IMAGEWatch: How 'strongest' El Niño could affect weather around the worldThe powerful natural climate phenomenon, that is developing over the Pacific Ocean, is likely to be the strongest in living memory, the Met Office has warned.
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IMAGEWhat a record-breaking El Nino could mean for the worldThis year's El Nino is on track to be the strongest on record, threatening to unleash extreme weather across the globe and make 2027 the hottest recorded year by far. It is expected to be the most "intense" El Nino in more than a century, the head of long-range forecasting at the UK's Met Office warned on Friday. Stacked on top of long-term human-caused climate change, the temporary jolt will offer a glimpse of the heat the world can expect by the late 2030s, experts say.
IMAGEYoung vapers ‘at risk of breathing problems and becoming smokers’Review by paediatricians links child vaping with poor respiratory health such as coughing, wheezing and asthmaYoung people who start vaping risk developing breathing problems and going on to smoke cigarettes, children’s doctors have warned.Child vaping is consistently linked with poor respiratory health, such as coughing, wheezing, bronchitis symptoms and asthma exacerbations, while vapes have bee...
IMAGEVolodymyr Zelenskyy sacks senior aide amid Ukraine corruption crisisPesidential deputy chief of staff Iryna Mudra dismissed day after former defence minister called for wartime electionUkraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired a senior aide amid a fresh corruption investigation – one day after a former defence minister warned the country was facing “a crisis of governance” and needed to hold a wartime presidential election.Iryna Mudra, a presidential deput...
IMAGEICE Is Asking Gate Agents To Help Arrest Passengers. Some Are Pushing BackAn airline manager warned a passenger that ICE agents were trying to locate her, helping her avoid a possible arrest.
IMAGE‘Prepare early’: bushfire authorities sound alarm for NT, NSW and QueenslandEffects of global heating in NT worsened by ‘dangerous and fire-promoting buffel grass’, expert saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFire authorities have warned large parts of the Northern Territory are facing heightened fire danger throughout spring, with above average fuel loads leaving much of the territory vulnera...
IMAGECalifornia Becomes First State to Regulate the Squish of Car TiresThe rule to require efficient replacement tires was praised by environmentalists. But manufacturers warned that the change would hurt American companies and increase tire prices.
IMAGEDo not cut benefits for disabled young people, dozens of UK charities urge ministersMore than 40 charities write to Pat McFadden and review head Alan Milburn over fears of stricter eligibility rulesMore than 40 of the UK’s leading charities have warned ministers against imposing tougher benefit sanctions or cuts on disabled young people, as the government considers how to encourage more young people into work.The charities raised concerns that an imminent review of young people a...
IMAGEEngland’s children’s commissioner says Prevent failing to help young people ‘fixated with violence’Report by Rachel de Souza finds 71% of children referred to UK anti-terror programme do not have a clear ideologyThe children’s commissioner for England has warned of a group of children “intoxicated by extremism” who need help the UK government’s anti-terror programme cannot provide.Referrals to Prevent – the programme designed to safeguard vulnerable people from being radicalised or drawn into e...
IMAGEKushner gives Hamas stark ultimatum: Disarm or Israel gets US backing to ‘finish the job’Jared Kushner warned Hamas it must disarm within 60 to 90 days or face Israel finishing the job, following a rare face-to-face meeting in Cairo.
IMAGEHuge number of children would fall into poverty under Reform’s benefits plans, say campaignersParty wants to cut £50bn from UK welfare bill but charity says proposals would cause ‘horrific levels of destitution’ Hundreds of thousands of children would be tipped into poverty and destitution under plans unveiled by Reform UK to slash £50bn a year from the UK benefits bill, campaigners have warned.The warnings came after Reform published plans to drastically reduce disability payments, ban no...
IMAGEU.S. strategic reserves are getting so low it threatens damaging the 60 underground salt caverns storing American oil“We should be highly concerned about the integrity of the caverns anytime crude inventories drop below 300 million barrels,” one petroleum engineering professor warned.
IMAGEMinisters drop plan to relax affordable housing rules after rural homes backlashGovernment concedes ‘significant opposition’ requires new approach on quotas for medium-sized development sitesMinisters have dropped plans to relax affordable housing rules for developers in England after a backlash from housing experts who warned it could drastically cut the number of cheaper homes available in rural areas.The government said on Monday it would not go ahead with proposals to end...
IMAGETrump’s move to gut South Korea alliance is ‘inane, haphazard decision’, lawmakers sayUS president’s abrupt order to scale back joint exercises with Seoul is meant to ‘flatter’ North Korea’s dictator, top Democrat saysUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s move to gut Washington’s 73-year-old military alliance with Seoul has been called “inane” and “shortsighted” as lawmakers warned it risked strengthening Russia’s hand in Ukraine.The US president abruptly ordered the Pent...
IMAGEBritish PM Burnham duped by White House impostorThe FBI has warned of 'malicious actors' misusing AI to impersonate senior government officials.
IMAGERussian state economist fired after stark warning about Moscow’s economic futureVEB.RF, Russian state development bank, economist Andrei Klepach warned Russia is losing the war of attrition before his firing, as the European Union prepares sweeping sanctions.
IMAGEMore women will die if domestic abusers leave prison early, victim’s parents warnParents of Michaela Hall, whose partner killed her after he left prison in 2021, say Probation Service cannot cope with mass releaseMore women will die if ministers include domestic abusers in the early prison release scheme, the parents of a woman murdered by her partner shortly after he was freed have warned.Michaela Hall, a 49-year-old charity worker, was killed in her home in Cornwall, by Lee ...
IMAGEOdegaard says Arsenal 'want to win everything' after Community Shield successMartin Odegaard warned Arsenal's rivals that the Premier League champions want to "win everything" after starting their season by sweeping aside Manchester City in the Community Shield.Just four months ago, Odegaard lifted Arsenal's first Premier League crown since 2004 after they finished seven points ahead of second-placed City.
IMAGEAustralian health experts fear US vaccine scepticism is catching on as ‘anything Trump says filters through’Australia records 3% fall in one-year-olds fully immunised against hepatitis B as downward trend continues, expert saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian medical experts have warned a shift in child vaccination advice in the US is not grounded in science and could undo decades of public health advances.The US president, Donald Trump, signed an unprecedented execu...
IMAGEAmorim warns Leao ‘it will be tough’ to reclaim his Milan position: ‘He has to fight’Ruben Amorim has warned compatriot Rafael Leao that ‘it will be tough’ to reclaim his position in the Milan starting line-up, but has urged the Portugal international to ‘fight’ for his place ...