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• Prime ministers from Australia and Iceland addressed the global climate crisis ahead of a United Nations meeting. • These leaders discussed the specific environmental impacts on their nations while other world leaders avoided the issue due to inflation and war.

• The United Nations is shifting its strategy in the Sahel region toward diplomacy and humanitarian aid as the 81st UN General Assembly begins. • The UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) now operates as a special political mission focused on mediation and conflict prevention rather than a peacekeeping operation with troops.

• World leaders are gathering in New York for the 81st annual United Nations General Assembly to address widening global conflicts and a trust deficit. • Some actors are controlling fuel and food supplies to create scarcity and increase costs on a global scale.

• World leaders will gather for the UN General Assembly to discuss global crises and ongoing wars. • Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak on Thursday, while the US denied a visa to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

• World leaders are gathering for the UN General Assembly to address ongoing wars, the risks of artificial intelligence, and the need for institutional reform. • The organization continues to manage humanitarian relief, refugee assistance, peacekeeping, and diplomacy.

• World leaders gathered in New York on Tuesday for the 81st UN General Assembly to begin high-level debates on global crises and governance. • The agenda focuses on regulating artificial intelligence, addressing climate change, and managing conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan, and the Middle East.

Thousands flee fighting as Iran-aligned group seeks to consolidate territorial gains against Saudi-backed government forcesMiddle East live – latest updatesAs many as 169 people have been reportedly killed in Yemen in the last three days as Iran-aligned Houthis battle Saudi-backed government forces for control of strategic heights on the Red Sea coast, while thousands flee the violence.Houthi military officials said at least 118 people had been killed in clashes, as well as Saudi air and artillery strikes on Taiz, al-Jawf, Marib and Saada provinces since Sunday, Agence France-Presse reported. Yemeni government sources have said at least 36 people have been killed on their side of the conflict. Continue reading...

Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs, who died in 2004, exonerated of mailbag theft after new evidence emergedTwo men have had theft convictions quashed at the court of appeal half a century after they were wrongfully arrested because of a corrupt police officer, although one did not live to see his exoneration.Christopher Poulter and Kevin Biggs were 21 and 18 respectively when they were convicted in 1976 of taking 13 mailbags from a wagon in Clapham goods yard in London. Continue reading...

Party leader tells conference growth created by rejoining EU single market and customs union would fund changeUK politics live – latest updatesEd Davey has unveiled a plan for a £17bn income tax cut in a speech aimed at shoring up the party’s support among former Conservative voters, but which risked disappointing some Liberal Democrat MPs who want a bolder vision for the party.Addressing the party’s annual conference in Brighton, the Lib Dem leader said the proposal, which would eventually increase the threshold for paying income tax to £15,000 and raise the level at which people pay the 40p higher rate by about £6,000, would be paid for entirely by increased growth. Continue reading...

MPs send out letter as Israeli government seeks bids for construction of large E1 settlement in West BankBritish banks and financial institutions are receiving written warnings from MPs that they should not invest in Israel’s E1 settlement project even though new UK laws banning trade with illegal settlements are unlikely to be in place for months.A letter was sent on Tuesday to all banks by the all-party Britain-Palestine group of MPs saying the onus was now on banks to review their obligations not to cooperate with new settlements. Continue reading...

EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same ageMotorists buying a secondhand car with a lot of miles on the clock are likely to find an electric vehicle (EV) ultimately more reliable than a petrol vehicle, according to a study.An analysis of 47.4m MOT tests found that after cars were driven 90,000 to 120,000 miles, EVs were about 25% less likely to fail than petrol models of the same age (based on a failure rate of 16.5% versus 22.1%). Continue reading...

Lord Newby is to chair the inquiry, commissioned in response to the discrimination case brought by David Campanale who is claiming £790,000 in damagesThe Liberal Democrats have quietly commissioned a review into the treatment of figures who hold religious views within their ranks, weeks after the Guardian revealed the religious discrimination claim against the party by the former candidate David Campanale.Campanale, a former BBC journalist, was selected in 2021 as the party’s candidate for Sutton and Cheam, but was removed in August 2023. He has argued that discrimination against his Christianity cost him his political career in a civil case against the party. Continue reading...