Protesters have forced their way into the COP30 venue in Brazil.<\/p>\n
The activists, some carrying batons, according to Reuters, clashed with UN security guards in Belem, where world leaders have been meeting to discuss action on climate change.<\/p>\n
The venue was then barricaded with tables.<\/p>\n
One security guard was seen being rushed away in a wheelchair while clutching his stomach, according to a Reuters witness.<\/p>\n
The protesters, who had been in a group of hundreds, dispersed from the scene shortly after the clash.<\/p>\n
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This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to X cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> Another security guard said he was hit in the head by a drum thrown by a protester. He had a cut on his forehead.<\/p>\n Video posted on social media showed a group rushing towards the entrance, before pushing through a main door and running through unmanned security.<\/p>\n Others dressed in yellow in a separate video cheered waving placards while security staff pushed them back as the two sides clashed.<\/p>\n COP30, which started on 10 November and ends on 21 November, comes at a precarious time for climate action.<\/p>\n The conference has been met with controversy over its location in the Brazilian city, on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforest.<\/p>\n This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/p>\n Please refresh the page for the latest version.<\/p>\n You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the Sky News app<\/a>. You can also follow us on WhatsApp<\/a> and subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> to keep up with the latest news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protesters have forced their way into the COP30 venue in Brazil. The activists, some carrying batons, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-134849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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