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THE eyes of the world are focused on Scotland for the next two weeks as world leaders gather in Glasgow for COP26.

Unfortunately, some of the world’s top broadcasters haven’t quite got to grips with the country’s geography yet.

You may know Wolf Blitzer from CNN’s frenzied US election coverage.

Well the anchorman has landed in Scotland to cover the top story on the global news agenda this week.

The only slight hitch is he appears to be in the wrong city.

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Posing in a makeshift studio in front of Edinburgh Castle, he tweeted: “I’m now reporting from Edinburgh in Scotland where 20,000 world leaders and delegates have gathered for the COP26 Climate Summit.”

Displaying his expert knowledge, the broadcaster added: “COP, by the way, stands for ‘Conference of the Parties.’ It’s the 26th time they have gathered to discuss and take action on this critical issue.”

In fairness to Wolf, he’s only 50 miles out.

But Twitter users weren’t so kind in their assessment.

ITV’s Chris Ship replied: “Somebody tell Wolf that the conference is actually in Glasgow…”

Telegraph journalist Will Brown noted: “A CNN researcher somewhere is in a bit of trouble.”

Sketch writer Robert Hutton added: “Can I just say that this kind of thing makes life very difficult for satirists.”

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And the Twitter pile on keeps getting bigger… The FT’s Janine Gibson commented: “You may mock, but there’s clearly a very sensible health and safety rule that Wolf's Situation Room shall be located a minimum of 50 miles from the Actual Situation.”

Her colleague David Sheppard said: “He's getting pelters for this understandably, but I like to think Wolf's going to make his way through to Glasgow bit by bit. Tomorrow, CNN coming live from Livingston. Wednesday Harthill services. Thursday Airdrie.”

At least he wasn’t the only one to get mixed up.

Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason also confused Edinburgh for Glasgow when he was announcing Joe Biden’s arrival in Scotland…

CNN has clarified that it also has cameras in Glasgow for the summit in addition to its base in Edinburgh, where President Joe Biden is staying.