A majority of parliament‘s eight parties backed a national security analysis and its findings on Friday, but the Greens and the Left Party refrained from signing off on its conclusions.
The report didn‘t take a stance on whether Sweden should join NATO but highlighted the benefits of being a member of the alliance, something the two parties oppose.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain visited Finland to meet President Sauli Niinistö on Wednesday evening with a clear purpose: the United Kingdom stands ready to assist Finland in its endeavors by all means necessary.
Nach dem Tod einer Journalistin im Westjordanland hat der UNO-Sicherheitsrat eine Aufarbeitung des Falles gefordert. „Die Mitglieder des Sicherheitsrates forderten eine sofortige, gründliche, transparente, faire und unparteiische Untersuchung ihrer Tötung und betonten die Notwendigkeit, Rechenschaft abzulegen“, hieß es in einer Mitteilung des mächstigsten UNO-Gremiums.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was „deeply troubled by the images of Israeli police intruding into the funeral procession of Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh,“ adding „every family deserves to lay their loved ones to rest in a dignified and unimpeded manner.“
Blinken‘s rebuke came shortly after U.S. President Joe Biden said „I don‘t know all the detail, but I know it has to be investigated“ when asked about Israeli forces‘ action at the funeral.
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Ayman Mohyeldin remembers his friend and colleague, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed today reporting on an Israeli military raid in the West Bank.
Israeli police attacked a funeral procession for slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, beating mourners with batons and causing them to almost drop the coffin.
Thousands of mourners, some hoisting Palestinian flags and chanting “Palestine, Palestine,” attended the funeral for the Palestinian-American reporter, who witnesses say was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday while covering a military raid in the occupied West Bank.
The mourners tried to march with the coffin on foot out of a hospital to a Catholic church in the nearby Old City.
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Speaking alongside Austria‘s chancellor and foreign minister in Vienna, Guterres also said talks were ongoing to evacuate more civilians from conflict zones in Ukraine.
„I have to say that I am deeply concerned, namely with the risks of hunger becoming widespread in different parts of the world because of the dramatic food security situation we are facing because of the war in Ukraine,“ he said.
Scheduled for Graubünden, a canton in eastern Switzerland, it is the first in-person meeting for three years and will feature the 44-year-old, who is set to address world political, economic and social leaders on May 23.
„Wie viel müsste man dann investieren, um solche Folgen zu überwinden? Diese Fragen sollten diejenigen beantworten, die die Sanktionen gegen Russland hinauszögern oder versuchen, die Hilfe für die Ukraine zu verzögern“, sagte der Präsident in einer Videoansprache am späten Abend.
Eigentlich wollte Indien die Lücke schließen, die der Ukraine-Krieg in die weltweite Versorgung mit Weizen gerissen hat. Nun aber hat das Land die Ausfuhr von Weizen mit sofortiger Wirkung gestoppt.
India prohibited wheat exports that the world was counting on to alleviate supply constraints sparked by the war in Ukraine, saying that the nation’s food security is under threat.
Exports will still be allowed to countries that require wheat for food security needs and based on the requests of their governments,