World leaders gather in Brazil for UN climate talks
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The leaders of the three greatest producers of carbon emissions — the US, China and India — are staying away from the COP30 summit, which officially starts on Monday. The UN says it's now "virtually impossible" to achieve the international target of limiting global warming to 1.5C. Also: South Africa says it's received distress calls from 17 citizens lured into fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine; and China's astronauts say they've held the first ever barbecue in space.
The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: [email protected]
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Uncle to sign at 16 hours on Thursday, the 6th of November. These are our main stories. |
| 0:17.0 | World leaders gather in Brazil ahead of UN climate talks, but Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi will not attend. |
| 0:25.0 | South Africa says it's received distress calls from 17 citizens lured into fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine. |
| 0:32.5 | And could the Trump administration be charged with crimes against humanity for striking ships near Venezuela? |
| 0:41.0 | Also, in this podcast, the young lawyer challenging Pakistan's tax on period products. |
| 0:46.8 | I was getting congratulations for bringing this petition forward as if I'm a soldier returning from war, you know. |
| 0:52.1 | But there should be nothing brave about it. It's a biological function. |
| 0:55.2 | It's a natural phenomenon that all women go through. |
| 1:02.5 | The Brazilian city of Belem is known as the Gateway to the Amazon, a focal point of the global climate crisis. |
| 1:10.2 | And on Wednesday and Thursday, President |
| 1:12.0 | Luis Inathio Lula de Silva is hosting dozens of world leaders there in advance of the COP |
| 1:17.8 | United Nations Climate Summit, which begins officially next week. Notably absent are the leaders of the |
| 1:24.1 | three greatest producers of carbon emissions. China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi and Donald Trump, |
| 1:31.3 | who says he won't even send a senior representative from the US. |
| 1:35.2 | The proceedings began on a dire note. |
| 1:37.6 | The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the world had already failed to keep global temperatures |
| 1:43.3 | from increasing by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, a key climate goal. |
| 1:49.0 | President Lula, you have called this the cop of truth. |
| 1:53.4 | I could not agree more. |
| 1:55.6 | And the hard truth is that we have failed to ensure we remain below 1.5 degrees. |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 2 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.