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‘Unfortunately it took these fires to highlight the need to address the conditions of asylum seekers’ – Shabia Mantoo, UN Refugee Agency
Shabia Mantoo from the United Nations Refugee Agency is asked about plans to improve the situation at the Moria Camp.
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Military coup: Soldiers kick out the president of Mali
The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting tonight after soldiers seized control in Mali.
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Hezbollah member found guilty of involvement in 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s former PM
A United Nations-backed tribunal has convicted one member of the Hezbollah militant group of planning the assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri, 15 years ago.
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Relief agencies fear coronavirus spread in Rohingya camps
The United Nations Refugee Agency has appealed for international assistance for the crowded Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, where the first cases of coronavirus have been recorded.
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Coronavirus deaths in Spain exceed China
Coronavirus has now claimed 16,000 lives across 195 countries – and the United Nations says individual countries can’t respond alone – calling for the world’s richest nations should provide $2 billion to help the world’s poorest survive.
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‘The very area where they sought sanctuary is itself coming under attack’: UN humanitarian coordinator
We speak with Dr Mohammad Abrash from Idlib Central Hospital and Mark Cutts, who’s the United Nations Deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis.
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UN seeks help to thwart locust swarms in east Africa
The United Nations has called for international help to fight huge swarms of Locusts which are sweeping through parts of east Africa.
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Saudi Crown Prince denies hacking Jeff Bezos’ phone
United Nations’ human rights investigators have called for an immediate investigation into the possibility that a video file sent on WhatsApp from the account of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, or MBS, may have hacked the phone of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post.
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Greta Thunberg joins activists at UN climate conference
The climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has been mobbed at the United Nations climate crisis conference in Madrid.
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UN warns climate crisis close to ‘point of no return’ as climate conference begins
The climate crisis could soon reach the point of no return, the United Nations chief António Guterres has warned, describing the global response so far as ‘utterly inadequate’.
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‘You have stolen my childhood’: Greta Thunberg makes emotional appeal at UN climate summit
The teenager who inspired millions to take to the streets in a historic global protest over climate change has given a passionate speech to world leaders at the United Nations climate summit in New York.
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Boris Johnson interview: From do or die to deal or die?
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in New York to sell his vision of post-Brexit Britain to world leaders as they gather at the United Nations.
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Fears Dorian deaths could reach ‘staggering’ levels
The United Nations has warned that more than 70,000 people in the Bahamas are in need of “immediate life-saving” help in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
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UN authorises investigation into attacks on health facilities and schools in Syria’s last rebel-held area
The Secretary General of the United Nations has authorised an investigation into attacks on health facilities and schools in Syria’s last rebel-held area.
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Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket attack
The United Nations has warned that we may once again be facing a very dangerous escalation of violence in Gaza.