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  • A composite image of three soldiers imposed over a line of refugees with a satellite image of a fenced camp

    ‘They showed no mercy’: mapping the Rohingya villages being erased by rebel forces

    Nearly a decade after the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya people by Myanmar forces, satellite images show the insurgent Arakan Army is now emulating the killings and land grabs
  • Nesrine Malik

    War, power games and impunity. I watched the farce that is the UN general assembly: what a tragedy, what a mess

    Nesrine Malik
    Ukraine, Iran, Palestine and Sudan: it has so many problems to confront and fails to do so. Seen up close, it is a study in stasis and decline, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
  • Aerial views of Al-Mawasi, Rafah, show farmland in 2023 replaced by dense housing by 2026

    New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza

    Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire
  • A policeman walks in front of buses in Kuala Lumpur carrying Myanmar nationals being repatriated from Malaysia despite concerns for their safety in the war-torn country.

    Malaysia begins Myanmar repatriations despite warnings from UN and rights groups

    Kuala Lumpur plans to send a total of 5,000 Myanmar nationals back to the war-torn country despite persecution concerns
  • Deforestation in the Amazon - detail of an area

    UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests

    Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
  • Liberian police officers and medical staff on duty at an airport

    Trump’s deportations to third countries violate human rights, UN experts warn

  • A scientists wearing white lab coat and face mask viewed through the observation window of a lab testing machine

    US response to UN pandemic talks ‘severely weakens’ global planning, says leading health expert

  • BESTPIX - Security Council Meets On Russia Ukraine War During United Nations General Assembly*** BESTPIX *** Mike Waltz, United States ambassador to the United Nations (UN), speaks during a United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting on "Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine" during the 81st session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters on September 23, 2026 in New York City. Members held the meeting on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to address the United Nations today

    UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war

    Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’
  • Small child and yellow bulldozer with collapsed buildings in backdrop and rebar in foreground

    61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies

    Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history
  • David Harewood

    I have seen with pride how British overseas aid saves children’s lives. That is why I say cuts should be reversed

    David Harewood
    I understand the pressure on the public purse, but I have also seen the effect of our spending on the ground, says actor and Unicef UK ambassador David Harewood
  • An Israeli flag waving with the illegal settlement of Maale Adumim on a hill in the background.

    UN adds 61 firms to settlements blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Palestinians

    Israel ‘categorically rejects’ publication and says businesses on database have committed no wrongdoing
  • Steve Bloomfield

    In his final UN speech, Macron may have given other leaders a valuable parting gift: the guts to stand up to Trump

    Steve Bloomfield
    The French president’s resolve seems to have rubbed off on the leaders of other ‘middle powers’, says Steve Bloomfield, the former international editor of the Observer
  • Blurred close-up of Donald Trump’s face

    The Saturday read
    ‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes

    Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans distance themselves from him
  • A man speaks in a large, ornate hall.

    Alarm at UN over sanctions threatened by US on international criminal court

  • Protesters hold an image of Benjamin Netanyahu with the word 'Criminal' above a crowd waving Palestinian flags and holding 'Free Palestine' signs

    Today in Focus
    Protests erupt as Netanyahu gives inflammatory UN speech - The Latest

    Podcast12:21
  • More than 100 people were arrested in large protests outside the UN headquarters as the Israeli prime minister addressed the general assembly, while he faced a mass walkout of delegates as he began his speech. Lucy Hough speaks to UK global editor Devika Bhat

    Today in Focus: The Latest
    Protests erupt as Netanyahu gives inflammatory UN speech - The Latest

    Video10:51
  • Martin Rowson on Donald Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping – cartoon

    Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Martin Rowson on Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping – cartoon

  • Today in Focus
    Has Burnham proved he can handle Trump? - The Latest

    Podcast12:53

  • Israel and the US have battered the international legal order. The impunity must stop

    Varsha Gandikota

  • Full house: which world leaders got bums on seats at the UN? – in pictures

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