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12:17 p.m. : It is noon, so it is high time to make a new point on the news of the day:
The 27th UN climate conference (COP27) has just opened in Egypt. Some 200 countries are meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh for two weeks to try to breathe new life into the fight against climate change.
#UNITED STATES Three days of elections “decisive” in the United States, President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama urged yesterday to “vote” to protect the “democracy”. Their adversary Donald Trump wishes him a “giant wave” republican for “saving the american dream”.
A hasairliner with 43 people on board crashed in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, due to bad weather. The plane was due to land in the northwestern town of Bukoba, Tanzanian authorities said, adding that rescue operations were underway.
#INFLATION “There were no profiteers” in the food sector, assured Bruno Le Maire in an interview with the Parisian. While the inflation rate for food products approached 12% over one year in October according to INSEE, the Minister of the Economy had requested a report from the General Inspectorate of Finance.
11:57 : The issue of financing the inevitable damage already caused by climate change will be addressed at COP27, according to the agenda adopted this morning by consensus at the opening of the world climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt .
11:26 : Hello , I imagine you are talking about the COP27 ? A Russian delegation will be present in Egypt, Russia is also a signatory of the Paris agreement. Vladimir Putin, unlike Joe Biden or Emmanuel Macron, however, will not make the trip.
11:26 : Are there Russian representatives? Thanks
11:00 : It’s official, the UN world climate conference COP27 has just opened in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Representatives of nearly 200 countries are gathered as the impacts of global warming – floods, droughts, heat waves, fires… – are proving increasingly catastrophic.
11:21 a.m. : “We have not at all actions up to the challenge”, estimated Jérôme Guilet, astrophysicist and member of the Scientists in Rebellion collective, on franceinfo, as COP27 opens this Sunday in Egypt. Like three other French scientists, Jérôme Guilet has just been released from five days in prison in Germany, after sticking his hands to a car in a BMW dealership in Munich. The Frenchman assumes this move to action “in the field”in the face of the climate emergency.
10:08 : COP27 opens this Sunday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to accelerate the fight against greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for global warming. For two weeks, the States will conduct negotiations. We summarize the main issues for you.
10:06 : “The human rights situation in Egypt is not up to par” of the “special responsibility” of this country, which hosts the COP27 today, criticized the representative of the German government for human rights. In particular, it calls for the release of journalist and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and his lawyer Mohammed El Baqer. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will attend the climate conference on Monday and Tuesday.
10:09 : It is 9 a.m., so it is high time to make the first point on the news of the day:
Some 200 countries are meeting today in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to try to breathe new life into the fight against global warming. The 27th UN climate conference (COP27) will last two weeks.
#UNITED STATES Three days of elections “decisive” in the United States, President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama urged yesterday to “vote” to protect the “democracy”. Their adversary Donald Trump wishes him a “giant wave” republican for “saving the american dream”.
#INFLATION “There were no profiteers” in the food sector, assured Bruno Le Maire in an interview with the Parisian. While the inflation rate for food products approached 12% over one year in October according to INSEE, the Minister of the Economy had asked the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) to carry out a study.
Jordan Bardella was appointed president of the National Rally, during a congress, allowing Marine Le Pen to focus on the Assembly and its Elysian ambitions. “We are going to succeed Emmanuel Macron!” he launched from the podium.