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UN member states finally agreed Saturday to a text on the first international treaty after years of negotiations to protect the high seas. "The ship has reached the shore," conference chair Rena Lee announced at the UN headquarters in New York, to loud and lengthy applause from delegates. SOUNDBITE
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid accompany US President Joe Biden to his Air Force One plane as he departs Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport on a direct flight to Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, latest stop on his first Middle East tour as US leader. IMAGES
US lawmakers vote to elevate President Joe Biden's giant social welfare bill to the Senate, in a major step forward for his vision for a more equitable society that is the centerpiece of his domestic agenda. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says that China's leader Xi Jinping made a "big mistake" by not attending the Glasgow climate and G20 summits. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden tells the COP26 climate summit that the massive response needed to stop the climate crisis should be seen as an "incredible" opportunity for the world's economies. SOUNDBITE