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Crunch time at the UN as candidates vie for top job
The UN is frequently accused of waste and incompetence. Maybe if they started appointing senior people on merit that might change.
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More than 100,000 homes remain damaged or destroyed in Gaza six months after a conflict with Israel, as lack of funds and a blockade continue to hamper reconstruction.
The UN is frequently accused of waste and incompetence. Maybe if they started appointing senior people on merit that might change.
The odds of a coalition after 2015 recede in your mind the more you chat around Westminster. It’s not impossible. But it’s not a hot favourite either.
Yemen is currently without a president and a government after Shia rebels took over the capital Sana’a causing ramifications for the region and the US’s war on terror.
Fighters from a Shia militant group are in de facto control of Yemen after seizing the presidential residence overnight, but have stopped short of declaring a full blown coup.
The twelve people who died in the attack on Charlie Hebdo’s offices include some of France’s most celebrated cartoonists.
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Taliban, has attacked the “atrocious and cowardly” killing of more than 100 schoolchildren in Pakistan by the Islamist extremists.
The family of Anni Dewani, whose husband has been cleared of her murder during the couple’s South Africa honeymoon, say they are “deeply disappointed” that the justice system has failed them.
If Andrew Lansley were to submit a CV for the top humanitarian role at the UN – which David Cameron is nominating him for – what would he write under “relevant experience”?
A chorus of concern is growing at the prospect of David Cameron’s former Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley being put forward for a senior humanitarian role at the United Nations.
“A bunch of militamen were in control of a British army base in the UK”. A whistleblower gives his shocking account of the Libyan army training fiasco to International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
Shrien Dewani, the British millionaire accused of murdering his wife on their honeymoon in South Africa, pleads not guilty.
The legality of any future British air strikes on Iraq may be clear – but the justification for US intervention in neighbouring Syria is much less obvious.
Today in New York the UN will sit down to talk about climate change. Again. But can one extra day of talking possibly make any difference to change the pace of action on global warming?
This weekend saw the world’s biggest march on climate change to date. Will the enthusiasm be replicated at the New York on Tuesday? Channel 4 News takes a look.