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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Chris York

Morning mail: climate breakdown supercharging extreme weather, fears for jailed teens, China’s military drills

A man on a rooftop looks at approaching flames
A comprehensive analysis of scientific studies has revealed how people across the world are losing their lives and livelihoods due to more deadly and frequent extreme weather events. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

Good morning. The catastrophic effect of the climate crisis has been laid bare in the most comprehensive analysis of scientific studies to date. At least a dozen of the most serious events, from killer heatwaves to broiling seas, would have been all but impossible without human-caused global heating. And it was a mixed day for Australia at the Commonwealth Games with defeat for the women’s netball team but gold in swimming and cycling.

Advocates have sounded the alarm after a teenager detained in a maximum-security adult prison in WA required medical treatment after self-harming, warning “we will see a death” unless changes are made. The teenager was taken to hospital this week from a facility in Perth’s Casuarina prison.

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