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The sanctions regime was established in 2022 and includes a travel ban, asset freeze and arms embargo.Panama and the United States drafted the resolution, which also renews the mandate of the panel of experts that supports the sanctions committee.It comes just weeks after the Council authorised a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti to replace the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) that has been backing the national police in their efforts to combat the violence.“These measures will restore security in Haiti and bring gangs to their knees,” the US representative said.Designation annexResolution 2794 (2025) expresses grave concern over “the extremely…
Drones will be used to help police officers responding to emergencies in a trial in London.Remotely-launched drones will send back information from the scene to assist officers both on the ground and in a control room, the Metropolitan Police has said. Piloted by a trained operator and kept in special boxes on the roofs of selected police buildings, the drones will be launched from the force’s control room, as part of a response to a 999 call, arriving on the scene within two minutes and start streaming back footage. Image: A police officer pilots a drone during a demonstration. Pic:…
Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi, briefing from Damascus, called for a renewed commitment to the participation of women in the country’s political transition, saying their exclusion risks undermining hard-won progress.Seat at the table“Syrian women have the right to participate fully and meaningfully in determining the future of the country,” she said. “They led and sacrificed for survival, justice and equality through more than a decade of conflict.”She noted that while six women were elected to 119 contested seats in the new transitional People’s Assembly, “the share of women is inconsistent with the societal and political role that Syrian…
Addressing ambassadors for the first time as head of the UN office in Haiti (BINUH), Carlos Ruiz Massieu addressed the continuing gang violence and humanitarian crisis in the country, the upcoming political transition set to take place next year and bid to restore national security through the recently agreed Gang Suppression Force (GSF).‘Dire’ circumstances“There is no doubt that the circumstances are dire, but the Haitian people have not given up,” said Mr. Massieu, who has met multiple political, international and civil stakeholders in the country over the past two and a half months.As armed groups are increasingly targeting farming communities on the…
Steve RosenbergBBC Russia EditorSputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via Reuters and ReutersOne week ago I had the distinct feeling it was Groundhog Day, or as the Russians call it, Dyen Surka.Amid US threats to pressure Moscow – by supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine – Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump held a telephone call. The result: the announcement of a US-Russia summit in Budapest.Last August, amid threats of additional US sanctions against Russia, Putin met Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff. The result: the announcement of a US-Russia summit in Alaska.Déjà vu.But Groundhog Day seems to be over.The Alaska meeting went ahead, with minimal…
Root vegetables are the edible parts of plants that grow underground. Some common examples include carrots, sweet potatoes, and bulbs, like onions and garlic. Root vegetables are highly nutritious, providing an abundance of energy, vitamins, minerals, and protective plant compounds. They also stay fresh longer than other vegetables, making them a convenient and healthy choice. szjphoto / Getty Images Sweet potatoes are a healthy, tasty root vegetable packed with fiber, B vitamins, and vitamin A. One 3.5-ounce (oz) serving of baked sweet potato with the skin contains: Calories: 90Protein: 2.01 grams (g)Carbohydrates: 20.7 gFiber: 3.3 gVitamin A: 961 micrograms (mcg),…
The UN Security Council meets at the top of the hour in New York to debate the Middle East, with Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Coordinator for the region expected to brief. The session comes amid faltering progress on the fragile Gaza ceasefire and mounting humanitarian needs after two years of war, with famine still looming in parts of the territory. Ambassadors will likely discuss yesterday’s ICJ advisory opinion affirming Israel’s obligation to allow agencies aid access under international law. Follow our in-depth live coverage from 10am; UN News app users can go here. Source link
