Climate change negotiations in Paris 'close to the finishing line', say French

Foreign minister Laurent Fabius says end in sight as talks on global agreement go into another all-night meeting

Negotiators in Paris are embarking on another all-night meeting to try to reach a new global climate agreement, with the French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, telling them they were "extremely close to the finishing line" as he presented yet another draft text.

The marathon talks have become an exercise in a diplomatic attrition, with Fabius giving countries two hours to look at the latest draft before yet another less formal meeting - known as an indaba (a Zulu word for meeting) beginning at 11.30pm Paris time.