Nepal's Sushila Karki takes oath of office as PM
Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki is sworn in to lead the transition as the country's next prime minister after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government. IMAGES
A forest protection fund launched at a climate summit in Brazil receives a shot in the arm from Norway with a promised contribution of up to 30 billion kroner ($2.9 billion) in loans. Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announces the "conditional investment to the TFFF of up to 3 billion US dollars over the next 10 years" during his speech at the COP30 leaders summit in Belem. SOUNDBITE
Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki is sworn in to lead the transition as the country's next prime minister after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government. IMAGES
Dozens of Indigenous protesters block the main entrance to the UN COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belem. Brazil has defended security at COP30 after concerns were raised earlier this week over a separate demonstration involving Indigenous protesters. IMAGES
"We will not oppose the text that is going to be presented. We are not opposing it because there is nothing extraordinarily bad in it. It's a rather bland text," says the French Minister for Ecological Transition, Monique Barbut, regarding the draft final agreement of the UN climate conference in Brazil. SOUNDBITE
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