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SAUDIS MAY BE LATEST CLIMATE EVENT NO-SHOWS

Mohammed Bin Salman could join Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in opting not to attend COP26 next month, in a potential blow to Boris Johnson’s goals for the climate summit.

The Saudi crown prince is one of several world leaders who are understood not to have confirmed their attendance in Glasgow, despite the Prime Minister calling on the country to put forward “ambitious” targets in a call last week.

It comes days after it was reported that President Xi of China is not expected to attend the conference and the Queen was overheard expressing her concern that it was unclear as to who would be present. The Russian ambassador to the U.K. on Sunday said no decision had been taken on whether Putin would attend, with Whitehall sources conceding there is a “question mark” over the Russian president.

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