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Current emissions targets could keep the planet below a 2°C temperature rise but a turbocharged effort is needed

In the landmark Paris Agreement, adopted at the 2015 United Nations climate change conference (COP21), 196 countries decided that the world must limit global temperature increases to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels – and to 1.5°C above current levels if possible.

The Conversation

Countries have not yet agreed to put fossil fuel phase-out on Cop28 agenda

Director-general of climate talks, Majid Al Suwaidi, says governments have not reached agreement to discuss key issue

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners want fossil fuel firms to pay into climate calamity fund; diplomats dubious

Environmental campaigners are calling for fossil fuel producers to contribute to a new fund intended to help poor countries cope with climate disasters

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West Ham’s quest for bubble-blowing celebrations on the continent

In today’s Football Daily: West Ham, Fifa being found out and more

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Mike Pence news – live: At CNN town hall Pence says he won’t pardon Jan 6 protesters who called for his death

In a crowded field, former Indiana governor Mike Pence looking to stand out from Republican rivals in 2024 campaign

The Independent UK

Pence 2024 news - live: Former Vice President Mike Pence launches presidential campaign against Trump

In a crowded field, former Indiana governor looking to stand out from Republican rivals

The Independent UK

Ukraine residents face homelessness, disease after dam collapse

Ukrainians are abandoning their inundated homes as flood waters crested across a swathe of the south after the destruction of a vast dam.

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Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options for cooling

A blast on June 6, 2023, destroyed the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River in eastern Ukraine. The rupture lowered water levels in a reservoir upriver at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar. The reservoir supplies water necessary for cooling the plant’s shutdown reactors and spent…

The Conversation

‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails

Exclusive: UN conference president Sultan Al Jaber is also head of oil firm, which was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry

The Guardian - UK

UN court finds ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga unfit for trial

A UN court has ruled that Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, aged in his late 80s, is unfit to stand trial and is instead calling for an “alternative” legal procedure that resembles a trial but would not end in a conviction.

Radio France Internationale

Fields of southern Ukraine could ‘turn into deserts’ after dam destruction

Agriculture ministry warns of greater disaster next year, with global implications, from loss of Kakhovka reservoir

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 469 of the invasion

Zelenskiy calls attack on dam ‘an environmental bomb of mass destruction’, UN aid chief says ‘magnitude of catastrophe’ will only become clear in coming days

The Guardian - AU

First Thing: Ukraine says 42,000 at risk from dam flooding

US National Security Council says burst dam has probably caused ‘many deaths’ as fears grow for missing people. Plus, scientists trace the origins of masturbation

The Guardian - UK

China Expresses ‘Grave Concerns’ Over Ukraine Dam Collapse

Top Chinese envoy to the U.N. urges all parties in the conflict to abide by international law and to do their utmost to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure

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Adoption of anti-Semitism definition curbs free speech: Report

EU nations called out for adopting definition that conflates anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel.

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Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga declared ‘unfit’ to stand trial

The UN war crimes court deemed the 90-year-old genocide suspect ‘no longer capable of meaningful participation’.

The Independent UK

UN judges declare elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to stand trial due to dementia

United Nations judges have declared an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to continue to stand trial because he has dementia

The Independent UK

Massive destruction after Ukraine dam collapse revealed in new satellite images

Imagery captures more than 2,500 sq km of area around Nova Kakhovka before and after its collapse

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The Hindu

Data | Most soldiers killed in action during UN missions were Indians

The UN Operation in the Congo between 1960 and 1964 was the deadliest for Indian troops

Radio France Internationale

UN warns of 'grave consequences' as Ukrainians flee breached dam

About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding in Ukraine after a hydroelectric dam in the Russian-occupied town of Nova Kakhovka was breached in what UN chief Antonio Guterres called a "monumental" catastrophe on a humanitarian, economic and ecological level.

Al Jazeera

Greeks welcome continuity in Erdogan’s re-election in Turkey

Erdogan’s rhetoric may be unfriendly towards Greece, but his predecessors were outright dangerous, many Greeks say.

The Independent UK

Waters continue to swell as flooded southern Ukraine copes with day after dam breach

Residents of southern Ukraine braced for a second day of swelling floodwaters on Wednesday as authorities warned that a Dnieper River dam breach would continue to unleash pent-up waters from a giant reservoir

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel the wing-draught of dozens of hummingbirds’: the wild beauty of Panama

The Central American country has incredible wildlife and biodiversity. Our writer explores its forest and meets the Indigenous people hoping to preserve it

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Inside Rishi Sunak’s whirlwind US visit

In today’s newsletter: As Sunak attempts to broker mini deals for business and agreement on Ukraine, he’s also trying to secure a post-Brexit spot for Britain on the global stage

France 24

France to send aid to Ukraine for dam disaster, says Macron

France will send aid to Ukraine “within the next few hours”, said President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday following a phone call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. A day after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, rescue teams rushed to evacuate people as floodwaters peaked. Read our live blog to see…

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