COP30: Does the climate summit still have a point

Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has opened the UN climate summit in Belem with a call for delegates to inflict defeat on climate change deniers. Our climate editor joins from Brazil and speaks to people attending the summit.

President Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC over a documentary that misrepresented his comments before his supporters stormed Congress in 2021. We break down what happened and hear about the reaction.

As the Syrian president meets President Trump in Washington today, we hear from Syrians both in the US and inside Syria about their hopes for renewed ties between the two countries—and how this could help Syria recover from years of war.

Presenter: Rahul Tandon

(Photo: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, 10 November, 2025. Credit: Adriano Machado/Reuters)