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Paris, Apr 30 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Mohammed Badra) Saif al-Mallah, an Iraqi artist and refugee in Paris, works on a pyrography artwork about his memories in Mosul, in his room in Paris. The 27-year-old artist focuses on painting, sculpting and calligraphy to raise awareness of the situation in Iraq and the disastrous consequences of war. His work includes wood burning keywords about his own life and journey with a soldering iron.FOOTAGE OF THE ARTIST.
A young Iraqi man is scavenging scrap metal off the streets, which he then turns into artwork and sells in order to support his family.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday paints a dark picture of the situation in the Middle East, warning that spiraling tensions over the war in Gaza and Iran's attack on Israel could devolve into a "full-scale regional conflict." 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
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President Joe Biden takes a swipe at rival Donald Trump's desire for "revenge and retribution" during his State of the Union address. SOUNDBITE
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