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‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks

Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém

The Guardian - UK

Jewish community in the Czech Republic reports record number of antisemitic incidents in 2024

Antisemitic incidents in the Czech Republic have reached record levels last year amid the conflict in Gaza

The Independent UK

France investigates Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot over Holocaust denial claims

French officials previously raised concerns that the platform’s algorithm could be used for foreign interference

The Independent UK

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Brazil's final text proposal at UN climate talks draws fire as weak — after a real fire at the COP30

Brazil has offered several texts for this year’s last day of the U.N. climate talks but what was supposed to be nearly final proposals on key contentious issues failed to explicitly mention fossil fuels — the cause of global warming

The Independent UK

Cop30 draft omits any mention of fossil fuel transition plan as talks enter final hours

Negotiators face narrowing window to resolve some of summit’s most politically charged questions before scheduled close this weekend

The Independent UK

Rapper Jelly Roll Unveils Clean-Shaven Look - And Why His Daughter Don't Recognise Him

Grammy-nominated rapper Jelly Roll shows off his clean-shaven face, his family's shocked reaction, and shares thoughts on his nominations.

International Business Times UK

Iran rejects UN atomic agency's resolution and threatens more reprisal actions

Iran’s state media has reported that the foreign ministry called a resolution by the U.N. atomic watchdog’s board of governors “anti-Iranian” and threatened unspecified retaliatory actions

The Independent UK

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As I write my last column, the facts on climate crisis speak for themselves

Since 1995, when the first Cop was held, carbon levels have increased from 360.67 parts per million to 426.68 parts now

The Guardian - UK

Fossil fuel showdown looms on UN climate summit's final day

A breach, a blockade, and a blaze: tumultuous UN climate talks head into their final day Friday in the Brazilian Amazon, with countries still sharply split over fossil fuels.

Radio France Internationale

Fire disrupts climate talks at COP30 in Brazil as negotiators reach critical final days

The fire in the Blue Zone of the UN climate conference forced evacuations and stalled negotiations as the summit nears its end with many agreements yet to be made.

Euronews

Environment and health: a connection that remains unseen in the Climate Change Conferences

In a conversation with Luciana Julião, environment editor at The Conversation Brasil, during COP30 in Belém, Fiocruz researcher and environmental health specialist Sandra Hacon explained why the integration of climate, environment and health has guided her research for two decades. Hacon has a background in biology and ecology and is…

The Conversation

Pelosi calls Trump ‘the biggest con job in American history’ in reply to climate comment

US speaker emerita criticizes Trump’s anti-climate stance and his remarks to the UN general assembly

The Guardian - US

Cop30 climate summit in Brazil disrupted after fire breaks out in venue

Event thrown into confusion and 13 treated for smoke inhalation after conference centre evacuated

The Guardian - UK

The world’s new US$125 billion rainforest trust fund revives a 1990s idea – and shows its limits

A US$125 billion rainforest fund is being hailed as a flagship announcement from the 2025 UN climate summit in Belém, Brazil. The goal is noble: this is essentially a trust fund that will pay countries to keep their tropical forests standing. But its core idea was tried 30 years ago,…

The Conversation

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The Independent UK

Huge fire at Cop30 forces evacuation as 13 people suffer smoke inhalation

Blaze disrupts UN climate talks in Brazil at critical time, with just two scheduled days left and negotiators yet to announce any major agreements

Euronews

UN atomic agency votes to urge Iran to provide information about nuclear material

Iran denounced Thursday's resolution and said that it was designed to propagate a "false and misleading narrative of the present situation."

The Independent UK

Vietnam War POW Robert Stirm, seen in iconic 'Burst of Joy' photo with family, dies at 92

Former U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, a POW during the Vietnam War known for the iconic "Burst of Joy" photo reuniting him with his family, has died in California

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Tuvalu and climate sector want more from Australia

Australia has been urged to match its words with its deeds as it prepares to take on a global climate negotiating role.

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The Conversation

Are things falling apart for Ukraine?

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The Conversation

Behind the scenes in Belém: The Conversation’s report from Brazil’s UN climate summit

This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.

The Conversation

The deep sea and the Arctic must be included in efforts to tackle climate change

This year’s COP30 comes after the international Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) finally acquired the required number of ratification votes by United Nations member states.

The Independent UK

Fire prompts evacuations at one of the buildings for UN climate talks in Brazil

Officials say a fire has been reported at one of the buildings being used for U.N. climate talks in Brazil, prompting evacuations

The Independent UK

Communities of slave descendants in Brazil demand recognition of territories

About 40 minutes by boat from the Brazilian city of Belem where this year's U.N. climate talks are being held is a community of about 500 residents who are descendants of former slaves

Newslaundry

Standoff at COP30 as conservatives push to equate gender with biological sex

Negotiations over the strengthened Gender Action Plan (GAP) have entered a tense phase at the COP30 climate summit after disputes broke out on how to define gender. A conservative bloc is seeking to reduce the definition to biological sex — a shift that would erase trans and non-binary people from…

The Independent UK

UN secretary general urges nations at climate talks to be flexible to get results

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is urging countries gathered for climate talks in Brazil to be willing to compromise to deliver results in the fight against climate change

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