09/10/2022, 13.36
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Armed ethnic groups reject peace proposal by Myanmar’s military junta

The other news of the day: China’s Communist Party plans to change its constitution. The Islamic State group is looking for recruits at the al-Hol refugee camp in Syria. Jailed Indian journalist Siddique Kappan gets bail. Negotiations under Biden's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework are set to start. A St Petersburg area borough calls for Putin's ouster.

MYANMAR

The country's armed ethnic groups have rejected a peace proposal made by the head of the ruling military junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The junta wants the groups to join the military as part of the border guard force. The ethnic armed groups have made it clear that such an agreement must be preceded by a political resolution to the ongoing political conflict.

CHINA

The Communist Party of China plans to amend its constitution at the 20th Congress, which opens on 16 October. The decision, whose details are not yet known, should further boost Xi Jinping's position, making him the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong.

SYRIA

The Islamic State group wants to exploit the horrendous conditions at the al-Hol refugee camp to recruit new members, this according to US Central Command chief General Erik Kurilla. The camp, which is located in an area controlled by Kurdish forces, holds 55,000, mostly women and children.

INDIA

The Supreme Court of India yesterday granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested two years ago on charges of inciting terrorism. The journalist, who hails from Kerala, was detained in connection with his investigation into the alleged rape of a woman, whose death caused national outrage.

INDO-PACIFIC

The 14 states of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework agreed yesterday to start formal negotiations to create a rules-based economic order in the vast region. The initiative, sponsored by the United States, seeks to address China's geopolitical rise. Critics say the commitments made by Washington and its partners are still vague.

RUSSIA

Several members of a St Petersburg area borough have called for Putin to be put on trial for treason. In Moscow, members of the Lomonosov borough council joined their St Petersburg colleagues, urging Putin to "resign, since your ideas and your model of administration have irreparably aged and hinder Russia's progress”.

KAZAKHSTAN

A member of Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission, Shavkat Utemisov, said that former President Nazarbayev and his daughter Dariga could run in the upcoming snap presidential election. Last week, Deputy Justice Minister Alma Mukanova said the opposite, citing the new Constitution.

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