Indian people bathing on 31 May in New Delhi, one of the regions which has been placed on a heat red alert by the country's meteorological department. (Keystone/EPA/Rajat Gupta)

🔥UN chief urges exit off ‘highway to climate hell’ as world set to breach 1.5C within five years. Meteorologists say the global temperature is likely to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels temporarily in the next five years.

👐UN migration and refugee agencies cite ‘fundamental’ right to asylum after US moves to restrict it. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the International Organization for Migration, led by Amy Pope, a former Biden administration advisor, reacted to the US president’s pre-election announcement.

⛓️Saudi Arabia accused of using forced labour ahead of Fifa World Cup decision. Geneva-based Builders and Wood Workers’ International called on the ILO to investigate “epidemic of abuses” in the kingdom.

⛔The UN-led response in Ethiopia was a failure. It’s time for accountability. The executive director of Geneva think tank HERE, who led an inter-agency humanitarian evaluation of the response in the north of the country, says a coherent approach among UN agencies was lacking.