A high-profile sexual assault investigation involving one of Spain's top police officials has sparked a political firestorm, with opposition parties accusing the PSOE-led government of deliberately covering it up.

At the opening of COP30 in Belém, COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev made a strong appeal for countries to honor their past commitments from previous COP summits.

The Scottish Parliament has put forward a resolution on “Peace-building Efforts of COP29 and the COP Truce Initiative.”

On Peace, Relief, and Recovery Day at COP29, the COP29 Presidency announced that a total of 132 countries have joined the COP Truce Appeal, an initiative also supported by more than a thousand international institutions, private sector representatives, civil society organizations, and influential public figures. The “COP Truce” urges nations to halt military operations during the month of the conference, News.azreports.

Climate change, atmospheric and environmental pollution, droughts and desertification, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, food shortages, and other global environmental problems facing the world today pose a serious threat to the existence and future of humanity, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in his address to the participants of the Global Summit of Religious Leaders under the slogan “World Religions for a Green Planet.”

According to an article by La Gazette du Caucase, the upcoming COP29 presents Azerbaijan with a unique chance to strengthen its role in global climate action, News.Az reports.