This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Paul Moss and at 1400 GMT on Monday the 11th of November,

these are our main stories.

The latest COP summit on climate change is underway in Azerbaijan with a stark warning.

From flooded homes in Spain to forest fires in Australia, people are suffering in the shadows.

An Indian court has ruled that a woman going to a hotel room with a man does not constitute consent

to sex. But why was such a ruling necessary? And did Donald Trump really call Vladimir Putin to talk about Ukraine?

Also in this podcast, Indonesia backtracks after appearing to accept China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.

And we hear from victims of one of the most prolific online child abusers ever to be convicted.

It was a pretty doom-laden way to begin. Welcoming delegates to the 29th COP meeting to tackle

climate change, the incoming conference president painted a stark picture of where the world was

heading as a result of global warming.

And Mukta Babayev made clear this isn't just a problem for the future, but one that's all too

present.

Climate change is already here.

From flooded homes in Spain to forest fires in Australia.

From rising oceans in the Pacific to barren plains in East Africa. Whether you see them or not, people are suffering in the shadows.

They are dying in the dark, and they need more than compassion, more than prayers and paperwork.

And they're crying out for leadership and action.

Thousands of delegates from around the world are in Baku.

One of them is Catherine Russell, global head of the United Nations Children's Charity, UNICEF.

She explained why the well-being of children should be

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