59 m. ago London heatwave killed 263 people – with climate change to blame for most, study says

Study finds around 1,500 of the 2,300 estimated heat deaths in Europe during recent weeks were the result of climate change

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3 h. ago This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why | Owen Jones

In Britain’s increasingly authoritarian society, any sort of protest can find itself at odds with the law. You might even go to jailThis piece must be carefully written to avoid my being imprisoned for up to 14 years. That’s a curious sentence to say as a newspaper columnist in Britain in 2025. But since the government voted to proscribe the direct action protest group Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act, any statement seen as expressing support could lead to arrest and prosecution.You may justifiably respond that Guardian journalists are not above the law. For example, if I penned a column in support of al-Qaida, you might be sympathetic to incarceration: it did, after all, kill nearly 3,000 people on 9/11, as well as perpetrate multiple terrorist atrocities such as the 2004 Madrid train bombings, and the 7 July London bombings two decades ago. Similarly, you may conclude that a polemic in favour of Islamic State should be met with a hefty prison sentence.Owen Jones is a Guard...

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4 h. ago Searchers in helicopters and on horseback scour Texas flood debris for the missing

The search is continuing for more than 160 people believed to be missing in Texas days after a destructive wall of water killed over 100 people

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6 h. ago Heatwave likely killed 263 people in London, study estimates

Heatwave likely killed 263 people in London, study estimates  Sky News

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6 h. ago Climate breakdown tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave, study finds

Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists sayPlanet-heating pollution tripled the death toll from the “quietly devastating” heatwave that seared Europe at the end of June, early analysis covering a dozen cities has found, as experts warned of a worsening health crisis that is being overlooked.Scientists estimate that high heat killed 2,300 people across 12 major cities as temperatures soared across Europe between 23 June and 2 July. They attributed 1,500 of the deaths to climate breakdown, which has heated the planet and made the worst extremes even hotter. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before the deadly July 4 flood

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed more than 100 people, including at least 27 children and counselors at an all-girls Christian camp

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10 h. ago Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plan 2 days before deadly flood, records show

Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly children, at the Texas summer camp

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16 h. ago Photos of Camp Mystic for girls after the deadly flash floods in Texas

Camp Mystic was overrun by flash flooding that started on Independence Day. Rapidly rising waters ripped through the century-old all-girls Christian summer camp, killing at least 27 people. Others are still missing.

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19 h. ago Ten charged with attempted murder after allegedly ambushing Texas Ice agents

Federal prosecutors described ‘planned ambush with intent to kill Ice correction officers’ on 4 July in AlvaradoTen people have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly ambushing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in Texas on 4 July.Federal prosecutors said attackers drew the agents out of an Ice detention center in Alvarado, Texas, with fireworks and by vandalizing vehicles. They allegedly shot a police officer in the neck and unloaded between 20 and 30 rounds on immigration agents, and were later apprehended by local law enforcement near the scene. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago As the flood risk rises around the world, what can we do to adapt?

Thousands of people are killed each year by floods – and climate breakdown is making them more likelyDeluges of water are washing away people, homes and livelihoods as extreme rains make rivers burst their banks and high seas help send storm tides surging over coastal walls. How dangerous is flooding – and what can we do to keep ourselves safe? Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Are we heading for ‘managed retreat’? Everything you need to know about floods

Thousands of people are killed each year by floods – and climate breakdown is making them more likelyDeluges of water are washing away people, homes and livelihoods as extreme rains make rivers burst their banks and high seas help send storm tides surging over coastal walls. How dangerous is flooding – and what can we do to keep ourselves safe? Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides, inquiry finds

First report from Horizon IT hearings lays bare human impact of wrongful convictions as 10,000 people seek compensationUK politics live – latest updatesMore than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, while it drove at least 59 more to contemplate suicide, according to the first findings from the public inquiry into what has been labelled the worst miscarriage of justice in UK history.The 162-page volume one report from Sir Wyn Williams, the retired judge who chaired the hearings, looks at the “human impact” on the more than 1,000 post office operators wrongly accused of taking money from their branches because faulty software showed a shortfall. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Photos show Palestinians mourning after people were killed in Israeli strikes

Health officials in the Palestinian territory said Tuesday that 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes.

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26 h. ago In Pictures: Thatcher ally Tebbit won plaudits as Brighton bomb survivor

Lord Tebbit won sympathy across the political spectrum after surviving the Brighton bomb that killed five people and left his wife in a wheelchair.

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28 h. ago Fury as popular seaside resorts face parking charges people say will 'kill businesses'

Vale of Glamorgan Council confirmed it will be pressing ahead with plans to scrap two hours of free parking at on-street parking bays in Barry Island and Penarth

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34 h. ago 'Hero' swimmer saves 165 people in Texas floods that killed over 100 including 27 campers

At least 89 people were killed after floods swept through central Texas over the July Fourth weekend. The death toll includes 27 campers and counselors from an all-girls summer camp in Kerr County.

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35 h. ago Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding

Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics sayTed Cruz has had quite a week. On Tuesday, the Texas senator ensured the Republican spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, only to then go on vacation to Greece while his state was hit by deadly flooding, a disaster critics say was worsened by cuts to forecasting.Cruz, who infamously fled Texas for Cancun when a crippling winter storm ravaged his state in 2021, was seen visiting the Parthenon in Athens with his wife, Heidi, on Saturday, a day after a flash flood along the Guadalupe River in central Texas killed more than 100 people, including dozens of children and counselors at a camp. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Texas flash floods kill more than 100 people as more victims expected

Girls summer camp Camp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors dead as more rain threatens to deluge regionTexas floods – latest updatesBy late afternoon on Monday the death toll from the flash floods that have wreaked devastation in Texas since Friday had exceeded 100 and is expected to rise further as more victims are found and more rain threatens to deluge the region. Camp Mystic, the girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, has confirmed that 27 children and counsellors died. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Who are the Texas flood victims? Heartbreaking photos of the dead as more than 100 killed in disaster

At least 100 people were killed in the devastating Texas floods, and the death toll is expected to rise as dozens are still missing. Here is what we know about those who lost their lives.

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36 h. ago How Americans are helping Texas flood victims – and what you can do

Flooding has killed at least 95 people including 27 children and counsellors at a summer camp

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