Hi there, this is Kasmira. After announcing further job cuts on Friday, Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, explains to our colleague Stéphane Bussard how it arrived at this difficult decision and its plan for weathering a humanitarian sector in crisis.
After a muted climate summit in Brazil, which ended with no firm commitment to phase out fossil fuels, environmental campaigners still find some silver linings. And the UN's significantly reduced Aids agency warns of the far-reaching consequences of funding cuts on HIV prevention. |
Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, 24 November 2025 in Geneva. (Jordi Ruiz Cirera for Le Temps)
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🌡️Is climate change the forgotten crisis?
Given many scientists now believe we are likely to breach, at least temporarily, the 1.5°C rise in global temperatures agreed by the Paris Accord, is there still reason to hope we can tackle the challenge of climate change? Campaigners interviewed by Inside Geneva remain optimistic.
Swissinfo (EN)
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🎗️Unaids: Funding cuts pose ‘perilous risks’ for HIV response.
Releasing its annual World Aids Day report, the UN agency said HIV prevention, testing and community-led programmes were particularly hard hit and warned that a failure to restore prevention efforts could lead to an extra 3.3 million new HIV infections between 2025 and 2030.
Health Policy Watch (EN)
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🪖Russian Red Cross supports Kremlin war machine – while receiving millions from the West.
The national society is promoting military training for children, partnering with sanctioned propaganda networks, and expanding its work into occupied Ukrainian territories with little consequences, according to the investigative news outlet.
Follow the Money (EN)
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🕊️Ukraine seeks Zelensky-Trump meeting as White House says further peace talks needed.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday there were still “a few delicate, but not insurmountable, details” that needed to be sorted out, echoing comments made by secretary of state Marco Rubio in Geneva on Sunday.
CNN (EN)
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🔍︎UN calls for probe into Israel’s strikes on Lebanon.
A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned of possible violations of international humanitarian law, citing an attack last week on the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp that killed 11 children.
Al Jazeera (EN)
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