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FactCheck: were the Greek wildfires caused by climate change?
This summer has already been marked as another year with record-breaking heat right across the globe, from China to North Africa and North America to Europe. In the past week at least 34 people died from spreading wildfires in Algeria, while in the Greek island of Rhodes thousands were evacuated due to wildfires following extreme…
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‘If election ends with far-right coalition, Spain will not be active at an EU level,’ says Spanish political scientist
We spoke to Pablo Simon who’s a professor of political science at Charles III University of Madrid.
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FactCheck: should vapes be banned and are they really better than smoking?
Do experts think vapes should be banned completely? FactCheck takes a look.
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Cabinet reshuffle: PM promotes trade minister to Conservative Party Chairman
Nine days after he sacked Nadhim Zahawi as Conservative Party Chairman, Rishi Sunak today promoted Greg Hands – who had been a trade minister – as his replacement.
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ExxonMobil: Scientists claim oil giant predicted global warming
It has been claimed that scientists at ExxonMobil predicted 50 years ago just how global warming would unfold, yet they say that the oil giant continued to publicly attack climate science and experts.
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‘Storytelling and art brings people joy’: Janelle Monáe discusses her career and political activism
She’s an eight-time Grammy Awards nominated singer, model, author and political activist who was deeply involved in the Black Lives Matter Movement.
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New research reveals the extent of ExxonMobil’s secret knowledge of climate change nearly 50 years ago
The findings are the latest in a series of revelations about the company’s historic awareness of the links between climate change and fossil fuels.
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Training and funding needed to break mental health stigma in Uganda, says expert
Dr. Seggane Musisi is from Makerere University College of Health Sciences and his research includes the study of mental health care in Africa.
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Exclusive: Committee members reveal increasing ‘politicisation’ of honours process
Leading names from the arts, from sport, from science to charity will be honoured at the end of this month at Buckingham Palace in an awards process that’s always been shrouded in secrecy, decided by members of ten Government committees – all perfectly fair and independent, say ministers.
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Liz Truss reaction: Sir John Curtice on the future of the Conservative Party
Sir John Curtice is professor of political science at the University of Strathclyde and he spoke to us about who could be the next leader of the Conservative Party and their prospects in a general election.
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‘We haven’t faced anything like climate change before’ – Gaia Vince
In this episode, Gaia Vince joins Krishnan to talk about her new book, Nomad Century, in which she takes a look at how migration could be the solution to the climate crisis.
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What is the constitutional future of Scotland under King Charles?
Angus Robertson was the leader of the SNP in Westminster. Dr Eve Poole is the chief executive of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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Liverpool shooting: nine-year-old killed in ‘appalling act of evil’
Merseyside Police have named the nine-year-old victim of a fatal shooting in Liverpool as Olivia Pratt-Korbel.
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Olivia Newton-John dies aged 73
She was the singing star who found her feet on Australian talent shows and went on to world fame as goody-two-shoes Sandra Dee in ‘Grease’.
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French parliamentary elections: is Macron’s majority at risk?
President Macron is fighting to hold onto his centrist majority as French voters go to the polls in the final round of the country’s parliamentary elections