Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is “disturbed” by “barbaric activity of Russia in bombarding the Ukrainian people”, speaking to the press alongside Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau on the last day of the G20 summit in Bali. SOUNDBITE
Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they sit down for a work lunch on the last day of the G20 summit. Macron seeks to convince Modi, who has stopped short of condemning the Russian invasion in Ukraine, that the conflict is “not a good thing”.
Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – Indonesian president Joko Widodo leads world leaders through the Taman Hutan Mangrove jungle on the last day of the G20 summit in a special event where they plant saplings. Earlier in the day US President Joe Biden and leaders of key allies held “emergency” talks after a missile hit Polish territory near the border with Ukraine.
Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) – President of EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leave the venue after “emergency” talks with US president Joe Biden and allies. The meeting is in response to a missile hitting Polish territory near the border with Ukraine.
Nairobi (AFP) – A baby elephant called Kindani tickles a Kenyan journalist working for local channel KBC with his trunk during a standup for a report at the Sheldrick Elephant Nurseryun in Nairobi.
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Prisoners held by both sides in Russia’s war in Ukraine have been subjected to torture, says the head of the UN Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner.
Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) – ‘The potential to stall talks and land a devastating blow for us as small island developing states, is looming. But Antigua and Barbuda will not leave here without a loss and damage fund,’ says Conrod Hunte, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), during his COP27 speech in Egypt.
Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) – Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta, a mediator for the seven-nation East African Community (EAC), arrives in eastern DR Congo’s main city of Goma, as fighting continues north of the city between the Congolese army and M23 rebels.
Doha (AFP) – Australian players refuse to expand on their comments about Qatar’s human rights record, saying they are fully focused on a daunting World Cup opener against defending champions France. The Gulf state has come under intense scrutiny over its treatment of migrant workers, women and the LGBTQ community in the run-up to the tournament, which starts on November 20. The Socceroos released a video last month featuring 16 players, in which they spoke out against rights abuses in Qatar, although they acknowledged progress had been made.
Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) – “Will you be on the right side of history? Will you end this moral and economic madness?”, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate asks leaders during her a speech at the COP27 summit.
Vienna (AFP) – Climate activists from the group ‘Letzte Generation Österreich’ (Last Generation Austria) pour black liquid over Austrian painter Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece “Death and Life” at Vienna’s Leopold Museum. “Restorers are working to determine whether the painting, protected by glass, has been damaged” said museum spokesman Klaus Pokorny.
Mashhad Rūḩīn (Syria) (AFP) – The Turkish government has pledged to finish building 100,000 homes to resettle the country’s large population of Syrian refugees. 600 of these homes were opened near the village of Mashhad Ruhin, in rebel-held northwest Syria, along the border with Turkey. Millions of Syrians have been forced to flee the civil, which began in 2011, and around 3.7 million are in Turkey.
