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Poorer countries press for climate aid as COP27 enters 2nd week
As COP27 enters its second week there's a push to have wealthy countries make solid commitments to the ones who can't afford to mitigate the devastation climate change has already brought them.
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Concerns mount at COP27 over global temperature rise target
The goal of the COP27 climate conference is to limit the increase in global average temperature to 1.5 C. While achieving that goal appears increasingly unlikely, representatives are reluctant to call it dead.
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COP27: UAE and Egypt to Build One of the World's Biggest Wind Farms
The United Arab Emirates and Egypt agreed to develop one of the world's largest wind farms in Egypt.
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Jailed Egyptian activist stops drinking water during COP27
Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has stopped drinking water to coincide with the COP27 climate summit
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King Charles holding climate reception in London, but will not attend COP27
King Charles will not be attending the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, but has invited global leaders and representatives to a reception at Buckingham Palace today.
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Global leaders to attend COP27 climate summit in Egypt
Officials say more than 120 global leaders are expected to attend this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, including U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
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Climate compensation added to COP27 negotiations
Developing nations have successfully added compensation for past climate damage to the COP27 negotiations, following news that keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees is now very unlikely.
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World on highway to 'climate hell,' warns UN chief
The world is in a losing battle against climate change, although it has the answers to avoid climate chaos, the secretary general of the United Nations said at the opening of the COP27 conference in Egypt.
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Climate Action Gets the Spotlight as COP27 Kicks Off in Egypt
Alexandria Villaseñor, founder of Earth Uprising, explains why COP27 opened with a call for wealthy nations to renew their financial commitment to the Global South, and the significance of Africa being the host continent. Villaseñor also...
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Will rich nations pay for global climate disasters?
Vulnerable countries are bearing the brunt of climate change, even though they aren’t the ones driving it. At COP27, leaders from the Global South will tell rich nations — the world’s highest greenhouse gas emitters — that it's time to...
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Latest climate report 'a chronicle of chaos': UN chief
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the latest State of the Global Climate report is a 'dire warning' from the planet. 'We must answer the planet's distress signal with action,' he said as he opened the COP27 climate...
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COP27 Climate Conference Begins in Egypt
The UN climate summit known as the COP27 conference kicked off this week in Egypt. Cheddar News breaks down what's on tap as the climate crisis worsens around the globe.
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Snow and hail surprise Cairo
Residents of an eastern Cairo suburb watch with delight as a local garden is covered by snow and hail on Oct. 25. This comes as some areas of the country witnessed rapid weather changes.
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Libya-Turkiye energy deal prompts push back from Greece and Egypt
Libya’s Tripoli government signed a preliminary deal on energy exploration on Monday
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Libya Turkiye energy deal: Tensions rise in the Mediterranean
Libya and Turkiye have signed a new preliminary deal on energy exploration, in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Influential Muslim religious leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi dies
Qatar-based Muslim scholar Qaradawi, who was in his nineties, was well-known across the Muslim world.
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Influential Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi dies aged 96
A look back at the life of influential Muslim scholar Yusuf Al Car-dawi, who has died at the age of 96.
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Dozens killed in Egypt church fire, including 10 children
At least 41 people are dead after a fire tore through a Coptic Orthodox church in Egypt. Officials believe the fire may have started in an air conditioner.
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Hundreds mourn at funeral for Egypt's Coptic Christian victims
Hundreds of Egyptians in greater Cairo have attended the funerals of at least 41 people who died in a fire at a Coptic C
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Fire at Coptic church in Egypt kills at least 41
A mass funeral is held for the victims of a fire at a Coptic Christian church in Giza that killed at least 41 people. Many of the victims were children.
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Gaza attack: What is the Palestinian Islamic Jihad?
The group was founded in 1981 with the aim of establishing a Palestinian state in the occupied WB, Gaza and other areas.
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Israel, Palestinian Islamic Jihad declare truce in Gaza
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza appears to be holding.
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Palestinians mourn dead as ceasefire holds
Palestinian families are mourning the dead after Israel and Palestinian armed group Islamic Jihad agreed on a ceasefire
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‘Yes’ vote wins Tunisia landslide, but critics question support
The opposition says the low turnout for the constitutional referendum shows President Kais Saied’s weakness.