Ukraine updates: NATO needs 'war-fighting transformation'
US President Joe Biden has hosted congressional leaders at the White House to discuss Ukraine's security needs.
Biden has been battling to get backing for €61 billion ($66 billion) in emergency Ukraine aid from Senate Republicans.
"We understand that there's concern about the safety, security and sovereignty of Ukraine," House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters after the meeting, which ran for more than 80 minutes. "But the American people have those same concerns about our own domestic sovereignty and our safety and our security."
The deadlock with Republicans over aid to Kyiv has been taking place since September.
House Republicans want more stringent security measures on the US's southern border in exchange for Ukraine aid, but Democrats do not support that.
Russian missiles hit town near Kharkiv, 1 dead — regional governor
A Russian missile strike on a town outside the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has left one person dead, according to the governor of the region.
Governor Oleh Synehubov posted on the Telegram messaging app that there had been two missile strikes on the town of Chuhuyev, situated southeast of Kharkiv, which is Ukraine's second-largest city.
A woman employed at a heating and power plant was killed while another person was injured.
Tuesday saw two Russian missiles hit a residential area in Kharkiv, injuring 17 people.
The city and surrounding areas are regularly targeted in Russian aerial attacks, many of them proving deadly.
India targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, says Modi
India’s economy will become carbon neutral by the year 2070, the country’s prime minster has announced at the COP26 climate crisis summit in Glasgow. The target date is two decades beyond what scientists say is needed to avert catastrophic climate impacts. India is the last of the world’s major carbon polluters to announce a net-zero target, with China saying it would reach that goal in 2060, and the United States and the European Union aiming for 2050.
COP26: What climate summit means for one woman in Bangladesh
China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
Why China's climate policy matters to us all
China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
Deliver on promises, developing world tells rich at climate talks
A crucial U.N. conference heard calls on its first day for the world's major economies to keep their promises of financial help to address the climate crisis, while big polluters India and Brazil made new commitments to cut emissions. World leaders, environmental experts and activists all pleaded for decisive action to halt the global warming which threatens the future of the planet at the start of the two-week COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday. The task facing negotiators was made even more daunting by the failure of the Group of 20 major industrial nations to agree ambitious new commitments at the weekend.