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The chance to meet climate targets almost gone, warns UN report
A landmark UN report warns that devastating climate change is already here, and the time to prevent more is running out.
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Interest rates rise to 3% as Bank of England warns of long recession
People are already struggling with soaring costs and a tax burden, the highest since World War Two. Now the Bank of England is preparing us all for years of economic pain. Yet today it responded with the biggest interest rates rise for 30 years. The Bank said it had no choice because it needed to…
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Russia Ukraine conflict: Russian warship seriously damaged in strike
Russia and Ukraine are disputing what caused a huge explosion on Russia’s flagship, the Moskva, in the Black Sea.
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Ukraine conflict: Mixed messages over peace talks, as Russia calls for new world order with China
More than four million people have now fled what the UN described today as Russia’s “utterly senseless” war on Ukraine.
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World leaders gather in Munich to avert Russia-Ukraine war
Heavy fire in the east of Ukraine today has killed two soldiers, a reminder that the country has long been in a permanent state of war.
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Revealed: ExxonMobil’s lobbying war on climate change legislation
A senior ExxonMobil lobbyist has been captured on camera revealing how the oil giant is using its power and influence to water down US climate legislation.
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Exclusive: UK government was advised to have lockdown two weeks earlier
We have seen a report from a top scientist from 9 March, warning that the UK’s then “mitigation” approach could lead to 1.7 million deaths.
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‘I thought Ahmaud’s story would change the world… it hasn’t changed anything’
Violent clashes have broken out between police and protesters in Minneapolis – as anger erupted over the death of a black man at the hands of a white police officer.
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Where did the two metre coronavirus rule come from?
One of the few constants during the coronavirus pandemic has been the edict to stay two metres away from other people. But where did the rule come from, and what evidence is it based on?
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FactCheck: new moves towards effective coronavirus treatment
In recent days, there has been promising news about a number of drugs that scientists hope could offer an effective treatment for the worst coronavirus cases.
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Coronavirus cases pass 100,000 across world, UK cases rise by 48 to 163
Across the world the number of coronavirus cases has now topped one hundred thousand.
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Booker winners Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo on the state of the world
Last night the Booker Prize was awarded to not one, but two authors – with the judges disobeying the rules and awarding the prize jointly to Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo.
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Series 3, Episode 18: Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is one of the world’s most distinguished authors, most famous for her 1985 classic The Handmaid’s Tale.
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Series 3, Episode 18: Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is one of the world’s most distinguished authors, most famous for her 1985 classic The Handmaid’s Tale. The dystopian novel, where women’s reproductive rights are entirely stripped from them, recently inspired an Emmy-award winning TV adaptation. The much-anticipated sequel The Testaments is now out and she talks to Krishnan about its release, why…
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FactCheck: we can’t find evidence that Dominic Raab warned of no-deal Brexit
We can’t find an interview where Mr Raab warned explicitly about the possibility of a no-deal Brexit during the referendum campaign.
