Tuesday: Scott Morrison hits back at French president Emmanuel Macron’s claims he was lied to about submarine deal. Plus: official Covid death toll passes 5 million
Good morning. The Cop26 conference is well under way and Scott Morrison has addressed world leaders. Tensions are meanwhile boiling over between France and Australia as the countries’ leaders continue to row over the dumped submarine contract.
It’s been a busy day at Cop26 – Joe Biden has apologised for Donald Trump quitting the Paris climate agreement and warned that the climate crisis poses “the existential threat to human existence as we know it”. He said that wealthy, major polluters such as the US have an “overwhelming responsibility” to aid smaller countries struggling to cope with the consequences of global heating. India’s president has announced the country will meet a target of net zero emissions by 2070, but some commentators say it should be given financial support to bring the date forward. China’s president, Xi Jinping, has made no major climate pledges in a written statement, which also called on developed countries to “provide support to help developing countries do better.” And Boris Johnson is under fire for returning from the conference on a private plane.
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