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UN chief Antonio Guterres urges divided nations holding climate talks at COP27 in Egypt's Sharm el Sheikh to agree on an "ambitious" deal to cover losses suffered by vulnerable nations hammered by natural disasters. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives in Havana for a the G77 plus China summit, a group made up of some 100 countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America, promoting a less "unfair" international order. Over thirty heads of state and government are expected to attend, including the presidents of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Colombia Gustavo Petro, Argentina Alberto Fernandez and South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives in Havana for a the G77 plus China summit, a group made up of some 100 countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America, promoting a less "unfair" international order. Over thirty heads of state and government are expected to attend, including the presidents of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Colombia Gustavo Petro, Argentina Alberto Fernandez and South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. IMAGES
The UN's COP27 climate summit approved on Sunday the creation of a special fund to cover the losses suffered by vulnerable nations hit by the impact of global warming. SOUNDBITE
At a press conference in the western city of Lviv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that any damage to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, would be "suicide", adding that the area "needs to be demilitarised"/ SOUNDBITE
Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, warns China that supporting "Russia's ability to wage war" in Ukraine "would lead to a major reputational reputational damage". SOUNDBITE