https://www.rte.ie/news/world/en-ieRTÉ 2023-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:22:41 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2023/1130/1419280-israel-gaza/A truce between Israel and Hamas was extended just before it was due to expire, the two sides have announced.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:58:02 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2023/1130/1419280-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419304-un-weather/This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN has said, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:51:59 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419304-un-weather/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419315-cop28-update/As global leaders gather in Dubai for the world's UN climate conference, delegates hope to clinch an early victory on a disaster fund before the summit turns its focus to fossil fuels and other divisive topics.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:01:45 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419315-cop28-update/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419270-cop28-preview/The United Nations Executive Secretary in charge of climate change has said every country and every company will be held to account for its actions to limit global warming to 1.5C at the UN COP28 climate Summit which starts today in Dubai.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419270-cop28-preview/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1130/1419305-israel-hamas-live/Follow live updates as the Israeli-Hamas truce is extended for a seventh day to allow for more talks on the release of hostages.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:22:37 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1130/1419305-israel-hamas-live/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2023/1130/1419281-henry-kissinger/Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on US foreign policy, has died at the age of 100.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 02:10:41 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2023/1130/1419281-henry-kissinger/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2023/1130/1419284-henry-kissinger-obituary/Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world's relationship with China.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:04:34 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2023/1130/1419284-henry-kissinger-obituary/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2023/1130/1419334-uk-covid-inquiry/Former UK health secretary Matt Hancock has defended his record as minister, hitting out at a "toxic culture" and "deep unpleasantness" at the heart of government during the coronavirus pandemic.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:21:26 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2023/1130/1419334-uk-covid-inquiry/Coronavirushttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419286-elon-musk/Billionaire businessman Elon Musk apologised for endorsing a social media post widely seen as anti-Semitic.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:04:46 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419286-elon-musk/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419309-netherlands-politics/Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders has suffered a major setback to his goal of forming a governing coalition after a key potential partner ruled itself out, uncomfortable with his extreme views.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:30:50 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419309-netherlands-politics/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1130/1419252-watch-can-you-identify-the-global-warming-limit/It is hoped the UN's climate summit, COP28, will help keep alive the goal of limiting long-term global temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:00:02 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1130/1419252-watch-can-you-identify-the-global-warming-limit/COP28https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419288-denmark-court/Denmark's most notorious inmate, serving a life sentence for murdering a journalist aboard his homemade submarine, has sued the Danish state over legislation that bars him from cultivating new relationships, with the verdict due today.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:35:56 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1130/1419288-denmark-court/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1130/1419219-jargon-buster-global-stocktake/The first-ever global stocktake is set to take place at the UN's climate summit, COP28.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1130/1419219-jargon-buster-global-stocktake/Climate Changehttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2023/1130/1419302-united-states-moon-landing/More than 50 years after the last Apollo mission, the United States will try once again to land a craft on the Moon on 25 January, said the head of what could be the first private company to successfully touch down on the lunar surface.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:04:08 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2023/1130/1419302-united-states-moon-landing/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419065-india-tunnel/Hope that they would be rescued soon kept workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India strong through their 17-day ordeal, some of the men said after their rescue.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:30:31 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419065-india-tunnel/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419263-cop28-dubai/Major Oil producing nations and corporations are expected to come under huge pressure to contribute far more to climate action at COP28.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:46:28 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419263-cop28-dubai/Climate Changehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419150-poland-border-blockade/Ukraine and the EU cannot be "taken hostage" by Polish truckers blockading the Polish-Ukrainian border in protest at competition from Ukrainian hauliers, the European Commissioner for Transport has said.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:14:54 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419150-poland-border-blockade/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2023/1129/1418185-fog-of-war-the-misinformation-shaping-views-on-the-war-in-gaza/Social media has been flooded with graphic footage and images showing casualties and destruction since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October. What is so different this time? Who is contributing to the problem, and what are their strategies and motivations?Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:06:00 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2023/1129/1418185-fog-of-war-the-misinformation-shaping-views-on-the-war-in-gaza/Prime Timehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419091-pope-health/Pope Francis presided over his weekly audience today, despite the flu that caused him to abandon his attendance at UN climate talks in Dubai, but asked an aide to deliver his reading for him.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:17:45 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419091-pope-health/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419131-marble-greece-uk/British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fuelled a diplomatic row with Greece by accusing his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis of "grandstanding" during a recent trip to London over ownership of the Parthenon sculptures.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:14:27 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419131-marble-greece-uk/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419082-new-zealand/New Zealand's central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications, as the country's new centre-right government looks to roll back the use of the indigenous language in the public sector.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:20:27 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419082-new-zealand/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419071-australia-manslaughter/An Australian police officer was charged with manslaughter, after allegedly tasering a 95-year-old great-grandmother who later died in hospital.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:36:14 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419071-australia-manslaughter/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419057-israel-hamas/The International Committee of the Red Cross said it had successfully facilitated the release and transfer of 16 hostages held in Gaza by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 02:50:45 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419057-israel-hamas/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419064-eu-emissions/EU member countries and the European Parliament have said they have reached a preliminary agreement on curbing industrial emissions, including those from intensive poultry and pig farms and from ore mines.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:18:05 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419064-eu-emissions/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ukraine/2023/1129/1419137-no-sense-of-fatigue-for-ukraine-support-blinken/US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that there was "no sense of fatigue" among NATO allies when it came to helping Ukraine.