The annual UNGA gets underway today in New York. Though there are some notable no-shows among the permanent members of the Security Council. In the next days the progress of achieving the Millennium Development Goals will be reviewed and climate and health will dominate side discussions.
Read MoreThis is barbarism, it’s terrorism. The people who did this are not people at all,” said Myroslav Vdodovych, the chief priest of the Transfiguration Cathedral, which was badly damaged by a Russian missile strike. Italy’s prime minister has pledged assistance to repair the historic Orthodox shrine
Read MoreUkrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky paid tribute to the Queen after the announcement of her death. Shelling on Tuesday damaged a backup power line at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The Ukrainian military says its forces have been able to advance 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) in the Kharkiv region, liberating 20 settlements in their counter-offensive.
Read MoreRussian forces have suffered heavy losses during a Ukrainian offensive aimed at recapturing territory in the southern region of Kherson. Russian energy giant, Gazprom, says it can’t restart the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Europe due to an oil leak and complications created by western sanctions.
Read MoreThe media landscape in Ukraine has changed dramatically since the start of the war - and like many other sectors of the economy - not for the better. More on the Russia-Iran summit.
Read MoreUkraine President Volodymyr Zelensky ventures further afield from Kyiv to survey the destruction from Russian attacks and visit frontline troops. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron receives a rare public tongue-lashing from Ukraine’s foreign minister
Read MoreAs fears grow that the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, a UNESCO heritage site, may come under Russian attack - priceless artefacts are being hidden or protected, including a medieval sculpture of Jesus Christ which survived the Second World War
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