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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

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) – Britain’s Prince William says humanity is at a “pivotal moment” as he addresses world leaders at COP30 in the Brazilian city of Belem. IMAGES

Belém (Brésil) (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

Brüssel (AFP) – The European Commission says it takes the risks of illegal product sales on Shein “extremely seriously”. This comes after France urged Brussels to crack down on the sale of childlike sex dolls on Shein’s French website.

Berlin (AFP) – November’s supermoon, the biggest and brightest of 2025, lights up the sky in Idlib, Berlin and Nicosia.

New York (AFP) – New York’s mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, says he will leave “a door open” for US President Donald Trump and “stand up for the city,” in his first press conference since his victory.

Salvador (Brésil) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron leaves the gallery dedicated to French photographer and anthropologist Pierre Fatumbi Verger in the Brazilian city of Salvador, before greeting the crowd gathered for his visit as he heads to the cultural center “Maison du Bénin”. The president is in Brazil to advocate for a “reimagined transatlantic relationship” involving South America and Africa, before he is set to attend COP30 in Belem. IMAGES

Salvador (Brésil) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the gallery dedicated to French photographer and anthropologist Pierre Fatumbi Verger in the Brazilian city of Salvador. The president is in Brazil to advocate for a “reimagined transatlantic relationship” involving South America and Africa, before he is set to attend COP30 in Belem. IMAGES

Salvador (Brésil) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the cultural center and museum “Casa do Benin”, or Benin House, in the Brazilian city of Salvador. The president is in Brazil to advocate for a “reimagined transatlantic relationship” involving South America and Africa, before attending COP30 in Belem. IMAGES

Washington (AFP) – Demonstrators dressed as characters from the dystopian novel and TV series about a totalitarian society, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” march through Washington DC, chanting slogans and carrying “SHAME” banners to protest what they describe as the country’s drift toward fascism and authoritarianism. The protesters march to the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, which has swayed Trump’s policy decisions and has held influence in conservative politics for years, ahead of the “Trump Must Go” protest on the National Mall, marking the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s election for a second term as President.

Cebu (Philippines) (AFP) – Residents of Talisay in the Philippines’ Cebu province say floods took “everything” and destroyed their homes after powerful Typhoon Kalmaegi slammed into the country, leaving at least 100 people dead. “We were not able to save anything. The flood took even our rice. Everything,” resident Regie Mallorca tells AFP.