Angela Merkel spoke out on the urgent need for all countries to accept binding obligations on climate change in a rare address before the US Congress, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
In his “Climate Wars”, social psychologist Harald Welzer takes a look at the links between wars and climate, and how global warming is set to affect the relationship between countries.
Head of the Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum, Kofi Annan is part of a media campaign aimed at putting pressure on world leaders to reach an agreement on tackling climate change at a UN-sponsored conference in Copenhagen in December.
France 24 looks at the chaotic situation in Manila after tropical storm Ketsana hit the Philippine capital bringing with it the heaviest rain in more than four decades. At least 140 people have been reported dead, officials say.
In this edition: the spread of 10 peso community restaurants in Mexico City; healthcare reform triggers a debate on racism in the US; the fierce criticism from Cuban exiles in Florida over a concert by Colombian superstar Juanes in Cuba.
1500 officials and scientists are gathering today in Geneva for a five-day conference on climate change. But so far there is no consensus between rich and poor countries.
Tropical storm Bill has picked up enough power to become the first Atlantic hurricane of the season. The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre says Bill is still far from Land, but could soon become a "major hurricane".
