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• World still ‘on brink of climate catastrophe’ after Cop27 deal

  20-11-2022 21:43 via theguardian.com
  Experts say biggest economies must pledge more cuts to carbon emissions but hail agreement to set up loss and damage fundA deal on loss and damage, but a blow to 1.5C – what will be Cop27’s legacy?The world still stands “on the brink of climate catastrophe” after the deal reached at the Cop27 UN climate summit on Sunday, and the biggest economies must make fresh commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, climate experts and campaigners have warned.The agreement reached
  
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• The Guardian view on Cop27’s outcome: a real achievement, but too far to go | Editorial

  20-11-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  The creation of a loss and damage fund is a milestone, but a 1.5C limit to the global temperature rise looks even further out of reachThe Cop process often seems to encapsulate the broader global reaction to climate breakdown. Leaders make grand but vague pledges of action; fossil fuel lobbyists (600 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, this year) schmooze and press governments into maintaining the status quo; and scientists, civil society groups and those most affected by the climate emergency have to sc
  
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• The Guardian view on the trial of Roberto Saviano: call off the dogs | Editorial

  20-11-2022 19:25 via theguardian.com
  The bullying of one of Italy’s most respected writers by Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini is an assault on press freedomItaly’s draconian defamation laws have long been exploited by the powerful to intimidate and silence troublesome voices. Each year, thousands of proceedings are launched against investigative journalists, and the country’s constitutional court has urged much-needed reform to protect freedom of expression and the independence of the press.The outrageous bullyi
  
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• Shelling of Zaporizhzhia is playing with fire, says UN nuclear chief, as blasts reported

  20-11-2022 19:20 via theguardian.com
  Explosions cause damage at Ukrainian power plant, as Kyiv says it will investigate videos allegedly of surrendering Russians being shotRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesThe UN nuclear energy watchdog has said the forces behind the shelling of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant are “playing with fire”, after a series of explosions shook the facility.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has experts based at Zaporizhzhia, reported on Sunday that powerful exp
  
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• Train cancellations in Great Britain hit highest level on record

  20-11-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  One in 26 journeys disrupted with government accused of ‘abject failure’ to tackle worst offenders such as Avanti West CoastRail cancellations have reached their highest level on record with more than 314,000 trains fully or partly cancelled across Great Britain in a year, a Guardian analysis reveals.Figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) show that the proportion of cancelled services has more than doubled since 2015, rising to one in 26 of all train journeys being disrupted
  
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• A deal on loss and damage, but a blow to 1.5C – what will be Cop27’s legacy?

  20-11-2022 18:32 via theguardian.com
  Anger at western hypocrisy heated to boiling point in Sharm el-Sheikh, but after intense talks the impasse was finally brokenOn the eve of the Cop27 climate conference that has just finished in Sharm el-Sheikh, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned of the stark consequences of failure.“There is no way we can avoid a catastrophic situation, if the two [the developed and developing world] are not able to establish a historic pact,” he said, in an interview with the
  
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• Belgium’s trade in Russian diamonds continues despite moral pressure

  20-11-2022 17:56 via theguardian.com
  Poland and the Baltic states are pressing for diamonds to be included in the EU’s next round of sanctionsA leisurely stroll through Antwerp’s diamond district takes only five minutes. Yet through just one sq km in a drab quarter of Belgium’s second city pass 86% of the world’s rough diamonds. Into Antwerp’s nondescript concrete offices arrive billion-year-old gemstones from the faraway depths of mines in Botswana, Canada, South Africa, Angola – and Russia.Desp
  
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• Tories have pushed back our taxing problems | Letters

  20-11-2022 17:54 via theguardian.com
  Readers on whether Jeremy Hunt’s budget will help to revive the UK’s public services and tackle economic problemsSeeing a Tory government increase taxes on nearly everyone is incredible (Biggest hit to living standards on record as Hunt lays out autumn statement, 17 November). At last the Tories realise that, to have a civilised society, we need well-funded public institutions providing the services needed to make it work for all.Or do they? In your standfirst online you write: &ldqu
  
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• The pleasure and privilege of working with David Butler | Letters

  20-11-2022 17:47 via theguardian.com
  Martin Westlake, one of a long list of Butler’s co-authors, remembers him with affectionFollowing on from your fine obituary of David Butler (9 November) and, of course, Michael Crick’s wonderful 2018 Sultan of Swing: The Life of David Butler, I would like to add to the affectionate portrait from the perspective of one of a long list of David’s co-authors.The Butler name opened all doors and it was a pleasure and a privilege to sit in on interviews with politicians and party of
  
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• ‘We couldn’t fail them’: how Pakistan’s floods spurred fight at Cop for loss and damage fund

  20-11-2022 17:24 via theguardian.com
  With the deadly devastation fresh in the world’s mind, Pakistan pushed for damage funds with other frontline countriesIn early September, after unprecedented rainfall had left a third of Pakistan under water, its climate change minister set out the country’s stall for Cop27. “We are on the frontline and intend to keep loss and damage and adapting to climate catastrophes at the core of our arguments and negotiations. There will be no moving away from that,” Sherry Rehman s
  
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• World Cup 2022 opening ceremony and Qatar’s dour start – in pictures

  20-11-2022 17:04 via theguardian.com
  The best images from the pre-match ceremony and the first fixture between Qatar and Ecuador Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Part of the kill chain’: how can we control weaponised robots?

