Noontime News Recap: UN deadlock on Western Sahara as Lebanon, Sudan and Ukraine developments unfold

The United Nations Security Council has rejected rival US and Russian draft resolutions on Western Sahara, leaving the future of the UN peacekeeping mission there uncertain after the competing texts failed to win approval.  🔗

In Lebanon, a military court has charged 13 people it says are linked to Hezbollah over the trafficking of explosives, following a seizure earlier this month at a site in the south of the country.  🔗

In Sudan, a senior commander in the Rapid Support Forces has defected and accused the paramilitary leadership of running the group like a family business and suppressing dissent, a fresh sign of strain inside the force.  🔗

On the war in Ukraine, the European Commission has moved ahead with implementation of a EUR 90 billion Ukraine Support Loan, saying the package is designed to provide Kyiv with predictable financing as it continues to face Russian pressure.  🔗

Separately, hundreds of people from the Russian occupied town of Oleshky have reached Belarus on four planes as a rare humanitarian evacuation continues under a temporary truce.  🔗

The evacuation from Oleshky underlines the limited but still active efforts to move civilians out of frontline areas, even as the wider conflict remains unresolved and access is tightly constrained.  🔗

Across these developments, the day brought a mix of diplomatic deadlock, legal action and battlefield related political fallout, from Western Sahara at the UN to Lebanon, Sudan and the Ukraine war.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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