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:29:49 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/ukraine/2023/1129/1419137-no-sense-of-fatigue-for-ukraine-support-blinken/Ukrainehttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2023/1129/1419114-us-aircraft-crash/A US military aircraft carrying six people crashed into the sea off western Japan, killing at least one crew member with the condition of at least two hauled from waters unclear.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:46:46 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2023/1129/1419114-us-aircraft-crash/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419060-australia-thalidomide-apology/Australia has issued a national apology to survivors of the thalidomide drug scandal, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called one of the "darkest chapters" in the country's medical history.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 05:09:35 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419060-australia-thalidomide-apology/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419112-gaza-families/Tea and cheese sandwiches are on the breakfast menu for Taghrid al-Najjar's children. It should be an everyday moment, but their home in Gaza is now mostly rubble.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:40:31 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419112-gaza-families/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419081-cop28-five-things/Environmental activists say there's no doubt anymore that urgent collective action is needed to preserve a livable planetWed, 29 Nov 2023 08:20:02 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1129/1419081-cop28-five-things/COP28https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419089-israel-gaza-blog/Follow developments as the extended truce between Israel and Hamas continues to hold and more hostages are expected to be releasedWed, 29 Nov 2023 08:55:58 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419089-israel-gaza-blog/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419055-donohoe-eurogroup-us/Minster for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe is in the United States for a series of meetings with senior government and Central Bank officials, including the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:35:30 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419055-donohoe-eurogroup-us/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419023-jargon-buster-adaptation-mitigation/Climate change adaptation and mitigation are both equally important in tackling the climate crisis but what do they refer to?Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:38:01 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1129/1419023-jargon-buster-adaptation-mitigation/Climate Changehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1128/1418844-israel-gaza/All of today's updates from the Israel-Hamas war as they happened on the fifth day of an extended six-day truce.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 06:26:00 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1128/1418844-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1128/1418839-israel-gaza/Hamas freed 12 more hostages and Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners today, the fifth day of an extended six-day truce between the militant Palestinian group and Israel in the Gaza war.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 03:12:04 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1128/1418839-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418845-india-tunnel/Indian rescuers have safely brought out all 41 workers from a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel after a marathon 17-day engineering operation to free them, a minister has said.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 06:36:10 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418845-india-tunnel/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2023/1128/1419018-israeli-president-questions-irish-indifference-to-israeli-pain/The Israeli President has said that some Irish politicians are afraid to tell the truth about what is happening in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and questioned Irish "indifference to the pain endured by Israelis".Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2023/1128/1419018-israeli-president-questions-irish-indifference-to-israeli-pain/Prime Timehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1419040-pope-cop28/Pope Francis has cancelled his upcoming trip to Dubai for the COP28 climate talks on the advice of doctors concerned over his recent flu-like symptoms, the Vatican said.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 21:07:12 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1419040-pope-cop28/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2023/1128/1418948-nottingham-attacks-court/A man has admitted killing three people and pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of three more in a spate of attacks in Nottingham earlier this year.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:56:44 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2023/1128/1418948-nottingham-attacks-court/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418920-ukraine-suspected-poison/Ukraine said it believed Russia had poisoned the wife of its military intelligence chief, in an apparent assassination attempt targeting the heart of Ukraine's leadership.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:41:23 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418920-ukraine-suspected-poison/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418977-partenon-marbles/Britain and Greece have disputed claims about why a prime ministerial meeting was cancelled, in a diplomatic row against a backdrop of ownership claims to ancient sculptures on display at the British Museum.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:10:17 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418977-partenon-marbles/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418968-finland-border/Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said the country will shut its last border crossing with Russia, following an influx of migrants which Helsinki claims is a hybrid attack orchestrated by Moscow.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:50:11 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418968-finland-border/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1419027-rosalynn-carter/Former US president Jimmy Carter, 99, made a rare public appearance to join his successors Joe Biden and Bill Clinton and all five living first ladies at the memorial service for his beloved wife Rosalynn.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:12:13 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1419027-rosalynn-carter/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418849-french-murder-widow/The trial of Monique Olivier, widow of a French serial killer known as the "Ogre of the Ardennes", opened on Tuesday over her role in three murders dating back several decades.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 07:08:58 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418849-french-murder-widow/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418846-flight-fuel/The first transatlantic flight by an airliner using pure sustainable aviation fuel (Saf) took off from London's Heathrow today.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 06:53:18 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418846-flight-fuel/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418886-israel-hostage/An Israeli hostage who was freed as part of a temporary truce in Gaza had previously mounted a brief escape from his Hamas captors after the building where they were holding him collapsed during a bombing, his relatives said.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:52:04 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418886-israel-hostage/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418928-evan-gershkovich/A Moscow court has extended until January the detention of US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia earlier this year on spying charges.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:20:55 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418928-evan-gershkovich/Russiahttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418906-france-smoking/The French government has said it would ban smoking on all the country's beaches, in public parks and forests and near schools.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:10:40 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418906-france-smoking/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1128/1418987-denmark-asylum/The United Nations Committee against Torture has expressed concerns about Denmark's ambitions to transfer asylum seekers to third countries like Rwanda while their applications are being considered, citing worries about the safety of migrants.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:03:50 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1128/1418987-denmark-asylum/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418856-new-zealand-smoking/Doctors blasted New Zealand's conservative government for revoking world-leading anti-smoking laws, warning that people will die over the act of "public health vandalism".Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:00:25 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418856-new-zealand-smoking/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418851-australia-vaping/Australia will ban imports of disposable vapes from 1 January, the government said, in a crackdown quickly welcomed by doctors.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 07:09:36 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/1128/1418851-australia-vaping/World