G20: Will Trump's no-show eclipse South Africa's moment ?
The relationship between the two countries has become increasingly fraught over the past year
G20 summit in South Africa is underway but the US is a no-show. Ukraine is likely to dominate talks on the sidelines as Kyiv's allies discuss how to react to President Trump's Ukraine peace plan.
Also in today's programme: Climate diplomats inside a clandestine negotiating room say talks have become difficult, with one participant telling the BBC there "is a lot of fighting". UK's climate envoy Rachel Kyte is at the talks in Belem and joins us; and, scientists have now found an innovative way of tracking individual monarch butterflies.
Presenter Krupa Padhy is joined by Ayala Panievsky, a researcher specialising in media under attack, right-wing populism, and democratic backsliding at City, University of London, and George Parker, the Financial Times’ political editor.
Photo:UK prime mininster Keir Starmer is greeted by Deputy President of South Africa Paul Mashatile as he arrives at the G20 Summit on November 22, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Leon Neal/Reuters. 22 Nov 2025
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- Sat 22 Nov 202508:06GMTBBC World Service
