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As small island developing states make their case for climate awareness at COP27 in Egypt, one member of the group is reconsidering a historic act of preservation it undertook two years ago. Lee Cowan reports.
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As small island developing states make their case for climate awareness at COP27 in Egypt, one member of the group is reconsidering a historic act of preservation it undertook two years ago. Lee Cowan reports.
"I've broken my strike. I'll explain everything on Thursday," says a letter in Abdel-Fattah's handwriting, according to his family.
His lawyers and U.K. government representatives, however, have not been allowed to visit him in prison.
President Biden attended the annual COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt Friday. It was his first stop on an international trip that also includes Cambodia and Bali. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer joined CBS News to discuss the latest.
Three children were among the dead.
President Biden addressed the United Nations' COP27 climate summit on Friday. He said the U.S. is ramping up strategies to fight climate change and called on other nations to do the same. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio shares how the president's speech was received.
President Biden delivered remarks on the United State's climate initiatives at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, promising funds to aid in developing nations' fight to tackle the climate crisis. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more.
President Joe Biden spoke at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, emphasizing the need for global cooperation. Biden also detailed the steps his administration is taking to make a difference. Watch his full remarks.
"You can save Alaa, and you can show that there is some hope and potential for common sense, freedom, democracy," Sanaa Seif said, appealing directly to the U.S. leader.
"Climate hell" was a reference to U.N. Secretary General António Guterres' dire warning that "we are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator."
A portion of the tunnel was found to be submerged under the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
Pressure has mounted on Egypt to free the prominent activist as the country hosts COP27, but his family could instead face new persecution.
Alaa Abdel-Fattah, one of Egypt’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, is refusing food and even water in an Egyptian prison during the COP27 climate summit. Before risking a return to Egypt, his sister spoke with CBS News’ Haley Ott about her fears, and her hopes for her brother.
Africa emits only a small fraction of the greenhouse gasses that more developed regions produce, yet it is disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. Activists like Vanessa Nakate hope to highlight this disparity at COP27 in Egypt. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports.
The head of the U.N.'s human rights office says activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah's life "is in great danger."
Political leaders have gathered in Egypt for the 27th annual Conference of the Parties. The climate summit has been criticized by activist Greta Thunberg as an opportunity for "greenwashing." Ramy Inocencio joins "CBS News Mornings" with a look at what the summit will focus on and what attendees hope to achieve.
The record heat comes as "the tell-tale signs and impacts of climate change are becoming more dramatic."
It has been a century since the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was discovered. Imtiaz Tyab reports on the importance of King Tut’s legacy to Egypt's economy and culture.
Many see this year's global climate summit as a crucial test of the world's resolve to prevent the worst predicted outcomes of climate change.
President Biden spoke at the White House about a new cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The halt in fighting, brokered by Egypt, followed intense pressure from the White House to bring an end to 11 days of deadly violence. Norah O'Donnell anchors a CBS News Special Report from Washington with Holly Williams in Tel Aviv and Ed O'Keefe at the White House.
"If he doesn't make it and dies in prison, his body will tell the whole world what a bunch of liars you all are," activist's sister says.
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A small team of "friends" is determined to reverse decades of neglect, and to ensure that the stories within the ancient Cairo burial plots are not lost to history.
Buckingham Palace said that Charles will not appear at next month's conference after reaching an "agreement" with Prime Minister Liz Truss.
One organizer behind the campaign predicts Britons will no longer tolerate "such cultural violence represented in their own museums."