Trump calls for nations to close borders and expel foreigners in UN speech: ‘Your countries are being ruined’

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US president accuses European countries specifically of ‘destroying your heritage’ by allowing migration

Donald Trump took the stage at the United Nations general assembly hall for the first time in six years to launch a full-on assault on the world body, which he described as a feckless, corrupt and pernicious global force that should follow the example of his own leadership.

In an inflammatory speech on the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Trump called for countries to close their borders and expel foreigners, accused the UN of leading a “globalist migration agenda”, and told national leaders that the world body was “funding an assault on your countries”.

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Brazil’s president says in UN speech that democracy can prevail over ‘would-be autocrats’

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South American leftist Lula takes indirect swipes at Trump in speech and warns that global threat of ‘anti-democratic forces’ persists

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, has launched an impassioned defence of his country’s democracy, claiming the recent conviction of his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had shown the world how “would-be autocrats” could be brought to heel.

Speaking at the opening of the United Nations general assembly in New York, Lula hailed Brazil’s successful effort to repel “an unprecedented attack” from Bolsonaro’s extreme right movement. On 11 September, the former paratrooper was sentenced to 27 years in jail for trying to stage a military coup after he lost the 2022 election to Lula.

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Quebec’s police watchdog to investigate killing of 15-year-old boy by officers

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Police opened fire within seconds after responding to a report of masked teens, according to a resident

The head of Quebec’s police watchdog said it will investigate the death of a 15-year-old boy who was shot dead by officers, revealing that the only weapon recovered from the scene of the fatal shooting belonged to the police.

At a rare news conference on Tuesday, Brigitte Bishop, director of the province’s office of independent investigations, said her unit would conduct an “impartial” investigation into the death of Nooran Rezayi.

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Kremlin threatening Moldova’s independence, president warns ahead of key vote – BBC

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  1. Kremlin threatening Moldova's independence, president warns ahead of key vote  BBC
  2. Revealed: Putin’s Secret Plan to Hack Moldova’s Pivotal Election  Bloomberg.com
  3. Is this 'the most important election' in Moldova's history?  DW
  4. Moldova arrests 74 over ‘Russian plan to incite mass riots’  The Times
  5. Russia’s disinformation toolbox in Moldova: Bot networks, Moscow church propaganda and vote-buying  Euronews.com
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Chinese Navy Releases Footage Of Flight Operations From New Aircraft Carrier “Fujian” – navalnews.com

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  1. Chinese Navy Releases Footage Of Flight Operations From New Aircraft Carrier “Fujian”  navalnews.com
  2. China’s latest aircraft carrier showcases new fighter jet launch system. Only the US has the same tech  CNN
  3. Chinese Aircraft Carrier Fujian Launches Stealth Jet, Early Warning Aircraft in Catapult Tests  USNI News
  4. China Showcases Electromagnetic Carrier Catapult For First Time  Bloomberg.com
  5. China flexes western Pacific muscle with Fujian launches: analysts  South China Morning Post
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‘Guess what?’ Macron phones Trump after US president’s motorcade blocks his car

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Bemused French president forced to take unscheduled 30-minute trek through the streets of New York

Emmanuel Macron had to walk half an hour by foot through New York after his speech to the United Nations on recognising Palestine as a state.

Video footage shows him getting out of his car to talk to police officers after they stop his vehicle to make way for the expected arrival of the motorcade of Donald Trump, the US president.

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Teacher takes legal action against Melbourne Catholic school group over refusal of pronouns

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State and federal anti-discrimination laws on collision course as Sacred Heart Girls College in Oakleigh refuses to recognise Myka Sanders’ gender identity

The Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (Macs) has refused to let a non-binary teacher use their preferred pronouns and title, in a case that has put state and federal anti-discrimination laws on a legal collision course.

Two years ago, non-binary teacher Myka Sanders – who uses they/them pronouns and Mx for their title – asked Sacred Heart Girls College in Oakleigh, Melbourne if their gender identity could be recognised at school.

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Months before triple zero failure, Optus claimed that giving live updates on outages would impose ‘huge burden’

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Telco had resisted new rules that will require greater sharing of information with authorities during outages

Optus claimed it would face a “huge burden” in having to provide real-time updates on emergency call outages to emergency services and the government, just five months before four people died during an Optus triple zero outage.

A 12.30am network firewall upgrade on Thursday last week blocked emergency service calls for Optus customers in South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and parts of New South Wales, with more than 600 calls not able to connect in the 13 hours it was offline.

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Rubio Pushes Back on Tusk Threat to Shoot Down Russian Aircraft – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Rubio Pushes Back on Tusk Threat to Shoot Down Russian Aircraft  Bloomberg.com
  2. Poland to Russia: ‘You have been warned’ so don’t ‘whine’ if your jets are shot down in NATO airspace  politico.eu
  3. Can NATO innovate fast enough to counter Russia’s growing drone threat?  CNN
  4. Poland will shoot down objects in clear-cut airspace violations, prime minister says  Reuters
  5. UK and Poland vow to confront Russian aircraft violating Nato airspace  The Guardian
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West Africans deported by the US were denied their rights, says lawyer

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Men were sent on from Ghana despite ‘risk of torture, persecution or inhumane treatment’

A lawyer for 11 west Africans deported by the US to Ghana said they had been returned to their home countries despite many fearing for their safety.

Under Donald Trump’s drive to ramp up expulsions, the US has sent migrants to third countries, including Rwanda, Uganda and El Salvador, prompting accusations that deportee rights have been violated.

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Middle East crisis: Trump to address UN general assembly as Israeli attacks on Gaza City continue – as it happened

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US president to address UN general assembly in New York after UK, France, Belgium, Canada, Australia and Portugal recognised a Palestinian state

The UN investigators cited examples of the scale of the Israeli killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding.

The 1948 UN Genocide Convention defines genocide as crimes committed “with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such”. To count as genocide, at least one of five acts must have occurred.

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‘We’ll leave you to rot’ — UN report details horrific torture of Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. 'We'll leave you to rot' — UN report details horrific torture of Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Ukrainian civilians suffer systematic torture in Russian facilities, UN says  Reuters
  3. UN Slams 'Systematic' Russian Torture of Ukrainian Civilians  The Moscow Times
  4. Russia Uses Soviet-Era Psychiatry to Silence Anti-War Voices, UN Report Says  UNITED24 Media
  5. Human Rights In Russia In 'Seismic Decline' Amid War On Ukraine, UN Expert Says  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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