The leaders of France, Britain and Germany say they believe Iran was responsible for the attack on Saudi oil processing facilities that took place earlier this month.
The United Nations chief says 77 countries have committed to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions and bringing them to effectively zero by 2050.
Japan and the US are working on the final sticking points in negotiation on a trade deal before a summit between the county's leaders on Wednesday.
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Key words : the leaders of France
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The leaders of France, Britain and Germany say they believe Iran was responsible for the attack on Saudi oil processing facilities that took place earlier this month.
French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met to discuss their strategy on Iran at the United Nations gathering of world leaders on Monday.
In a joint statement, the three said "it is clear" that Iran bears responsibility for the attack.
They said that "there is no other plausible explanation," backing up earlier US claims.
Europe has been working to mediate a growing conflict between Iran and the United States.
And the leaders say it's time for Iran to come to the table.
Tensions escalated after the US pulled out of a 2015 Nuclear deal aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program and re-imposed stiff economic sanctions.
In turn, Iran violated several conditions laid out in the multi-country pact.
Key words : iran hitting back latest sanctions
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Iran's foreign minister is hitting back against the latest accusation, after denying any involvement in the Saudi attack.
In a tweet, Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized the 3 countries for failing to fulfill their obligations to the nuclear deal and urged them to stop "parroting absurd US claims."
Zarif says the US closed the door on negotiations by imposing its latest sanctions.
Donald Trump previously said he was open to meeting with Iran's president on the sidelines of the UN gathering.
Key words : Iranian foreign
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Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran is seeking to prevent Middle East tensions escalating into a war.
Zarif made the remark in a meeting with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Motegi expressed Japan's concerns over attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia earlier this month.
He said that Japan will continue to work to de-escalate tensions and bring stability in the Middle East.
Motegi stressed the importance of Iran continuing to implement the 2015 nuclear deal and not acting to undermine the agreement.
Zarif thanked Japan for its diplomatic efforts. He said that Iran will continue its efforts to prevent a war.
Iran's state-run media have reported that Zarif noted in the meeting that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will put forward a regional peace plan called the Hormuz Peace Initiative at the UN.
He added that Rouhani is eager to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week in New York.
Key words : United Nations chief
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The United Nations chief says 77 countries have committed to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions and bringing them to effectively zero by 2050.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the announcement in his speech to wrap up the UN Climate Action Summit on Monday.
Top leaders and ministers from more than 60 countries attended the summit. They announced specific efforts to stem global warming, such as greater use of renewable energy and financial support for developing nations.
Guterres said 77 countries, including France and Germany, committed to carbon neutrality, or net zero carbon emissions, by 2050.
He also said fund management firms with more than 2 trillion dollars in investments have committed to choosing carbon-neutral firms as their investment destinations.
Guterres said the world has been losing the fight against climate crises, but that it is waking up, and momentum is growing.
However, major emitters including the United States, China and India have not committed to carbon neutrality. Some other countries including Japan did not announce their specific plans at the summit.
Guterres said much more has to be done to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels to avoid a serious impact. He called on world leaders to accelerate efforts and take more concrete action.
Key words : swedish activist delivered
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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg delivered an impassioned speech to the world leaders at a special summit on climate change at the United Nations, saying their inaction was failing future generations.
The 16-year-old has sparked a global movement by skipping school on Fridays to draw attention to what she describes as a climate emergency.
In her speech, Thunberg said she shouldn't be at the event at all, but back home at school. She urged politicians and business leaders to act.
Greta Thunberg said, "How dare you. You have stolen my dreams, my childhood, with your empty words. Yet, I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering, people are dying. Entire eco-systems are collapsing."
The following is a full transcript of her speech:
"My message is that we'll be watching you. This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.
Yet I am one of the lucky ones. People are suffering, people are dying. Entire eco-systems are collapsing.
We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is the money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you. For more than 30 years the science has been crystal clear. How dare you continue to look away and come here saying that you're doing enough when the politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight.
You say you hear us and that you understand the urgency. But no matter how sad and angry I am, I do not want to believe that, because if you really understood the situation and still kept on failing to act, then you would be evil and that I refuse to believe. The popular idea of cutting our emissions in half in 10 years only gives us a 50% chance of staying below 1.5 degrees and the risk of setting off irreversible chain reactions beyond human control. 50% may be acceptable to you. But those numbers do not include tipping points, most feedback loops, additional warming hidden by toxic air pollution or the aspects of equity and climate justice. They also rely on my generation sucking hundreds of billions of tons of your CO2 out of the air with technologies that barely exist.
So a 50% risk is simply not acceptable to us, we who have to live with the consequences. To have a 67% chance of staying below a 1.5 degrees of global temperature rise, the best odds given by the IPCC, the world had 420 gigatons of CO2 left to emit back on January 1st, 2018. Today that figure is already down to less than 350 gigatons. How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just business as usual and some technical solutions? With today's emissions levels, that remaining CO2 budget will be entirely gone within less than eight and a half years. There will not be any solutions or plans presented in line with these figures here today because these numbers are too uncomfortable and you are still not mature enough to tell it like it is. You are failing us.
But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say, we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now is where we draw the line. The world is waking up, and change is coming whether you like it or not. Thank you."
Key words : Japan and the US
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Japan and the US are working on the final sticking points of a trade deal before a summit between the two leaders of the countries on Wednesday.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in New York on Monday.
The two governments had aimed for Japan's leader Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump to sign the pact during their meeting. However, officials indicated the signing may now be delayed.
The two countries reached a broad bilateral agreement in August in which Japan plans to open up its market for US farm products.
Japan agreed to cut its tariff on US beef from the current 38.5 percent. The levy would eventually drop to 9 percent under the agreement. Tariffs on US pork would also be cut.
