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Egyptian parliament to hold emergency session as Sisi seeks approval to defend Saudi Arabia Egypt's parliament will hold an emergency session on Sunday after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi requested authorisation that could allow Egypt to help defend Saudi Arabia if asked by the kingdom. "The House of Representatives, headed by Counsellor Hisham Badawy, will hold an emergency session tomorrow, Sunday, in response to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's call," Al-Ahram newspaper reported. Speaking at a graduation ceremony at the Egyptian Military Academy on Saturday, Sisi said Egypt would take any measures necessary to defend Saudi Arabia if asked. He said Egypt would act in accordance with guidance from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The crown prince visited Sisi on 15 September, after fighting in Yemen reignited, to discuss issues including security and navigation in the Red Sea. "I know this requires the approval of the Egyptian parliament, and I ask that an emergency session be held so that it can give us that authorisation if we are asked," Sisi said. Shortly after Sisi’s speech, parliament said it would hold a plenary session on Sunday in response to the request, though it did not disclose the agenda.

Premier League again refuses Sudan war petition urging UAE action Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Sat, 10/17/2026 - 15:05 A petition calling on the English league to raise concerns over UAE involvement in Sudan with Manchester City's owner was refused for a third time A general view of Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium on 4 October 2026 (Ed Syke/Reuters) Off England’s Premier League has refused for a third time to accept a petition urging it to hold Manchester City’s owner, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the deputy prime minister and vice president of the United Arab Emirates, to account over his country’s role in the Sudan war. Launched in January outside Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium, the petition, organised by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), asks the chief executive, board and member clubs of football’s most popular league to raise the UAE’s support for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with Mansour. The Premier League refused to accept the petition on 14 October, following earlier refusals on 28 April and 21 May. During the second attempt to deliver the petition, security personnel told CSW staff that they had been instructed not to receive anything from them, the UK-based human rights organisation said in a statement. Manchester City and its owner, a member of Abu Dhabi’s royal family and brother of its ruler, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, are in the spotlight now after the Premier League found the club guilty of 114 charges relating to serious breaches of the league’s financial rules and a failure to cooperate with its investigation.   (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Man City was found to have disguised more than £830m ($1.1bn) in illicit funding, and an independent commission’s report referred to “sham” contracts, agreements, commercial deals and arrangements struck by the club on eight separate occasions.   Manchester City has appealed the verdicts and continues to maintain its innocence, saying it has a “comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence” to support this.  The Premier League declined to comment. 'Proxy brand' Mansour bought the club in 2008 and propelled it to the top of English football. The connection between the football club and the image of the UAE was also clear from the start.  Garry Cook, who was Manchester City’s chief executive at the time and central to brokering the takeover, told Abu Dhabi’s representatives: “If you're developing your nation and you're looking to be on a global stage, we are your proxy brand for the nation.” 'They're a selfish bunch': How Abu Dhabi shaped modern Manchester Read More » The takeover of Manchester City also brought - with the encouragement of the British government and politicians like George Osborne and Tony Blair - Emirati money and influence to Manchester, where the council cut deals with Abu Dhabi to regenerate parts of the city.  Profits from these deals were found to have been funnelled to Abu Dhabi-controlled entities in Jersey, an offshore tax haven. Tenant organisers and residents say that they have not benefited the city’s working-class population. “I don’t mind them, but they’re a selfish bunch,” one foodbank organiser in east Manchester told MEE.  “The deal is always too good to be true. They aren’t running Abu Dhabi United Group as a charity,” said Richard Goulding, co-author of "Manchester Offshored", the University of Sheffield report that revealed many of the details of Abu Dhabi’s 2014 deal with Manchester City Council. The Premier League’s guilty verdicts have also focused attention on Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who was mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017 until earlier this year.  On Monday, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) revealed details of Burnham's meetings with Man City, including with the club's chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak. However, it did not mention two hospitality dinners the then-mayor attended with the Emirati executive at matches in 2017 and 2018. The UAE in Sudan Since the war in Sudan began, activists and human rights groups have sought - often without much success - to draw attention to the connection between Manchester City, the UAE and Sudan. MEE, the UN’s independent fact-finding mission and multiple human rights organisations have reported extensively on Abu Dhabi’s support for the RSF. The UAE maintains that it is not involved in Sudan’s war, which has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Weapons serial numbers, flight tracking data, video footage, multiple sources, and more have detailed the transfer of weapons and other support from Abu Dhabi to the RSF through Somaliland, Ethiopia, Libya and Chad.  The New York Times has reported that Mansour is in regular, direct contact with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the RSF leader better known as Hemedti. 'Our message to the Premier League is clear: human rights must matter as much as the financial rules' - Abdallah Idriss Abugarda, Darfur Diaspora Association president Earlier this year, MEE revealed the use of an Ethiopian army base by the RSF, which the UN and the US have found to have committed genocide in Darfur, the vast region of western Sudan that serves as its power base.  Colombian mercenaries have also been hired by an Emirati firm to fight for the RSF in Sudan, according to multiple investigations.  While the UAE is the main patron of the RSF, Egypt and Turkey are providing military support to its opponent, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Speaking as she and others attempted to hand their petition to the Premier League, CSW’s team leader for Africa and the Middle East, Khataza Gondwe, highlighted that it came less than two weeks before the first anniversary of the RSF’s capture of el-Fasher. The capital of North Darfur was taken after a lengthy siege at the end of October last year. Victims and witnesses described to MEE a campaign of execution, rape and ransom demands by the RSF in and around the city. The UN’s fact-finding mission concluded that all the “hallmarks of genocide” were evident in the paramilitary’s actions. “Never again should mean never again,” Gondwe said. “But in this instance, it seems that it is over and over again.” Abdallah Idriss Abugarda, president of the Darfur Diaspora Association, referenced Manchester City’s guilty verdicts when he said: “We are here today, not against football, but for justice, human rights and accountability... Our message to the Premier League is clear: human rights must matter as much as the financial rules. No club, no owner, no powerful institution should be beyond accountability.” Sudan war News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

The teenage gunman who shot dead three children and a teacher in an Oregon school was a former special needs student there, officials said Friday, as they praised the heroism of people who helped to shorten the rampage.

Saturday’s mobilisation in France follows calls on social media to revive the Yellow Vests movement, which emerged in 2018 against social injustice. Student groups protesting since mid-September have urged supporters to join. We discuss this with our journalist on the ground, Antonia Kerrigan, and our guest, Paul Smith, head of Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham.

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A top UN official emphasized that the severe floods in Nepal highlight the urgency of global climate action. The calamity was compounded by climate change, exacerbating the scale of destruction.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says he’ll leave office when his term expires in 2030. Making the announcement on Saturday, Sisi described the matter as “completely settled.”

Senegal’s former President Macky Sall is pulling out of the race to lead the United Nations. Saturday's announcement comes one day after an informal straw poll by UN Security Council members saw all seven candidates receive at least one veto.