Biden tells UN ‘we cannot grow weary’ in Ukraine’s defence in valedictory speech
US president assumes mantle of elder statesman, defending his foreign policy record and urging Gaza deal
Joe Biden has sought to defend his foreign policy achievements on the world stage with an address to the United Nations general assembly against a backdrop of three brutal, intractable wars that have stymied world diplomats seeking an end to the bloodshed.
Addressing the assembly hall in New York on Tuesday, Biden took on the mantle of elder statesman as he alternated between a message of hope and a full-throated defense of his record on foreign policy.
Continue reading...Meloni-themed restaurant opens near asylum-seeker camp in Albania
Trattoria Meloni contains 70 portraits of Italian PM and is near site where arrivals to the EU are processed
A restaurant dedicated to Giorgia Meloni has opened in the vicinity of a camp in Albania where the asylum claims of people who seek to enter the EU by sea will be processed as part of a controversial pact promoted by the Italian far-right prime minister.
Trattoria Meloni, a seafood restaurant in the northern port of Shëngjin, was opened by Gjergj Luca, a restaurant owner who is close to the Albanian prime minister, Edi Rama.
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Sweden blames Iran for cyber-attack after Quran burnings
Turkey’s President Erdogan says UN and Western values are ‘dying’ in Gaza
Streep: ‘A Squirrel Has More Rights’ Than Afghan Girls – Newser
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- Meryl Streep: ‘A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan’ The Guardian
- Afghan women have less freedom than cats, Meryl Streep says at U.N. The Washington Post
- Meryl Streep: Today In Kabul A Female Cat Has More Freedom Than A Woman Forbes
What is Hezbollah, the group battling Israel in Lebanon? – The Associated Press
Swiss police make arrests over suspected death in ‘suicide capsule’
Criminal case opened after Sarco capsule – which releases nitrogen gas at the touch of a button – used in Merishausen
Swiss police say they have opened a criminal investigation and arrested several people after the suspected death of a woman in a so-called suicide capsule.
According to local reports, the capsule, named the Sarco Pod by its inventor, was used for the first time on Monday afternoon in a forest close to the German border in the Swiss town of Merishausen.
In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org and Open Counseling
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Deadly Israeli attack on residential area in Beirut leaves carnage
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- Opinion | Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World The New York Times
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UN chief calls Middle East crisis ‘nightmare’ amid push for Lebanon ceasefire
António Guterres says violence puts region at risk as Hezbollah and Israel seem unwilling to dial down fighting
The UN secretary general has told world leaders that Lebanon is on the brink of becoming a second Gaza, adding that the crisis has “become a non-stop nightmare that threatens to take the whole region down”.
António Guterres made his warning as diplomats meeting in New York for the UN general assembly battled to impose a ceasefire in Lebanon and to hold Israel back from a possible ground invasion.
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UK’s Starmer calls for ‘de-escalation’ between Israel and Hezbollah
Outrage as Hungary presides over EU talks on democratic standards
Country held chair due to rotating presidency despite Orbán government being under EU sanctions procedure
Hungary’s government has presided over EU talks on upholding democratic standards across the continent, in a development one prominent MEP described as “outrageous”.
Viktor Orbán’s government has been under an EU sanctions procedure since 2018 for posing a “systemic threat” to democracy and the rule of law.
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Keir Starmer calls for release of Israeli … sausages? – POLITICO Europe
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- U.K.’s Labour Party is back in power, but the celebration is muted The Washington Post
- The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s speech: serving working people, but what about others? The Guardian
Airlines suspend more Lebanon flights amid Israeli airstrikes
Emirates, Qatar Airways, Air France and Lufthansa among carriers pausing services to and from Beirut
International airlines have suspended more flights to Lebanon amid an Israeli bombardment that authorities said had killed almost 560 people since Monday.
The United Arab Emirates-based airline Emirates announced the temporary suspension of its flights to Beirut on Tuesday and Wednesday. Its sister airline flydubai also cancelled flights to Beirut on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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