COP30 climate summit hears from countries suffering global warming harms
There are growing calls for developed nations that produce the most gas emissions to take more responsibility.
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Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer
UK expected to reduce contribution to Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 20%
A group of seven Labour MPs who served as ministers under Keir Starmer have written to the prime minister warning that an expected cut to UK funding for aid to combat preventable diseases would be both a “moral failure” and a strategic disaster.
With ministers and officials expected to decide the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria within days, the letter renews pressure on Starmer to pull back from an expected 20% cut.
Continue reading...Trump, 79, Covers Up Cankles for 12th Straight Day – The Daily Beast
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Philippines braces for Typhoon Fung-wong after earlier storm kills over 200
Deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi devastates the Philippines and Vietnam, with survivors now bracing for another storm.
Israel says body of Lior Rudaeff has been returned from Gaza
Lior Rudaeff died defending Nir Yitzhak kibbutz during the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military said.
Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release
Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permission
Environmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.
Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission from her probation officer, although the Ministry of Justice dropped the condition after she brought a legal challenge.
Continue reading...Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months
Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world.
The detainees have included at least two civilians held for months without charge or trial: a nurse detained in his scrubs, and a young food seller, according to lawyers from the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) who represent both men.
Continue reading...DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97
Watson co-discover the double-helix structure of DNA, but his reputation was later damaged by his comments on race and sex.
DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97
Watson co-discover the double-helix structure of DNA, but his reputation was later damaged by his comments on race and sex.
Ukraine says over 1,400 Africans recruited to fight for Russia in war
Ukraine accuses Russia of luring recruits from Africa into 'suicidal' military contracts to bolster its war efforts.
UPS and FedEx ground some cargo planes after Kentucky air disaster
The delivery companies confirm MD-11 planes have been temporarily grounded as the death toll in Louisville rises to 14.
In her dying moments, a stranger changed my life
I’d crashed my car into a homeless woman. She spent her final moments showing me kindness.
US Supreme Court allows Trump to block $4bn in food aid to families in need
Forty-two million face food aid delays after the nation's top Court lets US president pause full SNAP payments.
Hamas returns latest captive body to Israel
Israel has received the latest captive’s body from Hamas in Gaza as part of the ceasefire deal signed four weeks ago.
Nigerians demand own solutions to violence as Trump threatens US invasion
Amid US claims of 'Christian genocide' locals and experts say crisis is multilayered, dismiss plan for foreign invasion.
A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight
Popularity of Britain’s top mouser – ‘the guy to meet in No 10’ – to feature in documentary series
He’s on his sixth prime minister, has watched presidents and princes walk through the black door of No 10, and will soon become the longest continuous resident of Downing Street since Pitt the Younger.
The landscape of British politics has changed a lot in the past 15 years, but Larry the cat has remained a reassuring constant. Now his enduring popularity – the like of which some of his temporary owners would kill for – is to feature in a new Channel 4 documentary series exploring Britain’s love of cats. For his fans, the spotlight has been a long time coming.
Continue reading...Israeli orchestra interrupted by protester with flare
A protester lit a flare at a concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, sending the crowd into brief panic.
LIVE: Israeli air raids, demolitions hit Gaza despite ceasefire with Hamas
Israeli army carries out more demolitions of residential buildings east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.