Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
President Cyril Ramaphosa presides over the unveiling of landmark statues of struggle icons
The EU’s push to protect children online
Source: European Commission (video statements)
The European Commission has received the recommendations of its Special Panel on Child Safety Online and will present a proposal after the summer.
The panel examined the impact of social media on children, including addictive design, age-appropriate access and online safety. The upcoming proposal will build on this evidence to help create a safer digital environment for young people.
Your FBI: Moment, Michael | Protecting Special Events
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (video statements)
Michael isn’t just a Supervisory Intelligence Analyst for FBI San Juan. He’s also a life-long soccer player who helped protect the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile. Now as FIFA fever hits the United States, he’s talking about what it’s like securing major sporting events.
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UK E-petition debate relating to offshore detention & deporting illegal migrants – Monday 13 July 2026
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to offshore detention and deportation of illegal migrants.
John Lamont MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.
Read the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/737105
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What are petition debates?
Petition debates are ‘general’ debates which allow MPs from all parties to discuss the important issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to Government Ministers.
Petition debates don’t end with a vote to implement the request of a petition. This means that MPs will not vote on the issues raised in the petition at the end of the debate.
The Petitions Committee can only schedule debates on petitions to parliament started on petition.parliament.uk
Find out more about how petition debates work: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/content/194347/how-petitions-debates-work/
UK Lisa Nandy questioned on BBC Royal Charter Review – Culture Media and Sport Committee
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee question Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Robert Specterman-Green, Director, Media and International, Department for Culture, Media and Sport for their work on the BBC Royal Charter Review
Witnesses:
Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP – Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Robert Specterman-Green – Director, Media and International, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27324
Sustainable Development for People and Planet | SDG Media Zone | United Nations
Source: United Nations (video statements)
With fewer than five years remaining to achieve the SDGs, this panel discussion provides a candid assessment of our global trajectory based on The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2026. Speakers will highlight the tangible gains achieved through purposeful global action, demonstrating that SDG implementation successfully transforms lives at scale. However, the core of the discussion will address the severe headwinds stalling systemic progress. Panelists will unpack how escalating conflicts, slowing economic growth, climate chaos, rising debt burdens, and declining aid have created deeply uneven and insufficient outcomes. The session will outline solutions on what is needed to help accelerate the SDGs before 2030.
Speakers:
– Mr. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for DESA
– Shantanu Mukherjee, Acting Director, UNSD
– Sarah Hendriks, UN Women Director of Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division
Moderator: Chelsea Miller, Global strategist, advisor, and CEO of CPM Global
UK Getting legislation through the Lords | Lord Speaker’s Corner
Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
‘It’s like doing a business deal’
Lord Timpson explains the process of getting legislation agreed by the House of Lords, sharing that ‘It’s about sitting in the room with the other parties, understanding what their concerns were, trying to convince them sometimes that actually what our plan was right, other times then going back to our officials and our policy people…’
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UK How do MPs investigate issues that need fixing? | House of Commons Committees
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
MPs on House of Commons Select Committees need to hear from outside of parliament in order to properly investigate issues they are looking into. There are a number of ways they can do this, one of which is with Deliberative Engagement. Deliberative Engagement invites members of the public to take the time to learn from experts, deliberate with other members of the public affected by a given topic, and produce a set of conclusions that select committees can use as part of their investigations.
In early 2026, the Home Affairs Committee held a number of engagement activities exploring public preferences on reducing legal immigration.
The Committee partnered with Demos and King’s College London to deliver the deliberative workshops across the country. Invited members of the public were asked to examine the complex range of factors that influence public policy.
Their report is coming soon, follow the committee’s work on our website: committees.parliament.uk
UK Lords questions on migration to the UK
Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
What assessment has the government made of the number of people migrating into the UK in each of the last five years? Members raise concerns in this question from Lords Sahota.
Read a transcript of this question https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-07-09/debates/0EEC75BC-0F51-46CD-9F5F-F62108C72300/UKMigration
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Child Safety Online: President von der Leyen
Source: European Commission (video statements)
On 13 July 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, receives the final report on child safety online from the co-chairs of the special panel of experts.
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