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Nov 22, 2025 - World

A US-European rift over the future of Ukraine threatened to overshadow a G20 summit that started in South Africa on Saturday, marked by the absence of Donald Trump.

Nov 22, 2025 - World

Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final dealThe world edged a small step closer to the end of the fossil fuel era on Saturday, but not by nearly enough to stave off the ravages of climate breakdown.Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries. Continue reading...

Nov 22, 2025 - World

European leaders say Washington’s proposal needs major changes, as Macron warns G20 risks losing relevanceWestern leaders have said the US peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine “will require additional work” at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, which Trump boycotted.The draft plan, which was leaked earlier this week, endorsed some of Russia’s demands, such as handing over areas of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, limiting its military, and relinquishing its ambitions to join Nato. Washington has given Kyiv a deadline of Thursday to respond. Continue reading...

Nov 22, 2025 - World

Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus.Official disclosure for the period in February 2020 – described by the Covid inquiry as a “lost month” in the country’s crisis response – reveal Johnson enjoyed an extended break during the half-term holidays at Chevening, a governmental estate in Kent, where he spent time walking his dog and taking motorcycle rides. Continue reading...

Nov 22, 2025 - World

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni had a pleasant exchangein South Africa, where both leaders arrived to attend the G20 Summit.