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President Alar Karis of Estonia in his speech on day 2 of the UN General Assembly, urged international pressure to be put on Russia saying, 'it is evident Russia has no intention of agreeing to a ceasefire'.
President Karis said that Russia's continued actions in Ukraine is undermining the credibility of both the U.N Security council and the entire United Nations as a whole.
He also accused the Moscow of targeting Ukrainian civillian spaces including Kindargatens, hospitals, schools and nurseries with missiles, drones, mines and other weapons.
He then claimed that Russia was abducting and deporting Ukrainian children, erasing their identity and forcing them into and
"The human suffering in Ukraine has reached unprecedented levels... has documented the death of at least forty thousand civillians including almost one thousand children...
The death toll increases every year, month week and day" he said.
He said the increasing violation of European airspaces were an escalation and a stark reminder of Russia's agrresion not only toward Ukraine but against the security of the entire region.
Karis also called the recent violation of Estonian airspace a "hostile act".
He pleddged support for Ukraine in its fight to retain territorial intergrity.
IRAN
Iran has no intention to build nuclear weapons, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, just days before international sanctions could be reimposed on his country over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
"I hereby declare once more before this assembly that Iran has never sought and will never seek to build a nuclear bomb. We do not seek nuclear weapons," Pezeshkian said.
On August 28, Britain, France and Germany launched a 30-day process to reimpose U.N. sanctions that ends on September 27, accusing Tehran of failing to abide by a 2015 deal with world powers aimed at preventing it from developing a nuclear weapon.
The European powers have offered to delay reinstating sanctions for up to six months to allow space for talks on a long-term deal if Iran restores access for U.N. nuclear inspectors, addresses concerns about its stock of enriched uranium, and engages in talks with the United States.
Pezeshkian accused the so-called E3 of triggering the process to return international sanctions on Iran at "the behest of the United States of America."
UKRAINE
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has called on the international community to act in the war against Russia and brace up for an international arms race.
He spoke of Taliban taking over in Afghanistan and some drug cartels overtaking Governments citing them as examples of collapse of international law globally.
Paid tribute to Iryna Zarutska who was brutally murdered in America and said that weapons are evolving faster than humans are.
He accused Russia of advancing war tech referencing the recent cyber attack that grounded flights and caused disruptions in European airports.
He urged the international community to act fast in an "arms race" to prevent a total break down of law and order and cause serious damage.
"The world moves too slowly to protect itself."
“It’s only a matter of time before drones are fighting drones... all by themselves, fully autonomous.”
“We are now living through the most destructive arms race in human history” as a result of artificial intelligence.
He says at the end of his speech that "Peace depends on all of us".
SPAIN
His majesty Don Felipe VI of Spain opened the floor on the second day of the United States General Assembly currently ongoing in New York. He spoke about the UN, Russia - Ukraine war and Israel and Gaza.
"Peace in Europe will not be possible without justice and accountabiility he said in reference to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
King Felipe added that "Spain will continue to push for a just end to war".
"We can't remain silent and look away from the bombings, displacements and killings, these are anborrent acts that stand in contrast to everything this forum represents"
On the ongoing in Gaza, he asked that Israel must remember their strong ties, referring to Sephardic jews who were granted Spanish citizenship.
When we speak to Irsael we speak to brothers and sisters...we cry out to the Israeli government, 'stop this massacre now'.
"We condemn the actions of Hamas, we recognize Israel's right to self defence but ask that Israel uphold humanitarian law throughout Gaza and the West Bank"
He also called for a release fo all hostages still being held by Hamas.
Ukraine targeted a warehouse belonging to Russia’s largest retailer, Wildberries, and an oil refinery overnight, while Moscow said its forces struck a ship carrying military cargo in the Black Sea.
The U.S. military said it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran, a two-hour operation that hit dozens of targets. Washington described the strikes as a "powerful response" to Iranian missile attacks targeting U.S. forces in the Middle East a day earlier.
Saudi Arabia said its overnight strikes on Iran-backed group targets in Iraq were carried out in self-defence and warned it would take further military action if the groups launched new attacks against the kingdom.
Iran’s army said it targeted U.S. military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait with drone attacks. Tehran said the operations were carried out in retaliation for recent U.S. strikes.
Thousands of migrants have crossed into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta from Morocco, overwhelming border security and prompting local authorities to call for a national emergency and military deployment.
Thousands of people spent the night on beaches, waiting by fences or wading through the sea in the hope of reaching Europe, as an estimated 49,000 migrants crossed into Spain's enclave of Ceuta in just 24 hours.
Carlos Cordeiro, senior adviser to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, has resigned with immediate effect in protest over proposals to sell a stake in the FIFA World Cup, calling the plan "a bad deal for football."
Ukraine targeted a warehouse belonging to Russia’s largest retailer, Wildberries, and an oil refinery overnight, while Moscow said its forces struck a ship carrying military cargo in the Black Sea.
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