ESA highlights Smile aurora and EarthCARE aerosols in weekly image selection
ESA’s image selection highlights an auroral substorm, volcanic aerosols and a radar view of seas affected by Typhoon Surigae.
ESA’s image selection highlights an auroral substorm, volcanic aerosols and a radar view of seas affected by Typhoon Surigae.
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Delegates set out human-rights priorities as the General Assembly’s Third Committee began its debate. The EU also announced a change to its resolution plans.
Russia plans to propose a resolution on modern colonialism, while Poland and other delegates have challenged Moscow’s position at the opening of a UN debate.
Defence Minister Boris Pistorius says Germany plans to establish its first military drone unit in 2027, with up to 600 personnel.
The UN General Assembly has debated Russian and Chinese vetoes that blocked renewal of an Iran sanctions panel, amid a dispute over the sanctions’ legal basis.
At the Valdai forum, Putin urged leaders to avoid the use of highly destructive weapons but said an attack on Russia would put its full arsenal on the agenda.
The UN says strikes in Kunar and Helmand killed at least 10 civilians, while Pakistan says it targeted militant hideouts in Afghanistan.
Trump says he eliminated Iran’s nuclear threat in one night. His earlier four-to-six-week estimate covered a wider military mission, while inspectors still lacked an account of Iran’s enriched uranium in September.
Ukraine’s president says its FP-7 ballistic missile has been used in combat for the first time, but has not disclosed where or when.