World leaders set out clashing priorities as COP31 turns to negotiations

In brief

By William James and Simon JessopANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 12 (Reuters) - World leaders have set out competing positions and made clashing demands in two days of intense speech-making at the COP31 climate change talks in Turkey, leaving negotiators with a tough task to draft a meaningful deal that all can agree.Small island states, among the most vulnerable in the world as global warming makes sea levels rise, pleaded…