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UK Government To Intervene In the Telegraph Takeover Deal As Tories Worry About the Newspaper's Operations

Several Tory MPs have urged the UK government to intervene in the Telegraph takeover deal by UAE-backed investment fund, resulting in the Media Secretary writing a hard-hitting letter to the involved parties.

International Business Times UK

Former world leaders seek $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damage

Gordon Brown leads those signing letter to Cop28 and G20 presidents calling for levy to help fill ‘loss and damage’ fund

The Guardian - UK

Countdown To COP28: Nuclear Energy, Climate Finance And Oil Take Center Stage

Memoranda of understanding have been signed, greenwashing claims have been made. Quite a bit is at stake in the coming weeks in Dubai.

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Journalist Joanne McCarthy thanked for fearless reporting

Walkley Awards recognises McCarthy's investigative work.

Newcastle Herald

COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant hosting 2023 climate change summit

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the world’s seventh largest oil producer, will host the 28th UN climate change summit (COP28) in Dubai from November 30 to December 12. Presiding over the conference will be the chief executive of the UAE state-owned oil company Adnoc, Sultan al-Jaber.

The Conversation

Trauma, Injury Aboard UAE Flight Carrying Palestinian Children

Injured by Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, ten-year-old Mira can no longer speak or walk, a condition her sister hopes will improve with advanced treatment in a UAE hospital.

International Business Times

Cop28 host UAE planned to promote oil deals during climate talks

Leaked briefing documents for meetings with governments contained ‘asks’ from state oil firm

The Guardian - UK

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UAE Sought To Use COP28 To Advance Oil Deals: Report

The United Arab Emirates planned to exploit meetings with foreign governments arranged due to its COP28 hosting role to strike fossil fuel deals, according to leaked documents obtained by the BBC. The leaked briefing notes, obtained by journalists at the Centre for Climate Reporting (CCR) working alongside the British broadcaster,…

International Business Times

UAE approached to invest in Sizewell C nuclear power plant

UK lines up Middle East investor for stake in £20bn-£44bn project despite growing row over other Emirati investment plans

The Guardian - UK

COP28 Host UAE Ready For Rising Heat Risk, Says Minister

The United Arab Emirates is ready for soaring temperatures that are feared to make parts of the Gulf uninhabitable by the end of the century, the oil power's climate change minister told AFP. Long experience of the harsh desert summers has taught the country to live with temperatures that regularly…

International Business Times

PM Modi to take part in World Climate Action Summit in Dubai this week

PM Modi to visit Dubai November 30-December 1 for World Climate Action Summit. Invited by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the summit is part of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP-28) to UNFCCC. COP-28 held in Dubai November 28-December 12 under UAE presidency.

The Hindu

Tory concern grows over potential sale of Telegraph titles to Abu Dhabi

Former Telegraph editor Charles Moore among those to condemn bid for the Conservative party’s paper of choice

The Guardian - UK

Skyscraper-studded Dubai has flourished during regional crises. Could it benefit from hosting COP28?

Dubai has a long history of finding economic success amid the war-ravaged woes of the wider Middle East

The Independent UK

EU climate chief: China must help fund rescue of poorer nations hit by disaster

Gulf petrostates must also pay for relief, warns EU commissioner Wopke Hoekstra in the run-up to the Cop28 summit

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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao urges judge to let him leave the U.S. before sentencing—after the DOJ scrambles to stop him

The crypto billionaire wants to await his sentencing while spending time with family in the UAE—which has no extradition treaty with the U.S.

The Guardian - UK

From carbon capture to King Charles: what to look out for at Cop28

The big climate conference starts in the UAE on November 30 – who are the key players and what will they be talking about?

The Independent UK

Banner calling for release of activist in UAE flown over Etihad Stadium

The plane circled the stadium in the early stages of City’s Premier League match against Liverpool.

International Business Times

COP28 President 'Cautiously Optimistic' On Success Of Key Climate Conference

The UAE's Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the forthcoming UN climate conference in Dubai, is "cautiously optimistic" that the pivotal talks will be successful, he told AFP in an interview on Saturday.

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The Guardian - UK

Banner urging UAE to release activist flown at Manchester City v Liverpool

Amnesty International organised a banner to encourage City fans to put pressure on owner Sheik Mansour to free Ahmed Mansoor from jail in Abu Dhabi

The Guardian - UK

UAE-backed bid for Telegraph raises fears of Gulf ‘newswashing’

Deal could be referred to Ofcom but some analysts say concerns about foreign influence may be overstated

The Guardian - US

Revealed: how top PR firm uses ‘trust barometer’ to promote world’s autocrats

Edelman, world’s largest public relations company, paid millions by Saudi Arabia, UAE and other repressive regimes

The Guardian - UK

Government scrutiny of the Telegraph sale is a good thing – even if it’s for the wrong reasons

Intervention over a UAE-backed bid is welcome, but it’s unlikely to signal a new era of media-ownership transparency, writes Jane Martinson

The Hindu

PM Modi likely to attend UN climate talks in UAE on Nov 30-Dec 1

PM Modi to attend UN climate talks in Dubai on Nov 1, deliver India's statement. He'll discuss actions & plans to scale climate action. India's NDCs aim to reduce emissions intensity & achieve 50% cumulative electric power from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030. COP28 to conclude 1st global stocktake &…

The Guardian - UK

The Telegraph, the autocracy and free speech: can RedBird IMI calm media fears?

One of the investors bidding for the paper is the vice-president of the UAE, which is ranked far down the press freedom index

International Business Times

'Repressive State': Climate Activists Fear COP28 Clampdown In UAE

Rights groups are preparing for the COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates with trepidation, fearing surveillance and detention under the oil-rich monarchy's strict criminal justice system.

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