon emissions heating Earth.

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Fortune

The method to COP28’s madness: A first-hand account

What it was really like to be at COP28 in Dubai, from queuing with thousands of other people to meeting King Charles III.

The Guardian - UK

Italian opera singing joins pizza-making on UN cultural heritage list

Unesco describes art form as ‘means of free expression’ with cultural value ‘recognised at national and international levels’

The Guardian - UK

Widespread destruction in Gaza puts concept of ‘domicide’ in focus

Concept is increasingly accepted in academia but is not a distinct crime against humanity under international law

The Guardian - UK

Cop28: highlights and lowlights so far

An update on the first half of the UN climate conference in Dubai, including shock over the host president’s comments

The Conversation

Apartheid in Namibia: why human rights and women are celebrated on the same day

10 December is worldwide commemorated as Human Rights Day. It marks the anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted on that day in 1948. Many countries and organisations acknowledge this as a significant marker.

The Guardian - UK

Israel pounds ‘250 Gaza targets in a day’ as UN chief warns order may break down

Twenty people killed in airstrikes that hit two homes in Rafah, a town to which IDF told Palestinians to flee

The Guardian - AU

Australia commits $150m to climate finance for vulnerable Pacific countries

However, the Albanese government has not contributed to a newly created global loss and damage fund at Cop28

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