shortly, alongside british police. at the moment, we know that alex has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to the authorities and has spoken to his grandmother back in the uk. he hasn t told the authorities where his mother and grandfather are. they are believed to be somewhere in europe but we don t know exactly where. they are considered to people of interest with regards to this. like i say, alex batty, the 17 year old found after being missing for six years. we will follow the developments closely. hungary has blocked more than 50 billion dollars in eu aid for ukraine, hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks with kyiv. after late night negotiations, the hungarian president, victor orban, posted on social media, summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to ukraine. he then left for the night. speaking to reporters, charles michel 7 the president he saw as a positive the opening of membership talks
cop-26 summit, and that effort is gaining momentum. in the coming hours, according to one uk official, a deal will be announced involving at least 20 countries who agreed to end financing for fossil fuel projects abroad. this, of course, as more countries pledge to stop the use of coal. among them ukraine, europe s third largest coal consumer. it became one of seven countries to join the cola lal alliance a pledged to stop by 2035. these come at a critical point. use of coal rose after seeing a decline in 2020. phil black joins us from scotland. phil, i heard the uk business secretary say this morning, the last hour, in fact, we re confining coal to history, were his words. the announcement we are expecting on coal doesn t include china, and it doesn t include the u.s. how is it being received by climate experts that you have been talking to?