In return, Tokyo is requesting that Washington remove tariffs on Japanese automobiles. It also wants assurances that the US will not impose auto tariffs based on national security concerns or set import quotas.
Key words : Trump moon welcome
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US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have welcomed North Korea's recent show of willingness to resume dialogue.
Trump and Moon met in New York on Monday. Moon said at the outset that he hopes the US and North Korea will start working-level denuclearization talks soon, to prepare for another summit.
Trump also expressed his hopes for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
According to South Korea's presidential office, Trump and Moon reaffirmed that the spirit of the agreement reached at the first Trump-Kim summit remains alive.
The summit, held in Singapore in June last year, ended with a statement on denuclearization, although it fell short on specifics.
In New York, Trump and Moon are said to have discussed ways to achieve concrete results at an early stage in denuclearization talks with North Korea. They also agreed that the US and South Korea will continue to cooperate closely.
A South Korean presidential spokesperson said issues involving Japan were not discussed by the two leaders.
Japan was watching whether Trump and Moon might discuss the recent deteriorating ties between Tokyo and Seoul.
South Korea announced last month that it will terminate an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, despite calls from Washington to keep the arrangement.
Key words : US researchers say
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US researchers say satellite images suggest North Korea may be stepping up its activities to build a new submarine capable of carrying ballistic missiles.
Researchers at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and satellite operator Planet Labs told NHK that they analyzed photos taken on Monday, of a shipyard in the eastern port city of Sinpo.
The images show the roof of a large new structure straddling the quay. Part of it has been covered with netting, which serves to conceal activities inside the structure.
The researchers say images taken last week indicate that the structure was built to hide a new submarine capable of launching ballistic missiles, which is reportedly under construction.
The researchers say photos taken on Monday also spotted a truck crane with building materials around it, which support the idea that North Korea is stepping up construction activities.
Senior researcher David Schmerler says the netting of the structure prevents anyone from seeing whether a submarine is under it, and highlights the importance of monitoring the North's latest activities in the area.
Key words : Hong Kong leader
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Hong Kong's leader says she hopes to find a solution to the current turmoil through peaceful and rational dialogue with its citizens.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam expressed her expectations for the dialogue at a news conference on Tuesday.
The first dialogue session is to open on Thursday, with 150 citizens chosen from 20,000 applicants to exchange views with Lam and other officials.
Hong Kong has been rocked by massive protests since June over legislation that would have allowed suspects to be sent to mainland China to face trial.
The Hong Kong government announced its formal withdrawal of the extradition bill in early September, but civil protests have continued.
Pro-democracy activists are demanding that an independent panel be set up to probe police violence against protesters. They are also calling for democratic, direct elections to choose Hong Kong's leader.
They are refusing to join the dialogue, saying it is simply a means of putting off a solution.
Observers say it's unlikely that the dialogue will settle the turmoil anytime soon. Citizens are planning further protest activities in the run-up to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1.
Key words : Indonesia 20 people
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Authorities in Indonesia say at least 20 people, including one soldier, have been killed and 60 injured in protests in Papua province.
In the town of Wamena, protesters torched government offices and shops. Many of the victims were trapped inside the burning buildings.
A rumor on social media reportedly sparked the unrest. It said a local teacher who isn't from the province called an indigenous Papuan student a "monkey."
Police say at least one soldier and three civilians also died in a separate protest in the provincial capital of Jayapura.
Indonesia's Papua is home to a long-simmering separatist movement, fuelled partly by ethnic and racial tension.
Monday's violence comes weeks after a similar incident in East Java.
Police and military personnel called Papuan university students "monkeys," causing a wave of protests.
Security forces clashed with civilians resulting in several deaths.
Key words : IAAF
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The council of the International Association of Athletics Federations, or IAAF, has extended a ban on the Russian Athletics Federation over a doping scandal.
The decision means Russia will miss the world athletics championships starting in Doha, Qatar, on Friday. Russia also missed the previous championships.
The IAAF Council decided to extend the ban at a meeting in Doha on Monday after hearing a report from the organization's task force overseeing Russia's reinstatement efforts.
Speaking at a news conference, task force chairman Rune Andersen said conditions for reinstating Russia have not been met.
Andersen said "there is a recurring problem of athletes and local athletics federations working with banned coaches, which undermines the creation of any strong anti-doping culture."
He also said the Athletics Integrity Unit of the IAAF has not yet confirmed whether data provided by Russia is authentic and unaltered.
The World Anti-Doping Agency, or WADA, says data samples of athletes provided by Moscow had inconsistencies. The organization began compliance proceedings against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency last week.
Anderson said the task force has taken note of the allegations.
The IAAF suspended the Russian federation in November 2015 after a report commissioned by WADA found widespread doping in the country.
Russian authorities deny that the doping was state-sponsored.
Russian athletes who have proven to be free of doping and met other conditions will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag at the coming championships.
Key words : organizer paralympic
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The organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have unveiled cardboard beds to be used at the games' athletes' village.
The organizing committee and bedding maker airweave showed the beds to media on Tuesday.
The beds are lighter than most conventional ones, but can support up to 200 kilograms. Officials of the maker say athletes can easily move the beds as they like in their double rooms.
The beds have polyethylene mattresses whose hardness can be adjusted.
The committee plans to provide18,000 beds for the Olympics and 8,000 for the Paralympics.
After the games, the beds are to be collected for recycling. The mattresses are to be recycled to make other plastic items.
A committee official in charge of the village, Takashi Kitajima, said the beds earned praise from officials from various countries and regions in previews, and that there was no concern about the cardboard. He says the committee hopes to help athletes sleep well while securing sustainability, a theme of the events.
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