In this issue

November 07, 2022

'No Time For More Warm Words', Sunak Is Warned

Rishi Sunak has claimed the world "can still deliver" on the 1.5C climate target - but campaigners say real action is needed now.

4 mins

Climate breakdown close to 'irreversible', leaders told

World leaders have been warned climate breakdown is close to being \"irreversible\", as they gathered for the make-or-break Cop27 summit amid accusations of \"backsliding on promises made\".

3 mins

Climate 'Must Be Treated As Seriously As Covid Outbreak'

The climate crisis will only be taken seriously when countries realise it is an existential threat like Covid, Cop27 host's chief negotiator warns.

2 mins

Fears UK will break climate pledge for poorer nations

Ministers have been told to come clean on suspicions the UK will break promises to fund climate crisis help for poorer nations, after failing to set out what money is being provided.

2 mins

Summit negotiations are a 'formula for failure', UK's former climate envoy warns

Negotiations at the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt are a \"formula for failure\", the government's former special envoy on climate change has warned as the critical event begins.

4 mins

Johnson to warn against climate change 'defeatism'

Boris Johnson will issue a rallying call to not to allow \"defeatism\" in the face of the worsening economic situation to undermine the fight against global warming.

2 mins

Lessons of apartheid key to help us tackle climate crisis

To see women, especially young women, at the forefront of climate activism is inspiring. Especially because the cause can otherwise feel overwhelming. Recently, Greta Thunberg held us all to account.

3 mins

Without climate finance, we cannot adapt to this crisis

The climate crisis disproportionately affects the global south. In Nigeria, climate change is no longer a threat but a reality.

3 mins

Hunt plans £35bn cuts despite recession warning

Jeremy Hunt will detail spending cuts totalling at least £35bn in his autumn statement later this month, according to a report.

2 mins

Williamson text messages 'unacceptable', says Sunak

Sir Gavin Williamson is under increasing pressure after No 10 last night said the prime minister believes expletive-laden text messages sent by the cabinet minister to a colleague were \"unacceptable\".

2 mins

Rise of Sunak is not a quick fix for UK-India relations

Experts tell Namita Singh it would be wrong of New Delhi to expect too much too fast from the post-Brexit relationship

7 mins

Alarm at Putin's 'Hiroshima comments' in Macron call

Vladimir Putin reportedly told French president Emmanuel Macron that the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki show \"you don't need to attack major cities in order to end a war\".

2 mins

Tanzania plane crashes into Lake Victoria killing 19

Nineteen people were killed when a passenger plane crashed into a lake in Tanazania.

1 min

The most valuable asset in the HIV fight is being wasted

PrEP is one of the best tools we have at our disposal to end HIV transmission. Studies have shown that, when taken as prescribed, it reduces the risk of getting HIV by 99 per cent.

3 mins

Let's all just watch the birdie to see what happens next

Peak Musk? Peak Twitter? Peak social media? Or maybe we've reached all three?

3 mins

Actually, Hancock's got a point about I'm a Celebrity

Champion of the people Matt Hancock is bravely stepping forwards to teach his fellow politicians an important lesson when it comes to engaging with the common man.

3 mins

'No one lives a bullshit life where nothing goes wrong"

Kate Nash speaks to Alexandra Pollard about 'never fitting' into the music industry, the tabloid headlines she had to deal with, and the untimely cancellation of Netflix series 'Glow'

8 mins

Older people should now be encouraged back into work

Problem of economic inactivity and ill health among workers over 50 cannot be ignored, for economic and moral reasons

4 mins

Impressive Gunners take derby spoils and top spot

Chelsea 0 | Arsenal Gabriel(63) 1

3 mins

No comeback for Spurs after Salah's classy double

Tottenham Hotspur Kane (70) 1 | Liverpool Salah (11, 40) 2

3 mins

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