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King Felipe pleads with Israel to ‘stop massacre and abhorrent acts’ in Gaza | Spain

King Felipe of Spain has begged Israel to “stop the massacre” and end its “abhorrent acts” in Gaza during an unusually direct and powerful address to the UN general assembly in which he also defended the UN’s role in an increasingly “frenetic and out of control” world. Although the monarch was careful not to use […]

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Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership | United Nations

Such is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the politics of the other 192 countries that make up the United Nations are rapidly being reduced to one long discussion about how to relate to, and challenge this ever darker and weirder presidency. Before Trump’s extraordinary 58 minute speech on […]