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Wealthy nations owe climate debt to Africa – funds that could help cities grow

Wealthy nations fuelled their industrial growth and urbanisation by burning fossil fuels. This was the biggest cause of climate change, which now affects every country in the world, even developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa which are responsible for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Wealthy nations owe a…

The Conversation

The G20: how it works, why it matters and what would be lost if it failed

South Africa took over the presidency of the G20 at the end of 2024. Since then the world has become a more complex, unpredictable and dangerous place. The most powerful state in the world, the US, seems intent on undermining the existing order that it created and on demonstrating its…

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Starmer to hold talks with Zelenskyy and Meloni before Ukraine defence summit

Prime minister to host more than a dozen countries over weekend as Europe tries to secure deal to end war

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South Africa laments G20 stalemate as key officials skip talks

South Africa voiced dismay that Group of 20 (G20) talks it hosted on global economic issues ended without consensus, after top officials from several countries skipped it and delegates remained far apart on issues such as climate finance.

Radio France Internationale

G20 Meeting In South Africa Highlights Global Economic Priorities

G20 meeting in South Africa addresses debt relief, climate change, and global economic resilience with notable absences and challenges.

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African Union’s new chair has a long list of tough tasks – what it will take to get them done

Following seven rounds of balloting, 60-year-old diplomat Mahmoud Ali Youssouf was elected the sixth chair of the African Union Commission in February 2025. Politics professor Ulf Engel, who is the editor of the Yearbook on the African Union, explains the role and its challenges.

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Foreign aid minister quits over cuts to her budget in fresh blow for Starmer - live

Anneliese Dodds warns it will be impossible to continue supporting Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan

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Reeves says Europe must follow UK’s lead and ‘step up’ defence spending

The chancellor will be talking to European allies at the G20 on the importance of bolstering defence capabilities

The Independent UK

Zelensky says no US security guarantees agreed in minerals deal as Starmer heads to Washington for Trump talks

PM travelling to Washington following his weekly Commons grilling after announcing dramatic increase in UK’s war chest

Evening Standard

Starmer to meet Trump in Washington as Kyiv and US agree minerals deal

European nations must ‘step up and do more on defence’ Rachel Reeves said after the UK pledged to raise defence spending.

The Independent UK

G20 summit in South Africa overshadowed by US envoy Marco Rubio’s absence

Top diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies gathered in South Africa on Thursday and Friday for meetings focused on a packed global agenda, but these were overshadowed by the absence of the US's secretary of state Marco Rubio.

Radio France Internationale

S.Africa Wants 'Inclusive' Talks On Ending Ukraine War, Invites Zelensky

South Africa said Friday that talks to end Russia's nearly three-year war in Ukraine must involve all parties and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was expected on a state visit soon for discussions.

International Business Times

Foreign ministers talk war in Ukraine and other conflicts on last day of G20 meeting in South Africa

Foreign ministers and senior diplomats from leading rich and developing countries focused on global conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war, on the last day of their meeting in South Africa

The Independent UK

Starmer facing pressure to be bold with Trump in Washington visit

The Prime Minister will meet US President Donald Trump next week amid a deepening feud between Kyiv and Washington.

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Ukraine war briefing: China lauds Trump’s Russia peace talks

Foreign minister Wang Yi praises ‘consensus’ between Moscow and Washington, reached without Kyiv; Ukraine president voices ‘hope’ after meeting US envoy. What we know on day 1,094

Evening Standard

Elon Musk attacks 'despised' Zelensky and claims Kyiv 'feeding off dead soldiers' as US-Ukraine rift deepens

Musk accused Kyiv of being a ‘massive graft machine feeding off the dead bodies of Ukrainian soldiers’

The Guardian - UK

Don’t be fooled by Putin’s ‘imperialism dressed up as realpolitik’, Lammy warns

Foreign secretary’s speech comes as UK continues to tread fine diplomatic line between supporting Ukraine and not offending Trump

The Guardian - UK

Britain and US bow before Trump as Lammy and CPAC fall silent

Britain’s foreign secretary was supposed to be shooting from the hip, but even one mild criticism of Trump was beyond him

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Russia has no ‘appetite’ for peace in Ukraine, says David Lammy

The Foreign Secretary cast doubt on Russia’s seriousness about achieving peace in Ukraine, at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers.

The Independent UK

Lammy: Russians have no ‘appetite’ for peace in Ukraine

The Foreign Secretary cast doubt on Russia’s seriousness about achieving peace in Ukraine, at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers.

Evening Standard

Russia has ‘learned nothing’ from ‘colonial failures and wars’, suggests Lammy

Foreign Secretary David Lammy was speaking at the G20 meeting of foreign ministers in South Africa.

Al Jazeera

South Africa urges cooperation at G20 meeting amid tensions over Ukraine

President Cyril Ramaphosa tells grouping international law is key to solving world crises.

The Guardian - UK

French foreign minister makes rules-based order plea to global south over Ukraine

Jean-Noël Barrot tells G20 to prioritise those who support the law rather than power by force

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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Attends G20 Meeting In South Africa

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov attends G20 meeting in South Africa amid U.S.-Russia talks on Ukraine. European support for Ukraine, U.S. absence, and glob...

International Business Times

G20 Foreign Ministers Meet In South Africa Without US On Board

Top diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies will convene in South Africa on Thursday for a meeting dominated by a packed global agenda but overshadowed by a snub by the top US envoy.

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