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• 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 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.

• 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.

• Hundreds of diplomats and world leaders are gathering this week at the United Nations headquarters in New York for the General Assembly. • The event serves as the largest annual meeting for global diplomacy.

Veronica Escobar tells Guardian she was prevented from speaking to detainees at much-criticized Texas facilityFederal immigration officials in Texas prevented US representative Veronica Escobar from fully conducting her congressional oversight duties at a controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center, the lawmaker said in an interview with the Guardian.Escobar, a Democrat who represents El Paso and surrounding areas on the US-Mexico border in west Texas, conducted an oversight visit last month at the Camp East Montana ICE tent facility housed in the Fort Bliss military base, after two separate “disturbances” had been reported there in recent weeks. Continue reading...

Australian scientists found unequal impact of the climate crisis would not be reversed even if implicit goal of the 2015 Paris agreement is achievedSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe unequal impact of the climate crisis on the world’s poorest people has been highlighted by new research that finds the tropics will be among the last places to feel the benefits if the global community cuts greenhouse gas emissions to net zero.Temperatures have risen more significantly in tropical areas relative to historic levels than at higher latitudes, including in wealthier countries in Europe and North America.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

Without an agreement sanctions on nearly 3,000 entities accused of supporting the war on Ukraine will lapse at the end of the dayin BrusselsThe EU is deadlocked over a plan to remove two Russian billionaires, Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, from its sanctions list as part of a bitterly disputed deal to keep broader restrictions in place on nearly 3,000 people and companies accused of enabling Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.“Extending sanctions for 36 months would be the right step. However, the price for it must not be simply striking both individuals from the sanctions list. Latvia cannot accept SUCH an offer.” Continue reading...

RBA governor says AI is ‘great white hope’ but its adoption is so far adding to inflation, rather than economic growth The Reserve Bank governor said AI could be a bubble and there was no evidence it is making the economy more efficient, as the Albanese government claims the technology will solve Australia’s economic malaise.Ahead of an expected interest rate rise next week Michele Bullock also said the slump in house prices was deeper than others in Australia’s recent history. Continue reading...

Former New Zealand prime minister’s purchase biggest recorded in suburb of Dee Why this year Jacinda Ardern and her husband, Clarke Gayford, have bought a $5.3m house in Sydney’s northern beaches, according to a source with knowledge of the sale.The former New Zealand prime minister settled on a house in Dee Why after looking at properties in the area including in nearby Curl Curl. Continue reading...

The illustrator and author ‘gave joy to millions of children around the world’, his family saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe beloved Australian illustrator and author Terry Denton, most famous for his work on the Treehouse series, has died aged 76.His publisher, Curtis Brown, released a statement on social media saying Denton died surrounded by his family on Monday. Continue reading...

A woman has been accused of murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent to cause murderA mother has been charged after allegedly fatally stabbing one child and seriously injuring two others in the Blue Mountains.Emergency services responded to reports on Sunday that three children and a woman had been found in a vehicle in Valley Heights with stab wounds. New South Wales police said bystanders who were first on the scene attempted to perform first aid while contacting triple zero. Continue reading...