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The man on the right is Antonio Guterres, the former Prime Minister of Portugal and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and he is set to replace Ban Ki Moon as the next Secretary General of the United Nations. 66-year-old Guterres worked as UN High Commissioner for Refugees over the past decade and dealt with the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War during his tenure. The official choice will be announced in a formal vote by the Security Council later on Thursday.
Delegates rise and applaud after COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber announces that nations will adopt a climate deal that calls for the world to transition away from fossil fuels. IMAGES
UN member states finally agreed Saturday to a text on the first international treaty after years of negotiations to protect the high seas. "The ship has reached the shore," conference chair Rena Lee announced at the UN headquarters in New York, to loud and lengthy applause from delegates. SOUNDBITE
Police officers carry out checks and arrests ahead of the first presidential campaign rally by far-right candidate Eric Zemmour at the Parc des Expositions in Villepinte, on the outskirts of Paris. IMAGES
Jerusalem/Beirut, Aug 6 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Atef Safadi) The Lebanese Shia organization Hezbollah on Friday said it fired “dozens” of missiles from Lebanon into the Golan Heights in Israel, which retaliated with artillery fire.The barrage was directed at Israeli positions in the Shebaa Farms region, which is territory disputed between Lebanon and the Jewish state.FOOTAGE OF ISRAELI TANKS FIRING ARTILLERY AT LEBANESE TERRITORY, NEAR THE BORDER BETWEEN BOTH COUNTRIES.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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