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Security officials did not immediately comment on what caused the blast, which local news outlets said inflicted a number of casualties. Source link
“Today, traumatised civilians are still trapped inside El Fasher and are being prevented from leaving,” said UN human rights chief Volker Türk in a statement released on Friday. “I fear that the abominable atrocities such as summary executions, rape and ethnically motivated violence are continuing within the city.”The statement comes amid mounting reports from UN human rights watchdogs and other experts of widespread violence and war crimes after the city of El Fasher fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia on 23 October this year, which has been battling former allies-turned-rivals – the military government in Khartoum – for control of Sudan for over two years.Violence continues even for those who managed to flee the city, since exit routes have become scenes of “unimaginable cruelty,” Mr.…
People walk past a Burger King restaurant with Chinese national flags displayed on a street during the National Day Golden Week holiday on October 5, 2024, in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty ImagesRestaurant Brands International on Monday announced that it will form a joint venture with CPE, a Chinese alternative asset manager, to run Burger King’s restaurants in China.Earlier this year, a subsidiary of Restaurant Brands acquired its equity interests from its previous Burger King China partners, Turkish-based operator TFI and U.S.-based private equity firm Cartesian Capital, for roughly $158 million in cash. At the time, the company said…
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“Whether it is floods sweeping South Sudan and Brazil, record-breaking heat in Kenya and Pakistan, or water shortages in Chad and Ethiopia, extreme weather is pushing already fragile communities to the brink,” the UN agency said.Over the past decade, weather-related disasters accounted for 250 million internal displacements, the equivalent of around 70,000 every day, or two displacements every three seconds. Returns to Syria and Afghanistan this year have contributed to lower global displacement than in 2024. Frontline struggleIn a new report, UNHCR also pointed out that three in four of all those who’ve been uprooted now live in countries where frontline…
The latest strikes raised the death toll in the campaign to 76 people in 19 attacks in the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea since early September. Source link
The Prince of Wales began a five-day visit to Brazil on Monday, and on his first day visited the famous stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Source link
The move, which came after two Thai soldiers were injured by a land mine, imperiled a pledge by the two countries to resolve their longstanding differences at the behest of President Trump. Source link
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has said she will press charges against a man who groped her during a public appearance.Mobile phone footage of the incident on Tuesday shows Sheinbaum speaking to a group of supporters on a street near the National Palace in Mexico City. In the video, a man approaches her from behind and attempts to kiss her on the neck and place his hands on her body. Sheinbaum moved away quickly and a member of her team stepped in, but she was visibly shaken. The offender has been arrested.”My view is, if I don’t file a complaint, what…
A former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has told the BBC that US air strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats would be treated under international law as crimes against humanity.The comments by Luis Moreno Ocampo come as the Trump administration faces mounting questions over the legality of the attacks in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific – which have killed at least 66 people in the last two months.The administration says it is in a formal armed conflict with South American traffickers who are bringing drugs into the US.But Mr Moreno Ocampo said the military campaign fell…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Electric vehicles are proving their worth when it comes to long-term emissions. While building an EV creates more pollution upfront because battery production demands more energy, the balance changes fast once the car is on the road. After about two years of normal driving, an electric car overtakes a gas-powered one in total CO2 savings and keeps widening the gap over time.A peer-reviewed study published in PLOS Climate supports this finding. Researchers Pankaj Sadavarte, Drew Shindell, and Daniel Loughlin conducted the analysis titled, “Comparing the climate and air pollution footprints of Lithium-ion BEVs and…
At least 31 inmates have been found dead in a prison in southern Ecuador, including 27 who had been hanged, officials say. Four prisoners were killed and more than 30 injured in clashes between rival gang members in El Oro prison in the city of Machala in the early hours of on Sunday. Hours later, security guards who had been alerted to a fresh outbreak of gang violence found the others who had been hanged on the building’s third floor, Ecuador’s prison service said.The country’s overcrowded prisons have been the scene of a series of deadly riots and gang fights…
Mark PoyntingClimate reporter, BBC NewsAFP via Getty ImagesCountries are gathering in Belém, Brazil, for their annual meeting on tackling climate change.COP30 takes place 10 years after the Paris climate agreement, in which countries pledged to try to restrict the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C. However, the head of the United Nations (UN) says “overshooting” 1.5C is now inevitable – and many world leaders are absent from the talks.What is COP30 and what does it stand for?COP30 is the 30th annual UN climate meeting.COP stands for “Conference of the Parties”. “Parties” refers to the nearly 200 countries that have signed…
China will require licenses for export of 13 chemicals used to make the deadly drug, another indicator of thawing tensions between the world’s two largest economies Source link
What in the World presenter Hannah Gelbart talks to Graihagh Jackson, presenter of The Climate Question, about the Amazon’s impact on the planet. Source link
Nick Davisin Falmouth, JamaicaWatch: BBC visits battered hospital in Jamaica as recovery underwayAs you drive into Falmouth, there’s still a moat of dirty looking standing water surrounding the town. On the coastal road, as you slowly push forward in the car, the bow wave breaks and you are hit by the smell of sewage. Passing cars drive slowly so as to not send the spray through the window.This part of the historic town was hit badly by Hurricane Melissa. The regional hospital is on the low-lying road that is the western route into its centre. It was flooded as the…
A Times investigation found that children are routinely deprived of birth certificates, medical care and education. Diplomats and police officers turned the mothers away. Source link
New Wales head coach Steve Tandy suffers an opening defeat in his first game in charge as Argentina power to a record win in Cardiff. Source link
We pieced together the details, from Riyadh to Nairobi. Source link
Justin RowlattClimate EditorBBCThere is a photograph, taken ten years ago in Paris, that today seems like something of a relic.In it, dozens of men and women line up in dark suits, in front of an enormous sign that reads COP21 Paris. Right in the middle the UK’s then-Prime Minister, David Cameron, grins widely, as he stands beside the future King Charles III, just in front of China’s Xi Jinping. Far off to the right is the then US President Barack Obama, deep in conversation with someone who is cut off from the frame – because there were so many leaders…
Global stocks rallied Monday as the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown appeared to be drawing to an end.The U.S. senate has approved the first stage of a bipartisan deal which could bring an end to the shutdown. The deal would fund the government until Jan. 30th next year, and would potentially reverse some of the permanent layoffs of government employees that occurred during the 35-day impasse.Strategists said a potential end to the shutdown would offer a boost to investors after a week in which AI and tech stock jitters sent global equities into retreat.Speaking with CNBC’s “Europe Early Edition” on Monday,…
The visit by President Ahmed al-Shara is another step in the transformation of the former rebel leader once wanted by the United States as a terrorist. Source link
Steffan MessengerWales environment correspondentGetty ImagesThe golden lion tamarin is an endangered species that is native to the Amazon rainforests of BrazilTree-felling in the Amazon rainforest is partly to blame for pollution that is plaguing UK rivers such as the Wye, a new report suggests. It points the finger of blame at soy which is imported from vast plantations overseas and used as livestock feed, calling this a “hidden link” to the poor state of many waterways in Wales, and around the UK.The report from environment groups Size of Wales and WWF Cymru says the soy is high in phosphorus, and…
The episode has contributed to concerns among intelligence allies that Kash Patel, brash and partisan, is also unpredictable and even unreliable. Source link
