How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
Fri 7 Nov 2025 12.00 GMT
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion, new research reveals.
Lobbyists representing the interests of the oil, gas and coal industries – which are mostly responsible for climate breakdown – have been allowed to participate in the annual climate negotiations where states are meant to come in good faith and commit to ambitious policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Sudan: One-sided truce prompts calls for humanitarian aid
Rights organizations are pushing for urgent aid increases as the paramilitary RSF has agreed to a pause in fighting. Hunger, meanwhile, has reached new record levels.
Until Thursday, violence by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against Sudanese civilians was ongoing.
However, on Thursday afternoon, the paramilitary group led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo said that it was ready to commit to a three-month humanitarian truce.
"In response to the aspirations and interests of the Sudanese people, the Rapid Support Forces affirms its agreement to enter into the humanitarian truce proposed by the Quad countries," the RSF said in a statement.
Brazil’s BR-319 highway, a road to division in the heart of the Amazon
As Brazil prepares to preside over the COP30 climate summit, the construction of a major highway is causing controversy. Authorised by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government, the BR-319 cuts through the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
Student suspect investigated after Indonesia mosque blast injures dozens
Injured are taken to hospital after an explosion occurred during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school complex in the capital.
By News Agencies
Indonesia’s national police chief has said a suspect believed to be involved in explosions at a mosque inside a school complex, which caused dozens of injuries, was a student there, and an investigation is under way into his background and possible motive.
Listyo Sigit Prabowo said there were so far no deaths from the explosions in the capital, Jakarta. The incident happened during Friday prayers inside a school complex in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.
UK set to slash aid funding to fight deadly diseases – putting 250,000 lives at risk
Exclusive: The UK is expected to pledge £850m to the the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – a cut of 15 per cent – despite previous assurances to protect funding
Keir Starmer is poised to slash £150m in aid to the international fight against Aids, TB and malaria, putting 255,000 lives at risk, The Independent understands.
The government is preparing to announce its contribution to the Global Fund as soon as next week in one of the first major decisions since announcing it would dramatically reduce foreign aid to pay for defence spending.
The prime minister is expected to pledge £850m for the Global Fund’s work for the next three years – a 15 per cent reduction compared to Britain’s last pledge of £1 billion in 2022, which itself was down from a pledge of £1.4bn in 2019.
Russian trolls said to be behind video of 'Ukrainians' threatening Charlie Kirk's widow
Experts tells us a video purporting to show Ukrainian troops threatening the widow of killed US conservative Charlie Kirk has the hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation
An investigation by BBC Verify has uncovered evidence, using verified video and satellite imagery, of a massacre in Sudan - you can read more here
False claims of vote rigging in the US state of New Jersey are being shared on social media - we'll explain how these posts are misleading
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Summary
Analysing the language used in Russian disinformation video
Yana Lyushnevska
BBC Monitoring
Earlier we told you about a video appearing to show Ukrainian soldiers destroying an effigy of the killed US conservative influencer Charlie Kirk and threatening his widow Erika.
Experts have told us it is likely the work of a prolific Russian disinformation unit known as Storm-1516.
The man in the video is speaking Ukrainian, but to people like me who have spoken the language our entire lives, it is obvious that he is not a proficient speaker.
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