Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – Images of the city of Belem and the COP30 venue as world leaders meet for a second day of climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon. Dozens of ministers and several heads of state and government, including those of Spain, Germany and Namibia, meet there just before the United Nations’ (UN) annual two-week conference, COP30, which starts on November 10. IMAGES
Hanamaki (Japan) (AFP) – Japan has begun deploying soldiers to the northern Akita region, which has been hit hard by a spate of deadly bear attacks. Since April, 12 deaths and more than 100 injuries have been reported, with Akita and neighbouring Iwate the regions most affected.
Belém (Brésil) (AFP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and French President Emmanuel Macron pose for photos in front of the press after a bilateral meeting in the framework of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem. IMAGES
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prince William visit a rainforest museum and meet youth climate leaders in the Brazilian city of Belem, during their visit for COP30. IMAGES
Belém (Brésil) (AFP) – The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is welcomed by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva upon her arrival at the COP30 venue for a summit of head of states and leaders ahead of the official start of the climate summit on November 10th. IMAGES
Maasai Mara (AFP) – The Nashulai conservancy prides itself on the way the local Maasai people and their livestock live alongside wildlife. Nashulai — which means ‘coexistence’ in Maa, the local language — was founded in 2016, and has allowed the local Maasai community to maintain their way of life alongside the lions, zebras and giraffes for which the region is world-famous.
La Paz (AFP) – Bolivian former right-wing president Jeanine Anez is released from prison after more than four years behind bars, a day after the Supreme Court annulled her 10-year sentence for alleged coup plotting. IMAGES
Belém (AFP) – Indigenous peoples mark the start of COP30 talks, as world leaders meet in Brazil in an effort to show that climate change remains a top global priority despite broken promises and the United States’ shunning the gathering. Dozens of heads of state and government are in the rainforest city of Belem ahead of next week’s UN climate talks that come after scientists confirmed the safer limit of the Paris Agreement would be breached.
City of Industry (AFP) – Hundreds of cars queue in California’s City of Industry, as people wait for hours to receive food donations amid an ongoing US government shutdown. Both Democrats and Republicans remain unwavering over the main sticking point in the current stoppage — health care spending. Democrats say they will only provide votes to end the funding lapse after a deal has been struck to extend expiring insurance subsidies that make health care affordable for millions of Americans. But Republicans insist they will only address health care once Democrats have voted to switch the lights back on in Washington.
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a trilateral meeting with Britain’s Prince William and UK Prime minister Keir Starmer on the sidelines of a leaders summit in Belem ahead of COP30. IMAGES
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – Special guests, official delegations, press and workers arrive at the media centre to participate in the start of the COP30 summit in Belem, Brazil. IMAGES
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) – The world has “failed” in its promise to hold warming below 1.5C, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells global leaders in Brazil, warning of greater costs and destruction for every nation. At a leaders summit in Belem ahead of COP30 climate talks, Guterres says decades of delay and denial meant “we have failed to ensure we remain below 1.5 degrees” of warming since the pre-industrial era, the Paris Agreement’s most ambitious goal. SOUNDBITE
