UK government 'appalled' by Israel's attacks on UN bases in Lebanon
IDF investigating after UN peacekeepers injured in Lebanon
The Israeli military (IDF) says it is conducting a "thorough review" after being notified that two UN peacekeepers were "inadvertently hurt during IDF combat against Hezbollah" in southern Lebanon.
The UN's peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (Unifil) has said that its Naqoura headquarters were affected by explosions for the second time in 48 hours today.
Two peacekeepers were injured today after two explosions happened near an observation tower, it said, while yesterday, two Indonesian soldiers were injured falling from an observation tower after an Israeli tank fired towards it.
Two more peacekeepers were injured in a separate explosion earlier - the UN tells the BBC it's still investigating the incident
Meanwhile, rescue workers are searching through rubble after two Israeli air strikes hit central Beirut on Thursday
Lebanon's health ministry says the attacks, which came with no warning, killed at least 22 people and injured 117 others. Israel has not yet commented
Fifa is ‘ignoring human rights report’ into Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup bid
- Lawyers say Fifa is ‘dealing with the devil’ with Saudi bid
- They have had no response from Fifa after five months
Fri 11 Oct 2024 15.37 BST
A group of leading legal figures say Fifa has ignored their report into human rights concerns over the 2034 World Cup, warning that the governing body is “dealing with the devil” in planning to take the tournament to Saudi Arabia.
A decision on the Saudi bid to host the World Cup is to be made in December, although it appears to be a foregone conclusion given there are no other bidders. The lawyers – Prof Mark Pieth, Stefan Wehrenberg and Rodney Dixon KC – submitted a report to Fifa in May pointing out areas in which the Saudi state breached the human rights policies of world football’s governing body.
Angola caught in tug-of-war between China, US
Rich oil and gas reserves, along with a strategic position for natural resource extraction from Africa's interior, make Angola a focal point for both China and the US.
US President Joe Biden was scheduled to visit Angola this week, but the trip was postponed at the last minute due to the looming threat from Hurricane Milton in Florida.
While a new date for Biden's visit remains uncertain, his tentatively planned trip to the oil-rich country — which would be his first visit to Africa as US president — underscores the growing importance of Angola for the United States.
Should Zelensky's government be afraid of far-right groups?
Ukrainian deputy Oleksandr Merezhko sparked a stern online backlash after publicly warning about the threat posed by what he described as a growing far-right movement in Ukrainian society. Ukraine’s far-right fringe remains a sensitive topic in the war-torn country – and an easy target for Russian propaganda.
It was a startling statement by anyone’s standards. Speaking to the Financial Times at the start of October, Ukrainian deputy Oleksandr Merezhko, the chair of the parliament’s foreign affairs committee and a member of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People party, said that ultranationalist elements within the war-torn country posed a very real threat to the government – and one that could one day stand in the way of any attempt to negotiate an end to years of brutal fighting.
“There will always be a radical segment of Ukrainian society that will call any negotiation capitulation,” he said. “The far right in Ukraine is growing. The right wing is a danger to democracy.”
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors
By MIKE CORDER and ELENA BECATOROS
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.
Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was made as the “taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure.”
Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a shift in his country’s nuclear doctrine, in a move aimed at discouraging the West from allowing Ukraine to strike Russia with longer-range weapons. It appeared to significantly lower the threshold for the possible use of Russia’s nuclear arsenal.
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