COP26: PM gives a stark warning as world leaders arrive for summit

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The opening ceremony’s host Boris Johnson said the world was “strapped to a doomsday device” as world leaders arrived at COP26.

The PM told global leaders if they fail younger generations “will not forgive us”.

This evening India’s prime minister pledged to reach net zero by 2070. But that’s twenty years later than the summit’s target date.

Sky’s Beth Rigby reports on a tough first day at the summit for the prime minister.

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