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Who are the major players at Cop30 and what do they want?

Delegates from global giants and smaller nations expected to clash at Brazilian summit over how to tackle the climate crisis and who should pay

The Guardian - UK

UN climate summit kicks off in Brazil's Amazon with hopes for action despite US absence

World leaders are gathering in a coastal city in the Brazilian Amazon for the U.N.'s annual climate summit

The Independent UK

It's official: The world will speed past 1.5 C climate threshold in the next decade, UN says

The UNEP's 2025 Emissions Gap report has found that global average temperatures will exceed 1.5 C (2.7 F) before 2035 — and this just days before the COP30 climate summit kicks off in Brazil.

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Brazil's Lula puts forward new vision for protecting the Amazon rainforest

Brazil’s leader, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, says he wants the future of the Amazon rainforest to be built around a major fund that will pay countries to keep their forests standing

The Independent UK

Brazil to seek independent inquiry into deadly police raid that killed 121 people

Brazilian president Lula called police assault on two of Rio’s largest clusters of favelas ‘disastrous’ and a ‘massacre’

The Guardian - US

Protesters call for governor’s resignation after Rio’s deadliest police raid

Hundreds of protesters have marched through Vila Cruzeiro favela, demanding the resignation of Rio de Janeiro state Gov. Cláudio Castro

The Independent UK

What to know about Rio's deadliest police raid that exposed limits of anti-gang tactics in Brazil

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers

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Deadliest police raid in Rio’s history leaves 132 dead in favela

The massive raid involved 2,500 police and soldiers in helicopters, armored vehicles and on foot

The Independent UK

Lawyers for Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro appeal his 27-year prison sentence

Bolsonaro was convicted of attempting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential race to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a plot that prosecutors alleged included plans to kill Lula.

Euronews

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro appeals his 27-year prison sentence

Lawyers for Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro have filed an appeal to reduce his prison sentence for attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat

The Independent UK

Milei’s win in Argentina had Trump’s fingerprints all over it. But just how long will their friendship last?

The Argentine president’s libertarian experiment is in tatters, and his hold on power seems increasingly dependent on volatile US support, says journalist Jordana Timerman

The Guardian - UK

Brazilian farmers beef up soybean production as China halts business with US during trade fight

Brazilian farmers are increasing soybean production as the U.S. and China engage in a trade fight

The Independent UK

US and China agree ‘framework’ for trade deal ahead of Xi-Trump meeting

US treasury secretary anticipates tariff truce with China will be extended, and that China will revive substantial purchases of US soybeans

The Guardian - UK

Trump sets off for first trip to Asia this term

On a trip expected to be focused on investments and peace deals, the US president will be visiting Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. He is also likely to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Brazilian president will seek fourth term at age 80: ‘I’ve got as much energy as when I was 30’

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who first ran for elected office in 1982, announced he will run again in next year’s election

The Guardian - UK

US ‘Night Stalkers’ seen in Caribbean as fears of regime change rise in Venezuela

Elite helicopter unit’s part in military deployment comes as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Nicolás Maduro

The Guardian - UK

‘I hope he goes to jail’: Brazil’s Cannes-winning director on Bolsonaro and political amnesia

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s gripping thriller The Secret Agent is set in the 70s but casts light on present-day politics

The Guardian - UK

Brazil to ask countries at Cop30 to vastly increase biofuel use, leak suggests

Exclusive: Document sets draft pledge for leaders gathering at Cop30 summit to increase use of controversial fuels

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Cop30: Starmer must stop havering and announce that he’s going to Brazil

Editorial: With global heating on a dangerous trajectory, it would be unforgivable for the prime minister to miss the summit in Belém

Benzinga

Brazilian President Lula Urges Trump To Slash Tariffs As Leaders Hold 'Friendly' Call

President Donald Trump spoke with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday, the first significant conversation since the U.S. imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports.

The Guardian - US

Brazil’s president asks US to scrap tariffs in ‘friendly’ call with Trump

Presidents spoke on a video call as expert speculates that Haiti could be an area where the two leaders can cooperate

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s bullying of Latin America isn’t part of any plan – he doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing

The president’s threats to attack Venezuela are regressive, dangerous and almost certain to backfire, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Independent UK

No. 2 US diplomat meets much-prosecuted West African leader after visa restrictions were eased

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau has met with the heavily prosecuted vice president of Equatorial Guinea in Washington after the Trump administration approved a waiver of corruption sanctions

Euronews

China announces landmark pledge to cut carbon emissions but experts say it is 'too timid'

Around 100 nations, responsible for about two-thirds of the world's emissions, gave plans or some kind of commitments to further curb fossil fuel emissions and fight climate change at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Hot talk: As deadline and higher temperatures loom, stronger warming-fighting plans urged at UN

More than 100 world leaders have gathered to discuss urgent climate action as Earth continues to heat up

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