Official news on Tuesday, 27 October 2026
49 stories published by 26 official publishers on 27 October 2026, from UN and global, Regional blocs, National, Devolved and state. Each links to the original and to a saved copy.
People named: Bridget Phillipson (2), John Healey (2), Angela Rayner, Luke Pollard, Ellie Reeves, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Martin McCluskey, Mark Ferguson, Michael Shanks, Wes Streeting.
Countries named: Kenya (2), Ukraine, United States, Jamaica, Tanzania, Yemen, France, Poland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
- Sixth Committee Discusses General Principles of Law, Official Immunity, Sea Level Rise as Consideration of International Law Commission Report Continues
- Twenty-Six Years after Landmark Resolution, Much Action Still Needed on Women, Peace and Security, Secretary-General Tells Security Council
- Myanmar’s Conflict Death Toll Surpasses 100,000, Third Committee Hears, as South Sudan’s Elections Risk Triggering War
- Fourth Committee Opens Debate on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
- Holding Debate over Iran Sanctions, Security Council Contests Expiry Status, Continuing Nuclear Programme
- United States-Cuba Clash Pauses General Assembly Debate as Member States Press for End to Embargo
- Security Council, 10254th Meeting (PM) Women, Peace and Security
- Secretary-General Appoints Gleb Desyatnikov of Russian Federation Assistant Secretary-General for Mine Action and Police
- Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development Holds Two Panel Discussions on the Role of Business in Realising the Right to Development, and on Access to Food and the Right to Development
- In Dialogue with Jamaica, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Measures to Combat Corruption, Raise Issues Concerning Fatal Police Shootings and Legislation on Homosexual Relations
- Kenya: 20 Ebola contacts released from quarantine
- Record carbon dioxide levels will impact us for centuries, says UN weather agency
- General Assembly weighs US embargo against Cuba ahead of 34th vote
- Gaza: Families brace for fourth winter in tents as aid operations remain stymied
- Security Council LIVE: Women and girls face greater dangers in war
- Four in five domestic workers lack formal job protections, UN finds
- World News in Brief: ‘No safe place in Ukraine’, IAEA calls for Iran nuclear inspections, Kenya hosts thousands of Ethiopians fleeing clashes
- Security Council, 10253rd Meeting (AM) Iran/Non-proliferation
- Ebola survivor clinics strengthen the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
Level 6: National government
- Peace cannot be sustainable while half the population is shut out of shaping it: UK statement at the UN Security Council
- More people protected as government acts to make more homes safe
- Introduction of Respect Orders, Youth and Housing Injunctions
- Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park development consent decision announced
- Iran must allow the return of IAEA inspectors to all nuclear sites: UK statement at the UN Security Council
- UK sets pace on new undersea sensors to detect threats, as AUKUS partners test advanced kit in San Diego
- Frodsham Solar development consent decision announced
- Government launches first ever misogny prevention fund
- Government launches first ever misogyny prevention fund
- New digital patents services have launched
- Parents who murdered 13-week-old son have sentences increased
- Warm Homes Loan Scheme: Factsheet
- Minister launches new campus for National School of Government
- MMO to strengthen fisheries statistics following accreditation cancellation
- New MHRA research puts needle-free Strep A vaccine within reach
- UK Human Rights Ambassador visits Tanzania ahead of UN review
- MCA and GMB sign Recognition Agreement for Coastguard Rescue Officers
- New consultations launched on future of fees and access to data
- Gwyndod supply chain mobilised to deliver UK’s first SMRs
- UK and Poland strengthen defences on Europe's Eastern flank
- Have your say on the future of Part K of the building regulations
- Churches Conservation Trust: Tuesday 27th October 2026
- PS & B - ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED – winding up orders made
- RSH publishes annual social housing stocks and rents statistics
- Ofqual fines Innovate Awarding £185,000 over failures to deal with fraud risks
- The Princess Royal to visit Cape Town for Commonwealth Agriculture Conference