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Blocked Gaza aid trucks a ‘moral outrage’ says UN chief
The UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has called the queue of aid-trucks waiting to be allowed into Gaza where people face starvation, ‘a moral outrage’. He was visiting the border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, not far from Rafah, where almost half of Gaza’s population have been displaced and where Israel is threatening to launch…
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Israel-Gaza: Fears hostilities could spread across Middle East as UN chief calls for ceasefire
“The Middle East is a tinderbox” the United Nations chief Antonio Gutteres warned today – amid mounting fears that the war in Gaza risks spreading the hostilities across the region.
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Entire Middle East in moment of ‘profound crisis’, says UN chief
The UN chief Antonio Gutteres has warned that the entire Middle East is in a moment of “profound crisis” – as he called for an immediate ceasefire, and for Hamas to release the hostages.
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‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ UN chief warns
Scientists say July is on track to be the world’s hottest month on record.
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UN chief warns Russia Ukraine conflict is “unwinnable”
Nearly a month into this war, fighting continues but with few major new gains on either side.
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UN Chief says world is facing ‘moment of peril’
US President, Joe Biden, has announced sanctions on the makers of the Nordstream 2 pipeline connecting Russia and Germany.
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UN chief prosecutor says ‘justice delayed doesn’t mean justice denied’ after Ratko Mladić loses appeal against genocide conviction
We spoke to the UN tribunal’s chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz, and started by asking him if the fact that one of the judges dissented had damaged the verdict.
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Israel-Gaza violence threatens whole region, says UN chief
At least 42 people have been killed in a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza City, as Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military operation against Hamas would continue “at full strength” and would “take time”.
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UN chief keen to bring peace in Cyprus
It’s one of Europe’s most protracted disputes. An island divided for more than 40 years.
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‘Thousands illegally held in Libya,’ says UN chief
Thousands of people are being illegally jailed and abused by Libya’s ex-rebels, a UN report says. Channel 4 News speaks to a Ghanaian woman who has seen friends detained or die trying to flee Libya.
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Sri Lanka ‘war crimes’: UN chief can’t order probe
The UN Secretary-General says he lacks authority to order a probe into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. A video shown by Channel 4 News formed part of the evidence of a UN report into the killings.
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Libya crisis: UN chief calls for ‘concrete action’
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, has said it is “time for concrete action” to deal with the violence in Libya. See latest updates and video in our #c4news live blog.
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UN chief: Pakistan floods ‘heart-wrenching’
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges foreign donors to speed up the deliver of aid to Pakistan’s flood survivors after describing the crisis as “heart-wrenching”.
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Post Office chief Vennells knew about IT remote access says former General Counsel
The man who was once the top lawyer for the Post Office, Chris Aujard, has told the inquiry into the Horizon computer scandal that the former chief executive Paula Vennells was reluctant to cease prosecutions entirely because they acted “as a deterrent”.
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Strike on aid workers could be ‘watershed moment’ for Gaza war, says Norwegian Refugee Council chief
We’re joined from Oslo by Jan Egeland, the Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
