https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/un/ The latest Flip News stories on un. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:27 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/world/us-russia-strip-autonomous-weapons-treaty-safeguards/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/us-russia-strip-autonomous-weapons-treaty-safeguards/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT US and Russian diplomats worked together to strip key safeguards from a draft UN treaty on lethal autonomous weapons, removing provisions on predictability, ethics and human review of AI-generated targets before strikes. Sarah Whitfield us russia un autonomous weapons ai geneva human rights watch Times Now (reporting The Washington Post) https://flipnews.co.uk/world/un-settlements-database-61-added/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/un-settlements-database-61-added/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The UN human rights office has added 61 companies to its database of firms active in West Bank settlements, taking the total to 214; Israel called the mechanism "distorted". Sarah Whitfield un west bank settlements israel business human rights Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/world/milei-unga-falklands-parasites/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/milei-unga-falklands-parasites/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Argentina's president used his third UN General Assembly address to brand the UN a "useless organisation" feeding "fatally arrogant parasites", accusing it of "looking the other way" on his country's claim to the Falkland Islands and calling on the UK to restart sovereignty negotiations. Sarah Whitfield milei falklands unga argentina un Buenos Aires Times; The Guardian