Monsoon flooding in Roshi, Nepal, 30 September 2024. (Keystone/AFP/Prabin anabhat)

💵Climate disaster fund to start paying out in 2025. Contributions to the fund represent a fraction of what is required, only “roughly the annual earnings of the world’s 10 best-paid footballers”, said UN secretary general António Guterres at the climate summit.

🚑Ambulance patients killed in Haiti attack, charity says. Vigilantes and police reportedly attacked the MSF vehicle en route to a hospital in Port-au-Prince and executed two patients.

🇺🇳What Switzerland achieved at the UN Security Council. Amid ongoing international conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan and an erosion of multilateralism, Switzerland prioritised the promotion of international humanitarian law during its two years at the UN body.

😡France boycotts Cop29 after Azerbaijan’s ‘colonies’ attack. Ilham Aliyev accused France of fueling violence in New Caledonia and forsaking its former colonies' environmental concerns. The spat adds to tensions over France’s military support of Armenia.