“Why are my people paying the price of such high global warming through no fault of ours? We have no contribution in this,” Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tells the United Nations General Assembly after historic floods struck Pakistan.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas says that Israel is deliberately impeding progress towards a two-state solution and can no longer be considered a reliable “partner in the peace process”, during his address to the United Nations General Assembly.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The Pacific nation of Vanautu calls for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty at the United Nations General Assembly, adding to a call that has been backed by the World Health Organization, Vatican and NGOs. “We call for the development of a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to phase down coal, oil and gas production in line with 1.5C, and enable a global just transition for every worker, community and nation with fossil fuel dependence,” says President Nikenike Vurobaravu.
Southampton Parish (Bermuda) (AFP) – Kite surfers make the most of choppy waters and strong winds at Horseshoe Bay beach as Hurricane Fiona churns toward the Atlantic island of Bermuda as a powerful Category 4 storm after leaving a trail of destruction across the Caribbean.
Kherson (Ukraine) (AFP) – Vladimir Saldo, Governor of the Kherson region for the Moscow-installed administration in Ukraine, casts a vote at a polling station as Moscow-held regions of Ukraine vote in annexation referendums that Kyiv and its allies say are illegal and illegitimate. IMAGES
Berlin (AFP) – People demonstrate in the streets of Berlin as part of the Fridays for Future climate movement. IMAGES
UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng leaves Number 11 Downing Street ahead of unveiling multi-billion-pound measures aimed at supporting households and businesses hit by the highest inflation in decades in a budget announcement in parliament. Kwarteng said he would scrap a tax on salaries recently implemented by his predecessor Rishi Sunak — and will reveal the cost of the new government’s plan to cap energy bills for households and business. IMAGES
Geneva (AFP) – War crimes ‘have been committed’ in the Ukraine conflict says the head of a high-level Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes in Russia’s war in Ukraine, listing Russian bombings of civilians areas, numerous executions, torture and horrific sexual violence. SOUNDBITE
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – “The very international order that we’ve gathered here to uphold is being shredded before our eyes. We cannot — we will not — allow President Putin to get away with it,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says at a UN Security Council meeting.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The head of Yemen’s presidential leadership council Rashad al-Alimi says that the Huthis are “looking for any pretext to thwart the truce and impede the UN and international efforts to renew it,” as he addresses the United Nations General Assembly.
Islamabad (AFP) – Hollywood star and humanitarian Angelina Jolie says that catastrophic floods are ‘a real wake-up call’ on climate change after her visit to flood-hit areas in Pakistan.
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges a probe into the “catalog of cruelty” in Ukraine’s war as he opens a Security Council meeting with the top Russian and US diplomats.
