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Images of residents of Blendecques being evacuated from their homes by the fire brigade, as northern France faces new flooding. (COMPLETES VIDI349D8D6_EN) IMAGES
The residents of Blendecques, a town in northern France, are trying to cope with further flooding caused by the 'exceptional flooding of the Aa', two months after the November floods. IMAGES
EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra laments that it has taken "30 years" of UN climate talks for humanity to "arrive at the beginning of the end of fossil fuels," calling a first-ever call for the world to transition away from the top culprit of climate change behind a planetary crisis "long overdue." Following all-night negotiations, the draft deal proposed by the Emirati presidency of the COP28 summit in Dubai would, if adopted, mark the first time that all fossil fuels are addressed in the 28-year history of international climate conferences. 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
Activists protest over the presence of the oil, gas and coal industry at the COP28 UN summit in Dubai, demanding an end to the use of fossil fuels. IMAGES
An activist bursts into a COP28 event and calls for an end to fossil fuels, as the presidency proposes a new draft climate agreement calling for a reduction in the production and consumption of fossil fuels but no longer mentioning a "phase-out". IMAGES
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