US president attacks China and Russia leaders over absent at COP26 summit

US President Joe Biden has criticised the leaders of China and Russia for not turning up to the COP26 climate summit.

Report has it that neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor Chinese leader Xi Jinping is at the summit in Glasgow.

In a speech on Tuesday night, Mr Biden said climate was a gigantic issue and China walked away.

Both countries however have sent delegations to the talks, which are due to run for two weeks until 14 November.

More than 120 leaders turned up at the conference in Scotland’s largest city.