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The international arms control system is facing collapse, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres says, as he urged Russia and the US to stop the imminent demise of a crucial nuclear treaty. SOUNDBITE
During Presidential Debate U.S. Republican Candidate Donald Trump says he has permit to carry weapon and that he carries "sometimes a lot." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Summoned by the police for suspected justification of "terrorism", the leader of far-left (France Unbowed, LFI) MPs in the French parliament Mathilde Panot denounces "unprecedented authoritarian headlong rush" at a support rally in Paris. IMAGES
The UN Human Rights Council votes to demand a halt in all arms sales to Israel, highlighting warnings of "genocide" in its war in Gaza, which has killed more than 33,000 people. The resolution, which passed with 28 of the council's 47 member states voting in favour, six opposed and 13 abstaining, marks the first time the United Nations top rights body has taken a position on the bloodiest-ever war to beset the besieged Palestinian territory. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says that alliance members must guarantee long-term weapon deliveries for Ukraine, as ministers prepared to discuss a proposal for a 100-billion-euro, five-year fund. Speaking in Brussels, where NATO foreign ministers are meeting to forge a support package by a July summit in Washington, Stoltenberg says "we must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul." "We must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul so that we rely less on the voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments, less on short-term offers and more on multi-year pledges," Stoltenberg says as NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
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