Boris Johnson says he will go to Cop27, putting pressure on Rishi Sunak

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Boris Johnson said he would attend the COP27 climate summit, pressuring Rishi Sunak to attend.

M . Sunak has so far declined to say whether he will travel to Egypt for the meeting, saying he is focused on domestic politics.

The prime minister's ambiguity has raised eyebrows because the UK hosted the COP26 summit under Mr Johnson last year and has claimed leadership on climate issues.

On Thursday last week, Downing Street said Mr Sunak was not expected to attend 'due to other urgent national commitments'.

But on Monday Number 10 a raised the possibility, with a spokesperson saying the position was "under review".

Asked in an interview with Sky News whether he was attending the summit, Mr Johnson replied, "Yes, in this case." The Prime Minister added "was invited by the Egyptians".

Mr. Johnson was the prime minister at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow.

He said it had "gone old fashioned" to talk about the previous meeting, but said it was a "fantastic global success" that did "tremendous good for the planet".

During the same interview, Mr Johnson told the TV station that Vladimir Putin would "be crazy" to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.