内容摘要：The French president plans to hold a meeting of European army chiefs in Paris next week.

The French president plans to hold a meeting of European army chiefs in Paris next week.

He won’t actually be at COP29, and the team representing President Biden will push for progress, but they know that anything agreed will not bind the new administration.With Trump's election the US is expected to withdraw from the Paris agreement, and from providing finance.

However it’s also possible that Trump’s re-election might drive a new sense of unity among other leaders, even building a coalition who might agree a major step on money for poorer countries.Experts argue that the climate crisis - and the world's collective response to it - will outlast a second Trump term.The warning alarms from the climate could not be stronger.

It is now "virtually certain" that 2024 - a year punctuated by intense heatwaves and deadly storms -, according to projections by the European climate service.

The impacts of warmer oceans have been seen with very powerful hurricanes Helene and Milton slamming into the US in the summer.

The devastating flooding that killed at least 200 people in Spain in October was also fuelled by higher sea temperatures in the Mediterranean.Whether Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to patch up relations with his US counterpart Donald Trump is wise depends on who you ask in Ukraine.

"A very bad decision," remarked blogger and army serviceman Yuriy Kasyanov, who thinks the US "won't help Ukraine with anything" after this mineral deal is signed."The president behaved with dignity" said former MP Boryslav Bereza, who described Zelensky's softening of tone as an "apology".

Last night, Ukraine's leader gave his evening address from the courtyard outside Kyiv's Presidential Office. It was the same spot where he gave the now famous "we are all here" speech with his cabinet on the second day of Russia's invasion.Back then, he'd turned down offers to leave. Many in the West expected Russia to be in the capital within days, with the president being captured or killed.