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks, while sat with U.S. President Donald Trump, after the announcement of a trade deal between the U.S. and EU, in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersRelations between the U.S. and European Union have been thorny this year with differences over how to support Ukraine, trade tensions and tariffs, dominating a tense period of diplomacy between the power blocs.But, in a somewhat ironic twist of the ongoing Ukraine war, a shared sense of frustration and suspicion of Russia’s refusal to come to the negotiating table has brought the U.S.…
Airbus employees stand in front of the MetOp-SG A (L) and MetOp-SG B (R) MetOp-SG (Meteorological Operational Satellite – Second Generation) meteorological satellites in the clean room of the company’s defense and space branch on November 10, 2023 in Toulouse, southwestern France. MetOp-SG is a family of meteorological satellites placed in sun-synchronous polar orbit which will make it possible to refine short-term forecasts. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)Lionel Bonaventure | Afp | Getty ImagesAirbus, Leonardo and Thales announced Thursday that they will combine their satellite and space activities to form a “leading…
Violence broke out during a protest outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Dublin on Tuesday evening. Gardaí (Irish police) were attacked with bricks, fireworks and glass bottles at the Citywest Hotel, in Saggart. Six people were arrested, and five of them have been charged. The protests came after an alleged sexual assault of a young girl in the vicinity in the early hours of Monday morning.Read more here. Source link
PA MediaA migrant who was sent back to France under the government’s “one in, one out” scheme later returned to the UK on another small boat, the BBC understands. More than 36,000 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats since the start of 2025. At the Labour Party conference, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer committed to “smash” people smuggling gangs and cut the number of crossings by 2029. How many people cross the Channel in small boats?As at 21 October, 36,734 people had arrived in the UK by small boat in 2025. That’s 8,530 more than on the…
Landon Loomis, vice president for Latin America & Caribbean at Boeing, speaks during a panel at the Bloomberg New Economy Gateway event in Panama City, Panama, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Tarina Rodriguez | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing named Landon Loomis, a Mandarin speaker and former White House adviser, as the new president of Boeing China, counting on his deep experiences in Beijing to steady the planemaker’s position as U.S.-China tensions flare anew.The appointment, effective immediately, will see Loomis take over the role from his predecessor Alvin Liu, who was appointed to the role in August 2023.Loomis will run…
The Louvre Museum in Paris has reopened three days after jewellery worth 88 million euros (£76m; $102m) was stolen in a brazen daylight robbery.Visitors were welcomed back to the Louvre from 09:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Wednesday, but the museum said its Apollo Gallery – where the heist took place – remained closed.Thieves wielding power tools took less than eight minutes to break into the world’s most-visited museum and make off with the loot on scooters on Sunday morning. They have not yet been caught.President Emmanuel Macron urged ministers to speed up the introduction of security measures at the…
Alibaba announced plans to release a pair of smart glasses powered by its AI models. The Quark AI Glasses are Alibaba’s first foray into the smart glasses product category.AlibabaAlibaba on Thursday announced pricing for its upcoming artificial intelligence glasses and launched a new chatbot powered by its latest AI models.The Chinese technology giant said the Quark AI Glasses will go on pre-sale on Oct. 24 on Alibaba’s e-commerce platform Tmall. The pre-sale price will start at 4,699 Chinese yuan ($659.4) but after applying various discounts, will cost 3,999 yuan.Alibaba will begin shipping the product from December.The Hangzhou-headquartered firm also unveiled…
Paul Kirby,Europe editor and Dearbail JordanWatch: “Heist made it more exciting to go to the Louvre”, says tourist as museum reopensThe Louvre failed to spot a gang of thieves early enough to stop the theft of €88m (£76m) worth of French crown jewels, the museum’s director has revealed.Laurence des Cars, speaking publicly for the first time since the heist on Sunday, told French senators that CCTV around the Louvre’s perimeter was weak and “aging”.The only camera monitoring the exterior wall of the Louvre where they broke in was pointing away from the first-floor balcony that led to Gallery of Apollo…
Elon Musk has called major investor advice firms opposing his $1trn pay package “corporate terrorists”.Mr Musk, the world’s richest man, is continuing to lobby for the pay award from his electric vehicle company, Tesla. He defended the sum during a Tesla earnings call on Wednesday, and criticised opponents – in particular two firms that help large investors decide how to vote at shareholder meetings.The billionaire took aim at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis after the firms recommended shareholders vote against approving his new pay plan.Mr Musk said ISS and Glass Lewis “have no freaking clue” and described them…
