Guyana’s Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett received the strongest support in the Security Council’s latest informal ballot, while Uganda’s Olara Otunnu recorded the largest increase in “encourage” votes. The results reshuffle the contest but leave the race without a clear consensus candidate.
The contest to succeed António Guterres will influence how the United Nations responds to war, debt, climate shocks, human-rights abuses and shrinking development assistance.
New York is expanding legal protections for unaccompanied immigrant children as the city and state push back against expanding federal immigration enforcement. Governor Kathy Hochul announced $7.25 million in state funding for legal services, while Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Attorney General Letitia James outlined broader efforts to support immigrant communities amid an intensifying dispute with Washington.