Climate talks open in shadow of Trump victory
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The UN climate summit is opening in Azerbaijan with 2024 set to be the first year to breach the 1.5C global warming limit.
But could President-elect Donald Trump's energy policies undermine the goal of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions?
Also on the programme: Russia and Ukraine attack each other with drones in their heaviest assault of the war; and Dutch police use a hologram of a sex worker murdered 15 years ago in a fresh bid to find her killer.
(Photo: Climate activists project a message onto Tower Bridge ahead of COP29 climate talks in London. Credit: Reuters)
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