Morning news brief: Boris says 'anyone but Rishi', UN on Sri Lanka, Biden in Saudi, and more
Morning news brief
Johnson also reportedly indicated that he is open to Penny Mordaunt, the junior trade minister, succeeding him if it meant that Sunak is kept out of the race.In other news,in response to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in 2018, Biden had vowed to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah" on the international stage. However, he ultimately came to the conclusion that U.S. interests required a recalibration, not a rupture, in relations with the country, which is the top oil exporter and an Arab superpower.
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The UN mission in Sri Lanka has urged senior politicians to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in line with the national Constitution, following weeks of protests that finally saw the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday.
“The United Nations in Sri Lanka urges all stakeholders to ensure a peaceful transition of power in full respect for the Constitution,” said United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Hanaa Singer, in a statement issued on Friday on behalf of the UN in Sri Lanka.
She said it was “imperative that the transition of power is accompanied by broad and inclusive consultation within and outside Parliament”.
In order to convince Washington's Gulf allies to pump more oil and to include Israel in the region as part of a new axis partly motivated by shared fears over Iran, US President Joe Biden talks with Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. In a joint statement published by the Saudi state news agency, the two nations stressed the significance of preventing Iran from "acquiring a nuclear weapon."
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