The US president expresses dissatisfaction with the shortlist of candidates for the UN general secretariat and complains about his exclusion from the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The mandate of the current UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, will come to an end in December.
The Trump administration opposes the entire current list of candidates for the leadership of the UN, believing that none of the figures vying for the role of secretary general sufficiently shares the US president's vision and his desire to change the organization. Politico reports this, citing some sources, according to which the administration would like new candidates. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' mandate expires at the end of December.
The protest for not having received the Nobel Prize
Meanwhile, Trump has once again protested this year over his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded yesterday to Navi Pillay. “I have resolved eight wars, am close to ending or resolving two more, brought home all the Israeli hostages, including the last 28, dead and alive; achieved the release and repatriation of hundreds of hostages from countries around the world; won a war in Venezuela and captured the violent dictator who ruled that country with such brutality; prevented the primary state sponsor of terrorism, the Islamic Republic of Iran, from obtaining a nuclear weapon. And much more yet, despite all this, neither I nor the United States of America have received the Nobel Peace Prize", wrote the American president on his social network Truth.

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Judge Navi Pillay calls US sanctions against the International Criminal Court "unprecedented and unacceptable", expressing concern about the independence of international courts at an event in Oslo.

A loud explosion was heard at Riyadh airport, Saudi Arabia. The evacuation of the airport is underway, which had already suffered Houthi attacks in recent days.

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas has announced a new package of sanctions against Russia, condemning the killing of more than 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days and the intensification of Russian hybrid attacks against Europe and NATO.

The European Union defends the independence of the International Criminal Court against US sanctions, considering the activation of the blocking statute to protect European operators and companies from the effects of foreign laws.

The United States has reportedly threatened to stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine if Kiev does not stop attacks on Russian refineries. The issue emerged during a meeting in Miami between Ukrainian, European and US negotiators.