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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hails a US-brokered deal to normalise ties between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates. SOUNDBITE
Delegates rise and applaud after COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber announces that nations will adopt a climate deal that calls for the world to transition away from fossil fuels. IMAGES
"On behalf of the Arab Group, I express our gratitude to the efforts of all the state parties in order to have a successful first global stocktake," Saudi official Albara Tawfiq tells the COP28 conference. Nearly 200 nations meeting at the UN climate talks in Dubai on Wednesday approved a first-ever call for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, tackling the top culprit of climate change after years of avoidance although at-risk countries said far more action was needed. The text stopped short of backing appeals during the summit for a "phase-out" of oil, gas and coal, which together account for around three-quarters of the emissions responsible for the planetary crisis. SOUNDBITE
COP28 chief Sultan Al Jaber says the UAE is proud of its role in brokering UN climate deal that calls for the world to transition away from fossil fuels. SOUNDBITE
The United Arab Emirates, host of the COP28 climate summit, says it will seek consensus with a new draft deal after wide criticism of language on fossil fuels. SOUNDBITE
The European Union's climate chief expresses disappointment over a proposed deal at the COP28 summit in Dubai that fell short of calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels. "There are a couple of good things in there, but overall it is clearly insufficient and not adequate to addressing the problem we are here to address," EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra tells reporters. The United States, European Union and low-lying island nations have pressed for the final deal to include language on winding down the use of fossil fuels. SOUNDBITE
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