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Rishi Sunak urged to heed criticism on climate after Zac Goldsmith quits

Tory peer claims PM uninterested in environment but No 10 suggests exit had alternative motive

The Guardian - UK

The UN's scientific and education organization votes to readmit the United States

The United Nations’ scientific, educational and cultural organization has agreed to readmit the United States as a member

The Independent UK

France has ignored racist police violence for decades. This uprising is the price of that denial

The killing of 17-year-old Nahel shows how little has changed since the deaths of two teenagers fleeing police in 2005

The Guardian - UK

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875 arrested and 200 police officers hurt on France's 3rd night of protests over teen's killing: Key points

NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron appealed to parents on Friday to keep teenagers at home amid rioting spreading across France over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver that has resulted so far in the arrests of 875 people.

The Times of India

The eight social causes that Katie McCabe and other captains will highlight at the World Cup

FIFA have unveiled a list of eight armbands that captains will wear at this summer's World Cup, each one highlighting a social cause.

Irish Mirror

United States rejoins Unesco

PARIS: The United States rejoined Unesco on Friday, reversing its withdrawal during the Trump administration, the UN cultural agency said.

Bangkok Post

Union Tourism Minister to represent India at UN meet on Sustainable Development Goals

India will expound on how development of tourism can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 at the United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) to be held in New York in July.

The Hindu

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French police’s tendency to violence questioned after latest killing

Experts say French approach is chaotic, aggressive, brutal – and police see themselves as under siege

The Guardian - UK

Quiz of The Week: 24 - 30 June

The government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda hit another legal obstacle this week, as the Court of Appeal ruled that the deportation scheme was unlawful.

The Week

Families of tens of thousands missing in Syria draw some hope from new UN push to find loved ones

The families of some of the tens of thousands of people missing in Syria are drawing some hope from a new U.N. push to find their loved ones

The Independent UK

UN nuclear agency chief to visit Fukushima plant to see final preparations for release of wastewater

The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency will visit Japan next week to meet with officials and see final preparations for the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean

The Independent UK

Zac Goldmith's resignation letter IN FULL as he rips into 'uninterested' Rishi Sunak

The Tory peer said the Prime Minister's 'apathy' towards environmental and animal welfare issues meant his role as a government minister has become 'untenable' in a blistering letter

Daily Mirror

He took one of the deadliest migrant routes, hoping to save his cancer-stricken son

NPR speaks to the family of a Syrian refugee who died along with possibly hundreds of other people in a shipwreck off the Greek coast in June.

WEKU

Watchdog rejects Johnson’s suggestion Sue Gray’s Labour job meant she was not impartial investigating Partygate – as it happened

Advisory committee on business appointments says it has seen ‘no evidence’ that Gray’s decision-making was affected despite ex-PM’s claim

The Guardian - UK

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Al Jazeera

UN to investigate fate of 130,000 people missing in Syria war

Syria, Russia, Belarus, China, North Korea, Cuba and Iran were among those voting against UN resolution.

The Guardian - UK

Calls for sanctions against Sudan amid genocide warnings in Darfur

British MPs have been warned of ‘systematic ethnic cleansing’ at the hands of paramilitary forces

The Independent UK

UN children's chief: Youngsters in Haiti need aid and face `staggering levels' of gender violence

The head of the U.N. children's agency says close to half of Haiti’s people need humanitarian aid

The Independent UK

In rural India, summer's heat can be deadly. Ambulance crews see the toll up close

Extreme heat is fast becoming a serious public health crisis in India, with more than 150 people dying during a severe heat wave that blasted the country earlier in June

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The Independent UK

UN warns that 90% of Syrians are below the poverty line, while millions face cuts in food aid

The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that the 12-year conflict in Syria has pushed 90% of its population below the poverty line and millions face a 40% cut in emergency food aid in July because the $5.4 billion U.N. humanitarian appeal for Syria – the world’s largest – is only…

The Independent UK

UN votes to establish independent body to clarify fate of over 130,000 Syrians missing in conflict

The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution that will establish an independent body to determine what happened to more than 130,000 people missing as a result of the conflict in Syria

France 24

UK government vows to challenge court ruling on Rwanda deportation plan

Kigali has hit back at a ruling by judges at the UK's Court of Appeal that found Rwanda not to be a safe third country. This undermines a plan by the British government to deport asylum seekers there. Rwanda insists that it meets UN standards for the treatment of refugees…

The Guardian - UK

Battle over Rwanda deportations to continue as No 10 gears up for appeal

Sunak insists Rwanda is safe country to be sent to after court rules in favour of charities and 10 asylum seekers

France 24

Why deadly police shootings are on the rise on France’s roads

The death of 17-year-old Nahel, shot by a police officer on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, is not the first of its kind. Fatal shootings by police officers during traffic stops are on the rise in France. While police say it’s due to a spike in public non-compliance…

The Independent UK

Buddhist monk and a child reported among almost a dozen civilians killed in Myanmar airstrikes

Reports from Myanmar say airstrikes carried out by the country's military on two villages in the north-central region killed nearly a dozen civilians, including a Buddhist monk and a child

The Independent UK

Rwanda appeal decision ‘did not support or oppose any political view’ – judge

The Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s finding that the east African nation could be considered a ‘safe third country’ for asylum seekers.

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