Monday, 25 October 2021

Morning mail: Boris Johnson’s Cop26 fears, Victoria police payout, alien false alarm

Tuesday: British prime minister praises Australia’s net-zero commitment but admits Cop26 may not do enough to curb climate change. Plus: how to stop black clothes fading

Good morning. Victoria police will pay a $11.75m settlement to a man who was left a quadriplegic after officers allegedly assaulted him. And Boris Johnson has labelled Australia’s commitment to net zero by 2050 “heroic” while admitting Cop26 could fall short.

UK prime minister Boris Johnson has admitted Britain could fail to broker adequate enough deals to curb irreversible and devastating climate change at the global summit of world leaders beginning in Scotland later this month. The British prime minister said it was “touch and go” whether the Cop26 event would be a success, as he told businesses it was their job to significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic they produce and described placing too much responsibility on people to recycle as a “red herring”. Johnson also hailed Australia’s pledge to cut emissions to net zero by 2050 as “a heroic thing”. Scott Morrison’s cabinet was expected to sign off on the deal with the Nationals on Monday night, even with Barnaby Joyce refusing to say if he personally supported the target.

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