UN probes Egypt police misconduct claims at climate talks

(Peter Dejong/AP)

The United Nations said it was investigating allegations of misconduct by Egyptian police officers providing security at this year’s international climate talks.

This follows claims that attendees of events at the German pavilion for the Cop27 summit were photographed and filmed after Germany hosted an event there with the sister of jailed British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist, Alaa Abdel Fattah.