The European Union's member states have not yet reached an agreement on key emissions targets before the UN's COP30 summit in Brazil, and ministers will meet again on Wednesday to thrash out a deal, according to Brussels officials.

EU countries have been haggling for months over two separate targets for slashing greenhouse-gas emissions: one for 2035 that they must bring to the UN climate talks, and the other for 2040.

Talks in Brussels ended on Tuesday without an accord and continued through the night.

"We believe we have the basis for a political deal. We expect to formally conclude a deal when we resume in a few hours," a spokesman for Denmark, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, said early on Wednesday.

EU officials have stressed the importance of the talks, which c

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