The world of enterprise AI is dominated by U.S. names from Microsoft to Salesforce, but Europe has a major player that is pushing hard into the space: SAP.In an exclusive interview with CNBC’s “Europe Early Edition,” SAP CEO Christian Klein said that AI is “the number one reason” why customers are signing deals with the firm. “After we close Q4, actually, 80, 85% of our revenue for next year is already done. So, [a] good pipeline for Q4 and with that, when we close out the year, our customers, also our investors, can expect there’s also very positive output,” he said. SAP’s…
Astra/TelegramCCTV cameras captured the moment of the blast in Kopeisk near ChelyabinskAn explosion at a Russian factory in the Urals has left at least 10 people dead, the region’s governor has said.Alexei Teksler said at least 19 people had also been injured in the blast, which took place in the Kopeisk district of the Chelyabinsk region, which borders Kazakhstan.The governor did not say which factory had been hit, but verified video shows a fireball filmed from the road beside the Plastmass plant in the area. Local media reports that the factory produces ammunition and weapons for the Russian military.Authorities have…
When King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in the Sistine Chapel this week to pray alongside Pope Leo XIV, it won’t just be a royal photo-op — it will be the closest Britain has come to healing a five-century-old religious rift born of politics, power, and love.The Big PictureFor the first time since Henry VIII’s Reformation in the 16th century, a British monarch will publicly pray with a Pope. The Vatican describes it as a gesture of “faith and fellowship.” Buckingham Palace calls it “a landmark in relations between the Church of England and the Catholic Church.”It’s also a…
Before boarding a plane for Israel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.N. backing was a potential next step to deploying an international stabilization force to the war-torn enclave. Source link
US forces have struck a second vessel alleged to be carrying drugs in the Pacific Ocean, amid an escalating US campaign against seaborne drug smuggling.Three people were killed and no US forces were harmed in the strike on Wednesday, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said. It comes a day after the US struck another boat in the Pacific, killing two people.Both vessels were believed to be carrying drugs along known trafficking routes in international waters, Hegseth added.The strikes are the eighth and ninth against suspected drug boats since 2 September – but the first in waters of the Pacific Ocean. Most…
ReutersThe price tag of Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery has been put at well above $486bnEuropean leaders aim to endorse controversial plans to use Russian frozen assets to support Ukraine at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday.The unprecedented proposal for what the EU has dubbed a “reparations loan” – would see Kyiv receive €140bn (£121bn) worth of frozen Russian state assets currently held by Euroclear, a Belgium-based financial institution.The plan has been months in the making, partly due to the legal complexities surrounding it, as well as concerns from member states about upsetting global financial stability.Belgium in particular has been reluctant…
Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSweden’s Volvo Cars on Thursday posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit, prompting shares to rally by around 40% and putting the stock on track for its best-ever trading day.Volvo Cars, which is owned by China’s Geely Holding, posted operating income for the July-September period of 6.4 billion Swedish kronor ($680.4 million), well above analysts’ expectations and up from 5.8 billion kronor a year earlier. The company said the result was largely driven by its ongoing 18 billion kronor cost-saving program, as well as certain one-off items. The Stockholm-listed stock price jumped as much 41% on Thursday…
Davy Wilson and Hayley Halpin,BBC News NI and Kevin Sharkey,at the Citywest Hotel in DublinPAFireworks thrown at police officers at the Citywest Hotel on Wednesday nightThree Irish police officers have been injured and 24 people arrested in a second night of disorder outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Dublin.Stones and fireworks were thrown at police, with one injured officer being struck in the head with a bottle and the other suffering an arm injury. Disorder broke out at the site following an initially peaceful protest over the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in the vicinity…
