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UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge

A new United Nations report calculates that the globe is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed upon international climate threshold

The Independent UK

This is how far behind the world is on controlling planet-warming pollution

Global emissions of greenhouse gases are rising, according to an annual accounting by the United Nations. It warns development of new oil, gas and coal is incompatible with meeting climate targets.

WEKU

World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns before Cop28

‘We must start setting records on cutting emissions,’ UN boss says after temperature records obliterated in 2023

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Russian diplomacy leverages Israel-Hamas war for moral high ground

The latest Middle East war could help Russia escape punishment for aggression and war crimes in Ukraine, say experts.

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First Thing: Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%

‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality

The Guardian - UK

Premature babies rushed from Gaza hospital as hopes of hostage release deal rise

The babies were being transported to the Rafah crossing on Monday

Evening Standard

Weeklong negotiations for landmark treaty to end plastic pollution close, marred in disagreements

Negotiators at United Nations-led talks in Nairobi, Kenya have failed to agree on how to advance toward the development of a global treaty to end plastic pollution

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‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine

Ireland is seen as an outlier in the EU – but its sympathy for the suffering in Gaza is rooted in its own history

The Guardian - UK

Qatar-UN mediation returns orphaned Ukrainian teen home after Russia ordeal

Bohdan Yermokhin is one of 20,000 Ukrainian children who were illegally taken to Russia from Ukraine’s occupied regions.

Al Jazeera

Heavy fighting breaks out around another Gaza hospital after babies evacuated from Shifa

Heavy fighting erupted around a hospital in northern Gaza where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks

The Independent UK

Hamas has delivered truce response to Qatari officials – as it happened

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National Trust calls on UK government to improve climate resilience

‘Urgent and unswerving attention’ required to deal with rising temperatures and extreme weather

The Guardian - UK

Humza Yousaf tables Gaza ceasefire motion with call for Anas Sarwar to 'stand firm'

HUMZA Yousaf has called on Scottish Labour to “stand firm and back an immediate ceasefire” whilst tabling a parliamentary motion on Gaza to be…

The National (Scotland)

Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says

‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality

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Steering road safety in India back onto the right lane

Road safety is a complex and multi-dimensional challenge, but the benefits that come with addressing it can be equally profound, especially in India

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Sunak could block Human Rights Act to force through Rwanda asylum plan

No 10 has discussed possibility of ‘disapplying’ key human rights law to emergency bill to head off legal challenges

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the war in Sudan: destruction and death are going largely unnoticed

Editorial: As civilians are forced from their homes, killed, raped and enslaved, the world is preoccupied by conflict elsewhere

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IDF publishes footage of what it says is Hamas tunnel at al-Shifa hospital

Israel says opening was discovered beneath floor of a garage within Gaza medical complex’s walls

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A return to the scene of a big political stink

Letters: David Cameron’s return | Maggie Mia | Ministerial changes | Global hunger | Great Snoring

Radio France Internationale

France to send more medical supplies and hospital ship to Gaza

France will send more medical supplies and a second hospital ship to Gaza and is ready to welcome injured children in need of emergency care, President Emmanuel Macron's office said in a statement on Sunday. The UN has described the civilian death toll in Gaza as "staggering and unacceptable" and…

France 24

‘A real blow for the junta’: Myanmar’s ethnic groups launch unprecedented armed resistance

Fighting in Myanmar between the military junta and an alliance of ethnic armed groups has intensified since late October after an unprecedented offensive in the country’s north exposed the junta’s struggles on the ground. The UN called for all sides to respect international law in a statement on Friday, saying…

The Hindu

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre to mark 60th anniversary of first rocket launch from Thumba

The Guardian - UK

Gaza’s main hospital has become a ‘death zone’, says WHO

UN agency visits al-Shifa hospital after raid by Israeli forces who allege it is used by Hamas as a command centre

Al Jazeera

Diseases spread in Gaza amid water and sewage crisis, cholera feared

Gastrointestinal diseases and respiratory and skin infections are rising amid Israel war, UN agencies say.

The Guardian - UK

Aid charities urge Rishi Sunak to condemn Israel’s siege in Gaza

PM’s speech at food summit comes as humanitarian crisis caused by Israel-Hamas war reaches crisis point

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