Delegates at this year’s UN climate summit, the twenty-sixth Conference of the Parties (COP26), are negotiating the details of a final agreement ahead of a deadline tonight. A new draft agreement (UNFCCC) [PDF] released this morning introduced a call for rich countries to double funding by 2025 to help poor ones adapt to climate impacts and weakened language on phasing out coal use and fossil fuel subsidies.

Civil society representatives including Indigenous delegates and environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) staged a walkout (National) over what they see as insufficient climate action. Negotiators still disagree on issues such as international carbon markets, which were not mentioned in the second draft agreement. 

The new resolution establishes President Xi Jinping as the founder of the third era in the party’s history and is expected to help justify prolonging his time in power (SCMP).
 
In Foreign Affairs, Jude Blanchette examines Xi’s race to consolidate power.
 
South Korea: Yoon Seok-youl, the opposition candidate who is leading polls for March’s presidential election, said he would seek closer relations (Nikkei) with the Quad security alliance and Five Eyes intelligence-sharing partnership if elected.

Danny Fenster, who had been working for the local publication Frontier Myanmar, was sentenced (AFP) on charges of unlawful association, incitement against the military, and visa violations, his lawyer said.
 
Afghanistan: Two people were killed and several others were wounded by an explosion (TOLOnews) during Friday prayers at a mosque in Nangarhar Province.

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting a meeting (France 24) that aims to ensure Libya sticks to a timeline to hold elections in December. U.S., Egyptian, and Russian envoys are among those in attendance.
 
Yemen: The United States called on the Houthi rebels to release detained Yemenis (AFP, Al Jazeera) who work for the U.S. embassy in Sanaa. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State said the employees were detained after the compound that had served the embassy was breached.

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan will head the new council, which does not include (Al Jazeera) figures who support a transition to civilian rule after the military coup last month.
 
For Foreign Affairs, Alex de Waal writes that Sudan’s coup is a crucial test for the United States.
 
Ethiopia: Boeing admitted full responsibility (Guardian) for the 2019 crash of a 737 Max plane in Ethiopia, paving the way for victims’ families to seek compensation.

After being pressured by the European Union (EU), Turkey announced steps including limiting sales (Bloomberg) of plane tickets to Minsk for citizens of Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. The EU has accused Belarus of urging migrants to enter the bloc.
 
Austria: Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said a national lockdown for people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 is “probably inevitable” (BBC) after the country registered its highest-ever number of new cases.

President Nayib Bukele said the deployment is in response to a surge in murders (Reuters) in recent days.
 
U.S.: President Joe Biden signed a law (Axios) that will block U.S. companies from using Federal Communications Commission (FCC) funds to purchase equipment from companies Washington considers a national security threat, such as the Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE.
 
For the Net Politics blog, CFR’s David Sacks discusses how Washington should respond to Huawei’s gains in the global race for 5G.