Here’s what else is happening

• ⚖️Geneva assault: court condemns bodyguards of Cameroon president. An appeals court convicted six members of President Paul Biya’s security entourage for attacking an RTS journalist covering protests near the Intercontinental Hotel against the African strongman.
  Swissinfo (EN)
• 🇸🇾Returning Syrian refugees face abduction, sexual abuse: UN. The UN Human Rights Office painted an “alarming picture”, saying women may be forced by authorities to perform sexual favours in exchange for documents, and that the returnees also faced torture and abduction.
  Reuters (EN)
• 😶‍🌫️Big trade deals likely elusive at WTO meet in Abu Dhabi. An agreement on fisheries subsidies may be the lone exception as diplomats worry about geopolitical tensions and looming US elections casting a shadow over negotiations.
  AFP via France24 (EN)
• 💥Eastern DR Congo residents flee as fighting intensifies. In the last six days, over 100,000 people have arrived in the Minova health facilities that are supported by Médecins Sans Frontières.
  RTS (EN)
• 🌱UAE, Azerbaijan, Brazil join forces to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The past, present and future Cop hosts said they were forming a ‘troika’ to keep the Paris goal alive, days after scientists confirmed temperatures surpassed 1.5°C of warming compared to pre-industrial levels over the last 12 months in a world first.
  Al Jazeera (EN)