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Thunberg tells world leaders 'You've failed us on climate'

Swedish teenage activist makes emotional plea at UN climate summit in New York

Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg has made a passionate speech to world leaders at a major UN climate summit in New York, accusing them of failing to act on climate change.

Also on the programme: President Trump brushes off concerns over the propriety of a phone conversation he had with his Ukrainian counterpart; and the Spanish supreme court is about to rule on where the former fascist dictator General Franco should be buried.

(Photo: Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg speaks at the UN climate change summit, September 23, 2019 in New York City. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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