The Bank of England has voted to leave interest rates on hold at 4%, but a knife-edge split on its Monetary Policy Committee suggests a cut may be coming very soon. The nine members of the Bank’s MPC voted 5-4 in...
COP30: UN chief urges ‘credible plan’ for climate change | BBC News
World leaders are gathering in Belém, Brazil, ahead of the UN climate conference next week. It takes place a decade after the Paris Climate Agreement in which countries pledged to try and restrict the rising global...
Israel accuses Hezbollah of ‘violating’ ceasefire amid its own strikes
“The continuous terrorist activities by Hezbollah constitute a violation of the understanding between the ceasefire,” said Israeli government spokeswoman Shosh Bedrosian, as the Israeli military announced it had...
What kind of climate player is Brazil really? | DW News
Brazil is hosting the COP30 climate summit, framing itself globally as a climate leader. And its government has had some successes: Brazil has cut deforestation by a third. But it’s also a country of...
Needs in Gaza remain “overwhelming” despite ceasefire • FRANCE 24 English
In Gaza, even if the bombs have stopped, daily life for Palestinians there is still filled with hardship. The World Food Programme says while aid deliveries have increased since a fragile ceasefire came into effect, the...
Pokrovsk could be most significant Russian capture in about two years • FRANCE 24 English
Russia’s defence ministry said on November 6 that its forces had advanced in the battered Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and were fighting house-to-house battles in a bid to eject Ukrainian forces from the city...
What’s on the agenda for COP30? • FRANCE 24 English
With COP30 opening on November 10, what’s on the agenda for world leaders? Aside from marking ten years since the Paris Agreement’s ambitious targets – which the world is on track to miss -, the summit...