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‘Come clean early because we have a lot of incriminating evidence’ – congressman’s advice to oil firms over ‘climate disinformation’
President Biden is preparing for his visit to Europe before the COP26 summit in Glasgow, amid warnings from his political allies that he’s running out of time to push through his ambitious climate agenda.
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President Bolsonaro and his supporters defy concerns over deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon
Pulling in greenhouse gases from the atmosphere will be crucial in the fight against climate change.
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Alec Baldwin ‘handed safe to use loaded weapon’ by assistant director which then killed cinematographer on film set
The actor Alec Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon by an assistant director on his film set and was allegedly told it was safe to use, before cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot.
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Climate change deniers host conference in Sin City
Today US Vice-President Kamala Harris is travelling to Lake Mead in Nevada to talk up the President’s climate agenda. It’s the biggest reservoir in the US, but it’s drying up because of the twin effects of the heat and the drought, both of which are exacerbated by climate change.
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President Biden’s climate plans under threat from within his own party
In the US, President’s Biden’s climate agenda is under renewed threat from inside his party.
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Colin Powell ‘was a trailblazer’, says former CIA director David Petraeus
We spoke to General David Petraeus, a former United States army general, who was in New York.
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Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of Covid complications at 84
Colin Powell, the first Black person to become America’s Secretary of State, has died at 84, from Covid-related complications.
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Joe Biden under pressure over US climate targets
Now to the United States, the world’s second biggest emitter after China, where an embattled President Biden is under pressure as his climate agenda is in jeopardy ahead of attending COP 26.
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Facebook knew it was causing harm to young people but failed to act, whistleblower tells Congress
“Left alone, Facebook will continue to make choices against the common good.” Frances Haugen, a former product manager at the social media giant turned whistleblower, has testified before the US Senate, claiming that Facebook knows about the harm it is causing to many young people, but has done nothing about it.
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Web Facebook whistleblower goes public to accuse firm of putting profits before public good
Facebook has been accused of putting profit before the public good, by a whistleblower who’s now gone public.
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Texas abortion ban: protesters gathering ahead of women’s march
Protesters have been gathering in Washington DC ahead of a women’s march tomorrow against the law passed in Texas that bans abortion after six weeks.
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Abortion in the United States: from Roe v. Wade to today
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a Mississippi case that could overturn Roe v Wade.
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US military chiefs quizzed over Afghanistan withdrawal and final days of Trump
In Washington, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other top Pentagon officials are testifying at a Senate hearing into the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Emma Raducanu celebrates US Open victory at homecoming event
British tennis star Emma Raducanu has split from the coach who helped lead her to her US Open triumph, saying she needs a more experienced mentor to take her to the next level of tennis glory.
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‘Trump story not over’, says veteran journalist Bob Woodward
The violent and chaotic scenes in Washington this January, when the Capitol was stormed by Trump supporters seeking to overthrow the Presidential election results, shocked America.