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• UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed released a report detailing the impact of the UN development system's efforts through 2025. • Key achievements include providing food aid to 121 million people, measles vaccinations to 191 million children, and social protection to 84 million individuals.

• A summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping took place, characterized by significant pageantry but lacking in substantive policy outcomes. • The event occurred amidst a shifting global landscape, featuring reported cracks in Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship and evolving tensions between major powers.

• Political risk analyst Ian Bremmer asserts that President Donald Trump currently represents the primary driver of global risk. • The analysis suggests that Trump's unpredictable approach to governance and foreign policy creates significant instability for international relations.

• Political risk analyst Ian Bremmer asserts that President Trump is currently the primary driver of global risk. • Bremmer argues that Trump prioritizes personal desires and "vainglorious" goals over the stability of critical U.S. alliances.

• The BMJ Group has launched a new collection focusing on the geopolitics of global health, examining how political power dynamics now shape health priorities over scientific or epidemiological needs. • The collection highlights a critical shift where traditional multilateral systems are under threat, leading to increased uncertainty in how global health is managed.

• During the second day of the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) 71st Council Meeting, global leaders emphasized the urgent need for a unified approach to environmental governance. • The discussions focused on preventing fragmentation as three separate Conferences of the Parties (COPs) converge, highlighting the intersection of climate action, biodiversity, and ocean health.

Trump, who was swiftly evacuated from April gala after incident, confirmed his attendance at summer eventThe White House correspondents’ dinner will be rescheduled for 24 July after the Washington event was abruptly cancelled this spring following a shooting.Donald Trump, who was swiftly evacuated from the gala following the incident on 25 April, has pledged to attend a rescheduled event. Continue reading...

ICC’s decision comes amid growing concerns the team is being influenced by members of a notorious gang in IndiaCricket’s international governing body has suspended Canada over what it described as “serious breaches of its membership obligations”, dealing the latest blow to an organization that critics say has become a “laughing stock” within the sport.The suspension also comes amid growing concerns that one of Canada’s fastest-growing sports is being influenced by members of a notorious gang that operates with impunity from an Indian prison cell. Continue reading...

Prime minister under pressure to show his campaigns against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran have brought results as he faces elections with his political survival at riskIf there is to be a peace deal between United States and Iran, it will have to go through a familiar obstacle: Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have become a sticking point in the talks for a potential opening of the strait of Hormuz – once again testing the volatile alliance between Donald Trump and Netanyahu.This time, the Israeli prime minister is under exceptional pressure to show that his campaigns against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran have brought results as he faces elections with his political survival at risk. Continue reading...

Warplanes carry out dozens of airstrikes and Israeli army issues evacuation warning for city of NabatiyehIsraeli warplanes have launched dozens of strikes across southern Lebanon despite a new agreement supposedly brokered by Donald Trump aiming to bolster the tattered ceasefire in Lebanon.The US president said on Monday that he had stopped an imminent Israeli strike on Beirut and that he had spoken to Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and representatives of Hezbollah and both agreed that “all shooting will stop”. Continue reading...

As ethnonationalist far right drives racist agenda, Reform UK leader felt need to weigh in on murder of Henry NowakThe full horror of Henry Nowak’s last moments was only just sinking in on the morning after the release of police footage showing him pleading for help when Reform UK served notice that its leader would be making an “emergency address”.Appearing via a live stream from a location with fields in the background, Nigel Farage paid tribute to the “extraordinarily dignified” response of the Nowak family, before wading in with remarks of his own. Continue reading...

Helen Spree, 63, headed prison watchdog and was said to have become besotted with killer Dylan Westall, 35A corrupt prison watchdog boss who billed herself “the prisoners’ Deliveroo” has been jailed for five years after admitting sending sexual messages to a killer inmate and smuggling drugs.Helen Spree, 63, was the head of the independent monitoring board (IMB) for HMP Liverpool when she engaged in illicit chats with prisoners over a 20-month period. Spree was said to have become besotted with Dylan Westall, 35, who was serving a life sentence for manslaughter for shooting a teenager in the head. Continue reading...