Germany misses climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025

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Greenhouse gases dropped just 0.1% last year as environment minister criticises lack of improvement

Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany have again missed targets set by the Climate Protection Act and barely fell at all in 2025.

Emissions decreased by just 0.1% last year compared to the previous year, according to data from the German Environment Agency.

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Trump seeks to close $1.6 trillion revenue gap with raft of new tariffs – AP News

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  1. Trump seeks to close $1.6 trillion revenue gap with raft of new tariffs  AP News
  2. China slams Trump's trade investigation, as it approves a 5-year economic plan  NPR
  3. US Starts Second Trade Probe in Trump’s Tariff Policy Revival  Bloomberg.com
  4. US targets UK, EU and Canada in new round of tariff probes  Financial Times
  5. Trump administration launches new forced labor investigations into dozens of countries as it fights to restore tariffs  CBS News
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Brazil’s ex-President Bolsonaro is in intensive care with pneumonia, hospital says – NPR

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  1. Brazil’s ex-President Bolsonaro is in intensive care with pneumonia, hospital says  NPR
  2. Former Brazil President Bolsonaro's kidney function worsens but pneumonia stabilized, hospital says  abcnews.com
  3. Brazil’s jailed ex-president Bolsonaro hospitalised with lung infection  Al Jazeera
  4. Brazil's Bolsonaro stable but test results worsen, medical note says  Reuters
  5. Imprisoned former Brazil leader Bolsonaro taken to hospital: son  News24
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Hezbollah goes ‘all in’ on an ‘existential’ war against Israel. It could be its last – The Times of Israel

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  1. Hezbollah goes ‘all in’ on an ‘existential’ war against Israel. It could be its last  The Times of Israel
  2. Hezbollah’s Gamble  Phenomenal World
  3. Exclusive: Hezbollah returns to guerrilla roots, awaits Israeli invasion  Reuters
  4. Two wounded as Hezbollah continues attacks on Israel’s North  The Jerusalem Post
  5. 'Just Follow the Money': How Hezbollah Recovered and Resurged in Lebanon  Haaretz
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Global food supplies could be badly hit if Iran war drags on, says fertiliser boss – The Guardian

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  1. Global food supplies could be badly hit if Iran war drags on, says fertiliser boss  The Guardian
  2. The Iran war's looming economic threat: Higher food prices  NBC News
  3. Fertilizer isn't getting through the Straight of Hormuz, which could lead to a global food crisis.  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  4. ‘The sums don’t add up’: UK farmers struggle as Iran war drives up costs  The Guardian
  5. Fears of a food shock rise as midterms loom  Axios
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Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel’s war on Lebanon intensifies – The Guardian

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  1. Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel’s war on Lebanon intensifies  The Guardian
  2. For a surgeon treating Lebanon's wounded children, their horrific injuries bring back memories from Gaza  NBC News
  3. UN chief launches major humanitarian appeal from war-torn Lebanon  UN News
  4. UN chief Guterres says ‘no military solution, only diplomacy’ for Lebanon  Al Jazeera
  5. War has already displaced nearly a million Lebanese, and aid groups warn of a humanitarian crisis  AP News
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Fly-tippers could get points on driving licences under new government plans – BBC

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  1. Fly-tippers could get points on driving licences under new government plans  BBC
  2. ‘Police-like’ powers could see Environment Agency arrest extreme fly-tippers  The Telegraph
  3. Fly-tipping in the UK has reached record levels  Facebook
  4. Litter louts face losing their driving licences  GOV.UK
  5. Fly-tipping: Government plans police-style powers for environment offficers  BBC
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Iran War News Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Bombs ‘Obliterated’ Military Targets on Kharg Island – WSJ

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  1. Iran War News Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Bombs ‘Obliterated’ Military Targets on Kharg Island  WSJ
  2. Iran war live: US bombs Iran’s Kharg Island, warns oil facilities next  Al Jazeera
  3. Iran threatens to strike oil facilities after U.S. hits military targets on Kharg Island, a critical oil hub  NBC News
  4. Middle East crisis live: Iran threatens US ‘hideouts’ in UAE after Trump says military targets on Kharg Island ‘obliterated’  The Guardian
  5. Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Says It Bombed Key Iranian Island With Oil Hub  The New York Times
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Why Little Was Done to Head Off Oil’s Strait of Hormuz Problem – The New York Times

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  1. Why Little Was Done to Head Off Oil’s Strait of Hormuz Problem  The New York Times
  2. A Visual Guide to How Iran Is Holding the Strait of Hormuz Hostage  WSJ
  3. Iran unleashes oil shock to blunt US firepower  Reuters
  4. How one of Iran's most destructive weapons could threaten the U.S.  Axios
  5. Hegseth, Trump faces perilous options in the Strait of Hormuz  The Hill
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Exclusive: Iran Kurdish Leader Says Ready to Join War if US Gives Support – Newsweek

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  1. Exclusive: Iran Kurdish Leader Says Ready to Join War if US Gives Support  Newsweek
  2. Under drone fire, exiled Kurds wait to confront Iranian regime  BBC
  3. Why the next escalation in the Iran conflict could be between the US and Turkey  The Conversation
  4. Iran's war within a war may be about to begin  ABC News
  5. Small, divided and wary, Kurdish rebels won’t be the ones bringing down Iran’s regime  The Times of Israel
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‘Deliberate attack’: explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam

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Mayor condemns ‘cowardly act’ on south side of Amsterdam which caused limited damage and no reported injuries

An explosion has damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam in what the city’s mayor described as “a deliberate attack against the Jewish community”.

The explosion early on Saturday in a residential neighbourhood on the south side of the city caused limited damage, the mayor, Femke Halsema, said in a press release, as police and firefighters arrived at the scene quickly.

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Explosion rocks Amsterdam Jewish school in wave of antisemitic violence – CNN

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  1. Explosion rocks Amsterdam Jewish school in wave of antisemitic violence  CNN
  2. Explosion at Amsterdam Jewish school 'a deliberate attack' says mayor  BBC
  3. Blast Outside Jewish School in Amsterdam Causes Limited Damage  Bloomberg.com
  4. ‘Deliberate attack’: explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam  The Guardian
  5. Explosion lightly damages Jewish school in Amsterdam  Reuters
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