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The head of the International Energy Agency urges the United States and China to put aside their 'tensions' and align on climate change, warning in an interview that geopolitical fractures risked holding back the clean energy transition. Speaking at the African Climate Summit in Nairobi, Fatih Birol told AFP that these international rifts, partly stoked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are “becoming more and more pronounced”. SOUNDBITE
Yangon, Mar 3 (EFE/EPA).- At least nine people, including two minors, were shot dead Wednesday in Myanmar as authorities launched fresh crackdowns against coup protesters while Pope Francis urged that parties engage in peaceful dialog.Despite security forces' severe repression of demonstrations, which claimed the lives of at least 20 people Sunday, protests in rejection of the Feb. 1 military coup continued throughout the country. (Camera: NYEIN CHAN NAING). SHOT LIST: PROTEST AGAINST MILITARY COUP, ON MARCH 3, 2021, IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reopens the debate over Spain's centuries of dominance in the New World, urging Spanish King Felipe VI and Pope Francis to apologize for the conquest and the rights violations committed in its aftermath SOUNDBITE
In his weekly audience at the Vatican, Pope Francis calls for solidarity with the migrants and refugees now flooding into Europe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Pope Francis urges Armenia and Turkey to seek reconciliation and to shun "vengeance" a century after 1.5 million Armenians were massacred in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. Mana Rabiee reports.
Pope Francis tells thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square that nations should "open their hearts and open their doors" to migrants blocked at borders with no food and shelter. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).