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COP27: Brazil’s Lula Says Amazon Rainforest Vital to Global Climate Security 

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 16, 2022. (Reuters)
Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 16, 2022. (Reuters)
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COP27: Brazil’s Lula Says Amazon Rainforest Vital to Global Climate Security 

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 16, 2022. (Reuters)
Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 16, 2022. (Reuters)

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said climate change will have the highest profile in his government, and that he will prioritize efforts to fight deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. 

"There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon," said Lula in a speech at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.  

"We will do whatever it takes to have zero deforestation and the degradation of our biomes," he added. 

Lula said he believed the struggle against global warming was also inseparable from the struggle against poverty. 

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Pakistan Army Says it Killed 16 Militants on Afghan Border

Pakistani security officials stand guard in Lahore, Pakistan, 22 March 2025. EPA/RAHAT DAR
Pakistani security officials stand guard in Lahore, Pakistan, 22 March 2025. EPA/RAHAT DAR
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Pakistan Army Says it Killed 16 Militants on Afghan Border

Pakistani security officials stand guard in Lahore, Pakistan, 22 March 2025. EPA/RAHAT DAR
Pakistani security officials stand guard in Lahore, Pakistan, 22 March 2025. EPA/RAHAT DAR

Pakistan's army has killed 16 militants along the country's western border with Afghanistan, a statement said on Sunday.
It said border troops killed all the militants in an exchange of fire during the night between March 22 and 23 in North Waziristan district, Reuters reported.
"Own troops effectively engaged and thwarted their attempt to infiltrate," the army statement said.
Islamabad says that militants who attack inside Pakistan, and against the army have safe havens in Afghanistan, a charge Kabul denies.
The incident took place as Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan Sadiq Khan is on a two-day official visit to Kabul to talk about bilateral and economic issues, a statement from Pakistan's embassy in Kabul said.