3️⃣ United Nations Secretary General *Antonio Guterres has warned the world could not let the deepest oceans _"become the wild west"_* , at the start of a global summit on the seas. 🇫🇷 *World leaders are attending the UN Ocean Conference in the French city of Nice* as nations tussle over contentious rules on mining the seabed for critical minerals and the terms of a global treaty on plastic pollution. 🇺🇸 US President *Donald Trump has moved to fast-track US exploration in international waters* and sidestep efforts by the International Seabed Authority to regulate deep-sea mining. 🐠 Many countries oppose seabed mining, and *France is hoping more nations will join a moratorium* until more is known about the ecological impacts of the practice.