  20-11-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  From armed robot dogs to target-seeking drones, the use of artificial intelligence in warfare presents ethical dilemmas that urgently need addressingThe security convoy turned on to Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Boulevard at around 3:30pm on 27 November 2020. The VIP was the Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, widely regarded as the head of Iran’s secret nuclear weapons programme. He was driving his wife to their country property, flanked by bodyguards in other vehicles. They were close t
  
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• Two drug dealers who were once on UK's 'most wanted' list asked to repay £1 EACH

  20-11-2022 15:00 via express.co.uk
  Two top-end drug dealers, who were once among the UK's "most wanted", have been ordered to pay back just £2 between them after a lengthy financial investigation failed to realise any assets.
  
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• Cold comfort: the science of staying warm in the energy crisis

  20-11-2022 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Bills will cause many to think twice about turning on the heating this winter. How does the body adapt to cold – and will wearing a hat really help?We, along with other mammals and birds, are endotherms. We use thermoregulation to maintain a consistent internal body temperature – between 37C and 37.5C. When the external environment changes, “A range of physiological responses is initiated, including the reduction of tissue temperature – skin, blood and muscle,” says
  
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• Economists warns 200,000 Brits risk losing their homes in looming recession

  20-11-2022 14:38 via express.co.uk
  Researchers have suggested that hundreds of thousands of homeowners could lose their property in the recession that is about to grip the UK.
  
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• Joe Lycett shreds £10k LIVE in protest over Beckham’s support for Qatar World Cup

  20-11-2022 13:20 via express.co.uk
  David Beckham reportedly signed a controversial deal with Qatar worth £10 million to be an ambassador for their World Cup despite the nation regarding homosexuality as illegal.
  
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• What are the key outcomes of Cop27 climate summit?

  20-11-2022 12:40 via theguardian.com
  From loss and damage to 1.5C goal and World Bank reform, the takeaways from Sharm el-SheikhCop27 live – latest news updatesDeveloping countries have been seeking financial assistance for loss and damage – money needed to rescue and rebuild the physical and social infrastructure of countries devastated by extreme weather – for nearly three decades. Finally achieving agreement on a fund is a major milestone. Now comes the difficult part – the fund must be set up, and filled
  
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• Flood alerts issued across the UK as Met Office warns of more heavy downpours

  20-11-2022 12:22 via express.co.uk
  The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning in Scotland due to ongoing flooding from extreme weather.
  
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• Not every poor person is on benefits, so where’s their lump sum for energy bills? | Torsten Bell

  20-11-2022 11:30 via theguardian.com
  Those earning as little as a £1 too much will miss out on Jeremy Hunt’s £900 to ease the pain after the price cap is liftedThe autumn statement wasn’t exactly full of joy, with its forecast of a rise in unemployment of 500,000, but it did include information on energy bill support after April – Jeremy Hunt announced a less generous version of Liz Truss’s price guarantee, capping typical bills at £3,000 v £2,500 now.Lower-income households can&rsquo
  
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• I put my life on the line in the Army... but the Post Office ruined me when I left

  20-11-2022 10:36 via express.co.uk
  A retired sub-postmaster caught up in the Post Office IT scandal says that claimants could die before they manage to unlock a mulri-million pound compensation scheme.
  
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• Awaab Ishak paid 'ultimate price' for neglect from landlord as condition ignored for years

  20-11-2022 10:27 via express.co.uk
  An inquest into the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak prompted an outcry this week after it found he died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in the one-bedroom housing association flat where he lived with his parents, Faisal Abdullah and Aisha Amin, in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
  
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• Houses evacuated as explosion at Derbyshire electricity station sparks huge fire

  20-11-2022 08:39 via express.co.uk
  Homes on a street in a Derbyshire town have been evacuated this morning after an explosion at an electricity substation.
  
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• The big picture: Thomas Rousset’s surreal image of French rural life

  20-11-2022 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The photographer’s curious tableau fuses the nostalgic and comic in a portrait of his home village near GrenobleThe village of Prabért is a small community east of Grenoble in the French Alps. It is also a place that comes alive in the imagination of Thomas Rousset, who grew up there and became a photographer. Rousset studied his art at college in Lausanne, Switzerland, and came back to Prabért every weekend to do his “homework”. That practice developed over a dec
  
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• Pub chain offers free pints for punters with one of 50 surnames in World Cup 'offer'

  20-11-2022 04:32 via express.co.uk
  England and Wales will kick off their World Cup campaigns on November 21.
  
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• Merseyside McDonald’s slammed as ‘warzone’ after reports of several violent incidents

  20-11-2022 03:30 via express.co.uk
  In one incident, a delivery driver was said to have been viciously attacked by a group of teenagers.
  
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  20-11-2022 01:01 via express.co.uk
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