United Nations (United States) (AFP) – “I think the bigger problem which also many Council members have recognized, is that without a cessation of hostilities, or some kind of humanitarian truce that is immediately implemented,” says Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, UAE’s ambassador to the UN at a UN Security Council meeting. The council has yet to pass any text on the conflict.
Lausanne (AFP) – A man severely disabled by Parkinson’s disease is able to walk almost normally again thanks to electrodes implanted in his spinal cord. The medical first was achieved by Swiss researchers who had previously pioneered similar breakthroughs to help paraplegic people walk again.
Cambridge (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Undelivered letters written to French sailors during an 18th century war between Britain and France have finally been opened and studied — after more than 250 years gathering dust.
New Delhi (AFP) – People walk in front of the India Gate as New Delhi restricts the use of private vehicles for a week in a bid to offer residents some respite from the toxic smog choking the megacity. IMAGES
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the bombarded Gaza Strip is becoming a “graveyard for children,” as he urges an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Kyiv region (Ukraine) (AFP) – The Aurora Borealis, a rare atmospheric phenomenon commonly known as the Northern Lights, sent vivid flares of purple, green and red across the night sky above Ukraine’s Kyiv region the evening of 5 November. The multicoloured natural illuminations, caused by interactions between solar winds and the Earth’s magnetic field, were also spotted in the Kharkiv, Chernigiv, Odesa, Kirovograd, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
La Défense (France) (AFP) – Alain Robert, nicknamed the “French Spider-Man”, free-climbs the 187-metre Total Tower in Paris’s La Defense district to denounce the war in the Middle East and as “an act of solidarity” with the victims.
Paris (AFP) – Eight environmental groups are blocking the entrance to the Ministry of Energy Transition in Paris “to draw attention to the fact that very important decisions are being made for us and for future generations,” says Pauline Boyer, Greenpeace’s energy transition campaigner. During the action, activists built a wall of cinder blocks in front of the ministry’s main entrance.
Cairo (AFP) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi receives his counterpart from South Sudan Salva Kiir at the Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo.
Singapore (AFP) – The UK’s Prince William speaks at a global summit for United for Wildlife, a charity of which he is the president, on the second day of his climate-focused trip to Singapore, where he is meant to present the 2023 Earthshot Prize. “I am delighted to announce today that United for Wildlife has led the creation of a world-first International Statement of Principles,” he tells the audience, “to prevent, detect and deter the financial activity that sustains illegal wildlife trade.”
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. “The unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent with every passing hour,” he tells reporters at the UN headquarters.
London (AFP) – An interfaith prayer for peace in the Middle East was held at Britain’s biggest mosque. Religious leaders, local politicians and members of the community attended the evening’s ceremony organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at their Baitul Futuh Mosque in South London. The ceremony comes as Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip intensify, killing 200 people on the night of 5 November. Israel launched an offensive on the besieged strip in response to Hamas’s 7 October attacks which Israeli officials say killed more than 1,400 people. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says Israeli strikes have killed at least 10,000 people, mostly women and children.
