Source: European Commission (video statements)
The European Commission’s Spring 2026 Economic Forecast projects slower growth and higher inflation as rising energy prices impact the EU economy.
UK What is the Private Members’ Bill ballot?
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
We caught up with the Chairman of Ways and Means, Nusrat Ghani MP, after this morning’s Private Members’ Bill ballot.
Find out which MPs were successful in this year’s ballot on the UK Parliament website.
UK What’s Private Members’ Bill ballot?
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
We caught up with the Chairman of Ways and Means, Nusrat Ghani MP, after this morning’s Private Members’ Bill ballot.
Find out which MPs were successful in this year’s ballot on the UK Parliament website.
South Africa: Deputy Minister in The Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli hands over relief packs to flood disaster victims
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
Deputy Minister in The Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli hands over relief packs to flood disaster victims in Vredenburg, Western Cape
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UK The Earl Marshal prepares for State Opening
Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
The Earl Marshal is responsible for organising major state ceremonies such as the State Opening of Parliament, where the monarch reads out the King’s Speech. The Duke of Norfolk tells us more about his role and all the preparation that goes into the start of the parliamentary year.
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South Africa: Vuk Talks | In conversation with Rishav Juglall | founder of Rocky Brands
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
Vuk Talks | In conversation with Rishav Juglall | founder of Rocky Brands
South Africa Government: President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the Botswana and South Africa Business Form
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the Botswana and South Africa Business Form
UK Replica football kit pricing | Lords Questions
Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
Members quizzed the government on the increase in price of 2026 FIFA World Cup replica football kits, in this question from Lord Walker of Broxton.
📺 Watch question in full https://orlo.uk/TRQOC
Interview – what are the #ebola symptoms and how is the UN responding?
Source: United Nations (video statements)
‘First symptoms of Ebola can appear suddenly’, tells Emergency Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Marie Roseline Belizaire, adding that they can deteriorate to extensive bleeding.
Speaking in an interview with UN News, Dr Belizaire stresses that WHO’s response relies on community-based approaches: ‘Every epidemic begins in a community and ends in a community’, she concludes.
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“One civilian was killed every fourteen minutes in 2025” -Security Council Briefing | United Nations
Source: United Nations (video statements)
A top UN humanitarian official said “Protecting civilians requires more than expressions of concern. It requires genuine commitment that translates into concrete action.”
Addressing the Security Council, Edem Wosornu, Director of the Crisis Response Division of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that one civilian was killed approximately every fourteen minutes in 2025. These are only the deaths the United Nations could document across twenty armed conflicts. We know the real toll is far higher, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Sudan, in Ukraine, in the occupied Palestinian territory, and beyond.
She said, “These patterns are the result of choices. The choice by parties to conflict to ignore their obligations to protect civilians, and too often, to target them. The choice by some to adopt increasingly permissive interpretations of international humanitarian law, hollowing out the very rules designed to protect civilians during war.”
She also said, “There is another path. Other choices are possible. They must be made. They must be made because protecting civilians, ensuring respect for the law, and ending impunity is not only a legal and moral obligation. It is also in Member States’ shared interest. In a world where conflicts are rising and rearmament is accelerating; unrestrained force and unapologetic brutality do not make anyone safer. They put everyone at risk. Those who believe war will never reach them, their families, or their people are living in a dangerous illusion.”