COP26

Time is getting tight. With the U.N. climate agency having published the first draft of a final COP26 deal early Wednesday, negotiators are poised to begin the most contentious chapter of this year’s talks to tackle global warming.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged countries overnight to “put aside differences and come together for our planet and our people.” He was expected to travel from London back to the conference, and together with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres to meet with national and civil society negotiators.

Officials said they expected fireworks after the draft deal’s publication, as countries barter over the fine details. But going into Wednesday, big divisions remained.

Among them were disagreements over carbon market rules, the timeline for updating emissions-cutting pledges and payments to climate-vulnerable nations.

Meanwhile, a raft of announcements relating to the greening of transportation were expected. Emissions from the transportation sector, including vehicles, airplanes, trains and ships, have more than doubled since 1970. The sector now accounts for about 24% of global emissions.

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WORLD

Migrants trapped in Belarus made multiple attempts to force their way into Poland overnight, Warsaw said, announcing that it had reinforced the border as the European Union prepares to impose sanctions on Belarus over the crisis.

The members of the resistance vow to fight the “final battle” against military rule. Their utterly changed worlds since the February coup paint a portrait of sacrifice and resolve in a Burmese generation who, unlike their parents, grew up in a world of smartphones and greater political freedoms.

Ethiopian authorities have detained more than 70 drivers working with the United Nations, an internal U.N. email seen by Reuters said, amid reports of widespread arrests of ethnic Tigrayans. Read our special report.

China’s military said it had conducted a combat readiness patrol in the direction of the Taiwan Strait, after its defense ministry condemned a visit to Taiwan by a U.S. congressional delegation it said had arrived on a military aircraft.

Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama criticized the leaders of China saying they “don’t understand the variety of different cultures” there and there is too much control by the main Han ethnic group.