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UN Security Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolution – as US abstains
The growing divide between Israel and Washington has been laid bare by the US allowing the United Nations Security Council to vote for a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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Israel-Gaza: Fears hostilities could spread across Middle East as UN chief calls for ceasefire
“The Middle East is a tinderbox” the United Nations chief Antonio Gutteres warned today – amid mounting fears that the war in Gaza risks spreading the hostilities across the region.
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Why is South Africa bringing a genocide case against Israel at the ICJ?
The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest legal body, is about to hold hearings in The Hague on a case brought by South Africa.
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Israel-Gaza: Half of Gaza’s population living in Rafah says UN
In Gaza, the United Nations says it believes more than a million people are now living in the southern settlement of Rafah on the border with Egypt.
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This is a war on children’ says UNICEF spokesperson James Elder, who recently returned from Gaza
We’re joined by the United Nations Children’s Fund spokesperson James Elder, who’s just returned from Gaza.
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Draft COP28 text a ‘huge step backward’ says Green MP
The Draft COP28 deal is a “huge step backwards,” Caroline Lucas tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy, but the Green MP says there is still time to turn the United Nations conference around.
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‘The risk of Hezbollah getting directly involved is quite significant’, says former UK National Security Adviser
We spoke to Sir Mark Lyall Grant – a former senior British diplomat who was previously the United Kingdom’s National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.
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Sadiq Khan defends expansion of Ulez in Greater London
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is in New York where world leaders are gathering for the United Nations General Assembly which starts tomorrow.
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UN demands action to stop the deadly Darien Gap migrant route known as ‘hell on Earth’
The United Nations has called for urgent intervention in the lawless stretch of jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap.
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Thousands of Sudanese flee West Darfur to Chad
The United Nations Human Rights office says it has ‘credible information’ that the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces or RSF – which is currently fighting the Sudanese army – is responsible for a mass grave in West Darfur.
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UN warns global temperatures set to rise 1.5 degrees in next five years
United Nations’ scientists have warned that global temperatures are set to rise by the crucial 1.5 degree threshold in the next five years, with potentially devastating consequences.
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‘We all are resolute to end this military dictatorship’, says Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to UN
We spoke to Kyaw Moe Tun the Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, he was appointed by the previous Government, and since the UN does not recognise the new military administration, he remains in New York despite being a fierce critic of the new regime.
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Concerns grow over welfare of asylum seekers trapped on Diego Garcia
The United Nations Refugee Agency has told this programme it’s concerned about the welfare of asylum seekers trapped and isolated in a makeshift camp overseen by the UK, and has asked for access.
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UK government’s asylum deal with Rwanda ‘unacceptable’, Nobel Peace Prize winner says
We speak to the Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Denis Mukwege, who’s demanding the United Nations impose sanctions on Rwanda for its alleged support of the M23 rebels – accusations the Rwandan government denies.
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COP27: ‘The oil and gas industry needs to pay’ for carbon capture says UN climate rep
Rachel Kyte, a former United Nations climate special representative joins from Massachusetts.
