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Torrential rain leaves millions stranded in Bangladesh.
41 die, millions stranded as torrential rain batter Bangladesh
DHAKA — Military personnel have been deployed for rescue and relief operations in Bangladesh after monsoon rains swamped huge areas of the country.At least 41 people have died and millions have been left stranded.Officials have said much of the northeast is under water and that the situation could worsen over the weekend with more rains forecast.The Sylhet region is among the worst affected, with much of the area without electricity and Internet access.Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredictability.Relentless downpours over the past week have inundated vast stretches of Bangladesh's northeast, with troops deployed to evacuate households cut off from neighboring...
June 18, 2022

41 die, millions stranded as torrential rain batter Bangladesh

France heat continues to build as shown in this weather report.
Outdoor events banned in parts of France
PARIS — Outdoor public events have been banned in an area of France as a record breaking heatwave sweeps across Europe.Concerts and large public gatherings have been called off in the Gironde department around Bordeaux.On Thursday, parts of France hit 40C earlier in the year than ever before, with temperatures expected to peak on Saturday.Scientists said periods of intense heat are becoming more frequent and longer lasting as a result of global warming.Spain, Italy and the UK are also experiencing high temperatures.In Gironde, officials said public events, including some of the official June 18 Resistance celebrations, will be prohibited from Friday at 14:00 (12:00 GMT) "until the end of the heat wave". Indoor events at venues without air-conditioning are also banned.Private...
June 18, 2022

Outdoor events banned in parts of France

Border Force escorted migrants back to Dover this morning after they were picked up in the English Channel
Some migrants due for removal from the UK could be electronically tagged
LONDON — Some asylum claimants who arrived in the UK in small boats or in the back of lorries could be electronically tagged under a new Home Office trial.A 12-month trial could apply to adults due to be removed from the UK after arriving via what the government calls "dangerous or unnecessary" routes.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was important to "make sure asylum seekers can't just vanish into the rest of the country".Critics say the plan treats those fleeing persecution as criminals.The pilot comes days after the first flight taking asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was canceled following a last-minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).The first to be tagged will likely be people who successfully challenged their...
June 18, 2022

Some migrants due for removal from the UK could be electronically tagged

UNESCO says that hate speech is on the rise worldwide. — courtesy Unsplash/Jon Tyson
Hate speech ‘dehumanizes individuals and communities’: Guterres
NEW YORK — Hate speech incites violence, undermines diversity and social cohesion and “threatens the common values and principles that bind us together,” the UN chief said in his message for the first-ever International Day for Countering Hate Speech.“It promotes racism, xenophobia and misogyny; it dehumanizes individuals and communities; and it has a serious impact on our efforts to promote peace and security, human rights, and sustainable development,” underscored Secretary-General António Guterres.Dangerous wordsHe explained that words can be weaponized and cause physical harm.The escalation from hate speech to violence, has played a significant role in the most horrific and tragic crimes of the modern age, from the antisemitism driving the Holocaust, to the 1994 genocide...
June 18, 2022

Hate speech ‘dehumanizes individuals and communities’: Guterres

Migrants and refugees can be exposed to various stress factors, which affect their mental health and well-being. — courtesy WHO/Ploy Phutpheng
Nearly one billion people have a mental disorder: WHO
GENEVA — Nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder, according to latest UN data — a staggering figure that is even more worrying, if you consider that it includes around one in seven teenagers.To make matters worse, in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of common conditions such as depression and anxiety, went up by more than 25 percent, the UN health agency (WHO) said on Friday.In its largest review of mental health since the turn of the century, the World Health Organization has urged more countries to get to grips with worsening conditions.It has offered examples of good practice that should be implemented as quickly as possible, in recognition of the important role that mental health plays in positive and sustainable development, at...
June 18, 2022

