Donald Trump, who will return to the White House in January for a second term after a sweeping victory on Wednesday, points to the crowd at an election night party in Florida, 6 November 2024. (Keystone/AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

🇺🇸Trump’s return stirs unease in Geneva’s diplomatic circles. Home to dozens of international organisations, Geneva may not be a priority for the freshly reelected president. Yet, the city known as the capital of human rights is likely to be caught in the crossfire of Trump’s battle against multilateralism.

✉️NGOs seek UN emergency rights meeting, investigation on Lebanon. Twelve NGOs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, sent a letter on Wednesday urging countries to hold an emergency session of the Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into rights abuses during the conflict in Lebanon.

🧱IOM granted CHF45m loan for HQ renovation. Switzerland approved a loan on Wednesday to demolish and rebuild the International Organization for Migration’s headquarters in Geneva and bring it up to standards. Parliament still has to give its approval.

🚨Over 100 patients to be evacuated from Gaza. The World Health Organization organised a rare medical evacuation yesterday to transfer over 100 patients, including children with trauma injuries and chronic injuries, out of the Gaza strip.

Mark Thomson pictured at Cern. (Courtesy of UK Mission)

🌌 British physicist appointed as next boss at Cern. Mark Thomson, a professor in experimental particle physics at the University of Cambridge, will take over as director general of the Geneva-based physics research laboratory in January, succeeding Italian incumbent Fabiola Gianotti. The former Cern researcher, who currently chairs one of the UK’s biggest science research agencies, will be tasked with overseeing controversial plans to build a giant super collider at Cern.

📖Read our interview with Thomson from earlier this year.