1 hour ago Beyond the negative headlines, some truly good things came out of Cop30

In this week’s newsletter: Ultimately, climate progress will come from real-world action, and this year’s summit made some promising strides on that front• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSome commentators have called Cop30 a failure. An attempt to insert plans for a route to the phaseout of fossil fuels into the legal text was stymied, consideration of how to improve countries’ emissions-cutting plans was put off till next year, and although developing countries got the tripling of finance for adaptation that they were seeking, it will not be delivered in full until 2035 – and will come out of already promised funds.Look beyond the headlines, however, and the Cop achieved a great deal more. Take the outcome on fossil fuels – it seems absurd, but until 2023 three decades of annual climate summits had failed to address fossil fuels directly.UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report findsZombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come...

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4 h. ago Chelsea news: Moises Caicedo faces rejection as star says hostile reaction 'won't faze me'

Here are the latest headlines surrounding Chelsea

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6 h. ago Eminem's baby grandson Elliot watches his surprise NFL halftime show on Thanksgiving

The 53-year-old rap legend executive produced the concert and handpicked the headliner and fellow Detroit native, Jack White

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14 h. ago How food on our supermarket shelves is driving destruction of Amazon rainforest

The COP30 climate change summit in Brazil highlighted the importance of the Amazon to us all

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15 h. ago A new low: Trump’s approval rating negative with every major pollster for the first time

Polls carried out by YouGov, Gallup, Ipsos, R.M.G. Research, Morning Consult and Quinnipiac all show that more U.S. citizens disapprove of Trump than approve

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15 h. ago Wales international says this is toughest period ever and cult coach lands new Welsh rugby job

These are your evening headlines on Thursday, November 27

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17 h. ago Vote in our Independent Money poll: Which Budget announcement are you most disappointed in?

Each week, we invite readers to share their views on the financial stories making headlines – and impacting your bank balance

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21 h. ago The best Apple Black Friday deal is for the cheapest iPhone 16 ever

Sky has dropped the price of the iPhone 16 range to its lowest ever levels for Black Friday, including a headline £17 a month offer that is one of the biggest phone savings of the year.

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21 h. ago As Stranger Things ends, will industry titans stop 'protecting David Harbour's secrets'? In the wake of Lily Allen scandal and bullying cover

David Harbour has dominated headlines following the release of his ex Lily Allen's explosive album West End Girl, in which she details his philandering. 

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22 h. ago Kasabian, The Black Keys and Richard Ashcroft named as Victorious headliners

Other acts announced for the 2026 festival held in Southsea, Hampshire, include Basement Jaxx and Scissor Sisters.

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23 h. ago Luigi: The Making and the Meaning by John H Richardson review – sympathy for a devil?

This nebulous study of Luigi Mangione veers close to romanticising him as a latter-day Robin HoodOn 5 December 2024, the New York Times ran the headline “Insurance CEO Gunned Down In Manhattan”. The newspaper then noted that Brian Thompson was “shot in the back in Midtown Manhattan by a killer who then walked coolly away”. The murder in broad daylight was indeed both cold and shocking. But many Americans had a different response: for those who had been denied health insurance or faced exorbitant healthcase costs, the news felt cathartic. Social media blew up. One post read: “All jokes aside no one here is the judge of who deserves to live or die. That’s the job of the AI algorithm the insurance company designed to maximize profits on your health.”Five days later, Luigi Mangione, a good-looking, 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate with a master’s in computer science, was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He awaits tri...

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24 h. ago Good Morning Britain viewers make Ofcom threat as they reel 'unacceptable'

On Thursday's instalment of Good Morning Britain, ITV viewers saw Ed Balls and Susanna Reid detail the latest headlines.

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25 h. ago Should Andrew Mountbatten Windsor answer Jeffrey Epstein questions in the US? Have your say in the Palace Confidential Poll

You've read the headlines and heard our experts' opinions - but what do YOU think?

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27 h. ago Liverpool news: Slot given grave deadline as Isak and Wirtz fears emerge

Here are the latest headlines surrounding Liverpool

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32 h. ago Mumford And Sons announced as headliner for BST Hyde Park 2026

They join Lewis Capaldi, Maroon 5, Pitbull and Garth Brooks as headliners

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38 h. ago Chelsea wonderkid Estevao eclipses Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi with Barcelona heroics

The Brazil youngster has settled well at Chelsea and continues to make headlines since his summer move, as underlined by his performance against Catalan giants Barcelona.

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41 h. ago Protests, tears and a baby: five key images that tell the story of Cop30

Emotions ran high at the UN climate summit in Brazil, which was hit by its first major protest in four yearsIt was a tense moment. A group of about 50 people from the Munduruku, an Indigenous people in the Amazon basin, had blocked the entrance to the Cop30 venue in protest, causing long lines of delegates to snake down access roads, simmering in the morning heat.The Munduruku, unhappy about the ruination of their forest and rivers by industry and their lack of voice at Cop30, demanded to speak to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president. Instead, they got André Corrêa do Lago, the president of the talks. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Your cash ISA options after Rachel Reeves’s Budget cut – and the exemption you need to know about

A cut to the cash ISA limit doesn’t have to have a negative impact on your savings or your future

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43 h. ago Your cash ISA options after Rachel Reeves’ Budget cut – and the exemption you need to know about

A cut to the cash ISA limit doesn’t have to have a negative impact on your savings or your future

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43 h. ago UK Budget 2025: Which headline decisions effect Scotland and what matters are devolved

It’s one of the most discussed - and leaked - budgets in recent history, but not all of it directly impacts Scotland.

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