Nearly one billion people have a mental disorder: WHO

A women’s empowerment awareness session is held at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. — courtesy UN Women/Khaled Arafat Ahmed
Sexual violence in conflict ‘terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities’
NEW YORK — Sexual violence has become a brutal tactic of warfare and repression that “terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities,” the UN chief said on Friday.In his message for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, commemorated on Sunday, Secretary-General António Guterres also observed that perpetrators rarely face the consequences of their actions.“It is the survivors who carry the burden of stigma and trauma throughout their lives, often doubly brutalized by harmful social norms and victim-blaming”.Stand in supportAnd Virginia Gamba, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, noted that while at least 14,200 children have been verified as victims of sexual violence, that is “only the tip of the...
June 18, 2022

Sexual violence in conflict ‘terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities’

A young migrant from Darfur waits to reach England from Calais, France. — courtesy UNICEF/Laurence Geai
UN expert urges UK to halt transfer of asylum seekers to Rwanda
GENEVA — A UN human rights expert on Friday urged the United Kingdom to halt its controversial policy of transferring some asylum seekers to Rwanda and expressed serious concern that the two country’s asylum partnership arrangement violates international law, and risks causing irreparable harm to those seeking international protection.“There are serious risks that the international law principle of non-refoulement will be breached by forcibly transferring asylum seekers to Rwanda,” said Siobhán Mullally, the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children.“People seeking international protection, fleeing conflict and persecution, have the right to seek and enjoy asylum — a fundamental tenet of international human rights and refugee law,” she...
June 18, 2022

UN expert urges UK to halt transfer of asylum seekers to Rwanda



An unusually early and exceptionally intense heatwave has set new temperature records in Europe, posing a major threat to people's health, agriculture and the environment. — courtesy WMO Video screen shot
‘Surprise’ early heatwave in Europe, harbinger of things to come
GENEVA — Sweltering conditions in Europe have come earlier than expected this year but the bad news is, they’re the shape of things to come. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the intense heatwave made its way from North Africa.The UN agency explained that an Atlantic low-pressure system between the Azores and Madeira is fueling the warm front, pushing it towards western Europe.10 degrees above normalAnd although it’s only mid-June, temperatures in some parts of Spain and France, temperatures are — on average — more than 10 degrees Celsius (or 50 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than the average for this time of year.In France, the heat spike follows the country’s warmest and driest May on record, and the country’s national weather agency said that it is the...
June 18, 2022

‘Surprise’ early heatwave in Europe, harbinger of things to come

Gatwick said a formal investigation was under way.
Passenger with restricted mobility dies leaving flight at Gatwick
LONDON — A passenger with restricted mobility has died at Gatwick Airport after leaving an aircraft.Gatwick said staff were helping to disembark three passengers with restricted mobility at the time, including the man's partner.He decided to leave the EasyJet plane rather than wait for staff to return and fell while going up an escalator, an airport spokesman said.The airline confirmed the death of the man on Wednesday.The Gatwick spokesman said the passenger made a short walk to the escalator from the runway to the Skybridge, which takes passengers to the north terminal.He said EasyJet cabin crew were closest to the man, so provided medical attention before the airport's medical staff arrived.An airline spokesman said: "A number of our cabin crew provided medical assistance...
June 17, 2022

Passenger with restricted mobility dies leaving flight at Gatwick

With barely any rainfall for 110 days, River Po, the country's largest, is three meters lower on average.
Crops, drinking water threatened in Italy region amid worst drought in 70 years
TURIN — A part of northern Italy is in the grip of its worst drought for 70 years.With barely any rainfall for 110 days, River Po, the country's largest, is three meters lower on average and is turning into an expanse of sand.The drought -- the worst since 1952 according to the Po Basin Authority -- is having unprecedented effects: drinking water is being rationed in 125 municipalities across the region and crop irrigation is threatened in the most densely populated and intensively farmed area of the country. Lake Maggiore is close to its lowest level since 1946."In some territories, it has not rained for 110 days," said Meuccio Berselli, secretary-general of the Po River District Authority."Tanker trucks are already in action to supply water because local reservoirs...
June 17, 2022

Crops, drinking water threatened in Italy region amid worst drought in 70 years

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