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Azerbaijan, a major oil and gas producer accused of serious human rights abuses, is "perfectly suited" to host a critical global climate summit, according to its man in charge.Before the COP29 climate talks kick off in the capital Baku on Monday, the president of the talks, Mukhtar Babayev, told Sky News the country has plenty to bring to the table. Sandwiched between Russia and Iran, bridging Europe and Asia, Azerbaijan is "strategically located" to bridge differences between regions, he said, as countries assemble with wildly different ambitions, grudges and fears for the talks. But there's another reason, said Mr Babayev: its role as a major oil and gas producer.Baku is the "world's first oil town", home to the world's first industrial oil well from 1847. Rel...

Tributes have been paid to a "brave" 22-year-old British man who was killed while fighting in Ukraine. Callum Tindal-Draper, from Gunnislake, Cornwall, died while serving with the foreign volunteer platoon in the country's struggle against Russia. It is believed he was defending an observation point when he was killed on 5 November. Image: Callum Tindal-Draper. Pic: Handout Callum's mother Caroline Tindal said in a post on Facebook that "he fought till he could no longer hold them off any more"."His platoon are calling him a 'hero' and 'as brave as they come'," she said. "22 is a young age. But you lived and died following your heart, soul and morals."May you rest in peace and help watch over those who have passed." Mr ...