The climate crisis will share the agenda with the Israel-Hamas fighting at the COP28 summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

According to AFP, more than 140 kings, presidents and prime ministers will address delegates today and on Saturday.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog met his UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday and will be among the speakers addressing the COP28 conference today.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas had also been scheduled to speak but his office told AFP that he was no longer going and his foreign minister would be in Dubai instead.