Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit
UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’
Thu 6 Nov 2025 14.32 GMT
The failure to limit global heating to 1.5C is a “moral failure and deadly negligence”, the UN secretary general has said at the opening session of the Cop30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.
António Guterres said even a temporary overshoot could “unleash far greater destruction and costs for every nation. It could push ecosystems past catastrophic and irreversible tipping points, expose billions to unliveable conditions, and amplify threats to peace and security”.
Sudan: RSF agrees to humanitarian ceasefire
Jenipher Camino Gonzalez with AFP, Reuters and dpa
The Rapid Support Forces said they had to agreed to enter into a humanitarian truce proposed by the US, Egypt, UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Sudan's rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a proposal from the United States and Arab countries for a humanitarian ceasefire, the group said in a statement on Thursday.
The RSF and the Sudanese army have been at war for two years and although they have agreed to various ceasefire proposals during that time, none have yet succeeded.
Egyptian mediators propose arms-for-passage deal to Hamas fighters: Report
Egyptian mediators have suggested Hamas fighters trapped in tunnels behind the yellow line in Rafah hand over their weapons in exchange for safe passage out of Gaza.
Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed Egyptian security official as saying dozens of Qassem Brigades soldiers are believed stranded in the tunnels beneath the southern-most city.
Louvre prioritised art over security in years before heist, French report finds
Three weeks after the spectacular jewel theft at the Louvre, the museum has been heavily criticised for neglecting security.
The Court of Auditors report, drawn up before the heist, found that for years managers had preferred to invest in new artworks and exhibitions rather than basic upkeep and protection.
"Let no-one be mistaken: the theft of the crown jewels is a resounding wake-up call," said the court's president, Pierre Moscovici.
In China, Victims of Abuse Are Told to ‘Keep It in the Family’
They called the police. They showed their wounds. They begged for protection.
But when two women in China tried to escape their violent husbands, the system that promised to protect them looked the other way, until it was too late. One woman died from being beaten. The other woman was left severely injured.
Their stories rippled across the Chinese internet, setting off a wave of anger over how the authorities treat domestic violence as a private family matter, even as state media has called for “zero tolerance” of abuses.
US boat strikes are crimes against humanity, says former ICC prosecutor
Tom Bateman
State Department correspondent
A former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has told the BBC that US air strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats would be treated under international law as crimes against humanity.
The comments by Luis Moreno Ocampo come as the Trump administration faces mounting questions over the legality of the attacks in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific - which have killed at least 66 people in the last two months.
The administration says it is in a formal armed conflict with South American traffickers who are bringing drugs into the US.
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