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UN climate chief Simon Stiell accuses nations of "posturing" at the COP28 talks in Dubai and urged them to reach an ambitious deal to ensure the world meets its targets against global warming. Stiell called a brief press conference as countries were sharply divided over the fate of fossil fuels in a new draft agreement, with a week left for negotiators to reach a deal. SOUNDBITE
Images show Berlin's Brandenburg Gate splattered with orange paint after activists from the "Last Generation" ("Letzte Generation") environmental collective spray-painted the six pillars of the emblematic monument to warn of the urgency of global warming and demand a change in the German government's policy. The movement is calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest. Police arrested around ten activists near the gate, some of whom were still sitting on the ground, handcuffed. IMAGES
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world is racing toward a climate change disaster and dismissed the global response as woefully inadequate. He says current climate policies are taking the world to a 2.8-degree temperature rise by the end of the century. "That spells catastrophe. Yet the collective response remains pitiful," Guterres tells a news conference. SOUNDBITE
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite on the Cannes red carpet for director Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon", which is playing Out of Competition. Walking out onto the Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black", Scorsese and De Niro were joined by co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Jesse Plemmons. IMAGES
Indigenous protesters and allies interrupt Canadian Prime Minister's Justin Trudeau's opening speech at the COP15 biodiversity talks in Montreal, Quebec, by holding up banners and chanting. IMAGES
Greta Thunberg gives a speech in Turin to pro-climate demonstrators gathered for a Fridays for the Future demonstration. IMAGES
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