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Closed stalls, empty streets - the scene outside Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium is a grey one as American mega-star Taylor Swift's concerts are cancelled following the discovery of a planned terrorist attack. At least two Islamic State sympathisers have been arrested, according to police. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg downplays the threat of escalation from Moscow, after the United States authorised Kyiv to use American weapons to hit targets inside Russia. IMAGES
"Neither the region nor the world can afford more war," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns at the top of a Security Council meeting on Iran's attack on Israel. SOUNDBITE
UN climate chief Simon Stiell warns that global warming will "decimate G20 economies" without unity. "Sidelining climate isn’t a solution to a crisis that will decimate every G20 economy and has already started to hurt," he says during his address at the UK think tank Chatham House, London, UK. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the world is entering "an age of chaos," with a deeply divided Security Council unable to address critical issues such as the Israel-Hamas war. "This is not the first time the Council has been divided -- but it is the worst. Today's dysfunction is deeper and more dangerous", says the UN chief, as he presents his 2024 priorities to the General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.
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