4 d. ago Oslo shopping centre shooting evacuated as police swarm after shots fired

Police swarmed the Storo Storsenter shopping mall in Oslo, Norway, after reports of shots being fired from inside the building as shoppers had to be rushed out in a major evacuation

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6 d. ago The Kira Cousins fake baby scandal's NEW dark twist: After doll outrage she vanished. Now we expose the shameless story of what happened next as victim breaks silence to say: 'I feel sick'

The new 'baby' is due some time next year, delivery date to be confirmed. No gender reveal party this time, but there will surely be a launch party, possibly with balloons.

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9 d. ago Putin doesn’t want peace –and Trump’s baffling error has made it easy for him

All hopes were on Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff trip to Moscow, but a breakthrough in peace talks was never going to happen with a man who has repeatedly taken Russia’s side, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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1 week ago Westfield shopping centre lockdown as three people shot in Black Friday horror

The Westfield Valley Fair shopping centre in Santa Clara, California, was evacuated after a suspected gunman opened fire. Three people, including a 16-year-old girl, were injured

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1 week ago Why breaking up with Prince Harry was the 'best thing that ever happened' to Chelsy Davy: SARAH RAINEY reveals why she's 'never been happier'

Laughing together at a rugby match. Whispering sweet nothings at the polo. Smooching in the stands at the 2007 Cricket World Cup. She was the leggy blonde, he was the hunky prince.

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2 w. ago Bull shark that killed Swiss tourist on NSW beach unlikely to lash out again, experts say

Police reviewing GoPro footage from scene of attack for clues as to how it happenedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA shark that attacked two people on a remote New South Wales beach – killing a woman and wounding her partner – is not likely to pose an ongoing threat, experts say.Police are now reviewing GoPro footage from the scene which may shed more light on how it happened. Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther

The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hopeGenevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate SilenceThe 30th conference of the parties (Cop30), the annual climate summit of all nations party to the UNFCCC, just ended. Stakeholders are out in the media trying spin the outcome as a win. Simon Stiell, climate change executive secretary for the UN is, for instance, praising Cop30 for showing that “climate cooperation is alive and kicking, keeping humanity in the fight for a liveable planet”. But let us be clear. The conference was a failure. Its outcome, the decision text known as the Global Mutirão or Global Collective Effort, is, in essence, a form of climate denial.In 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) determined that the world had already developed, or planned to develop, too much fossil fuel to be able to halt global heating at 2C. It ackn...

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2 w. ago We delivered a clear message at Cop30: the delayers and defeatists are losing the climate fight | Ed Miliband

For all its flaws, the Brazil conference underlined the wish by a global majority for clean energy and climate action – and the UK will keep leading the wayEd Miliband is the secretary of state for energy security and net zeroSweaty, maddening, sleepless. That’s what it was like to be part of Cop30 in Brazil. And yet more than 190 countries came together in the rainforest of the Amazon and reaffirmed their faith in multilateralism, the Paris agreement and the need to redouble our efforts to keep global warming to 1.5C.We went to Cop because working with other countries to tackle the climate crisis is the only way to protect our home and way of life. We know the UK produces just 1% of emissions, which is why, as the prime minister said in Belém, our government is “all-in” on working with others to reduce the remaining 99%.Ed Miliband is Labour MP for Doncaster North and secretary of state for energy security and net zero Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks

Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in BelémCop30 – latest updatesIn the negotiating rooms at the Cop30 climate conference, representatives from vulnerable countries work to get the best deal they can. Here, three of them reveal what happens behind closed doors. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Cop30 conference centre evacuated as fire breaks out – as it happened

UN secretary-general António Guterres earlier used speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiationsInside the halls of Cop30 you see people from all around the world, and it can be easy to forget that there are many people who remain unrepresented.On Thursday morning, Magne Tony was standing with compatriots from French Guiana outside the entrance to the conference centre, trying to push pieces of paper into the hands of arriving delegates and observers headed: “Our Amazon is dying”.The main problem is that France are in 9,000 kilometres from Amazonia, from South America, and they’re taking decisions. [But] they don’t really know what is the problem really. They’re taking the decisions from their own mind and the problem is that they’re far from reality.That’s why we decided to alert the people in the world about [our] problems: water coming up, getting enough to eat, more heat – in some parts of French Guiana, people don’t have water.These...

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3 w. ago Cop30 climate summit in Brazil disrupted after fire breaks out in venue

Event thrown into confusion after conference centre evacuated but UN says no one hurtBrazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summitTalks at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil were disrupted on Thursday after a fire broke out in the venue, triggering an evacuation just as negotiators were hunkering down to try to land a deal to strengthen international efforts to address climate change.António Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general, had appealed earlier in the day for a deal from the summit, welcoming calls from some for clarity on the hotly disputed subject of weaning the world off fossil fuels. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ITV I'm A Celebrity star breaks silence on 'fake scenes' that 'happen every year'

EXCLUSIVE: Nicola McLean has shared her thoughts on the 2025 cast of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and set the record straight on the "fake scenes" claims

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3 w. ago An existential battle of interests: what the Sudanese war is actually about

A bitter race to claim economic and political power has divided the country and the human cost can no longer be ignored• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAlmost everywhere I go, I am asked about Sudan. The questions are partly from concern for family and my birth country, and partly from a genuine desire to understand how the conflict there has turned into something so intense and seemingly unstoppable. This week, I break down what is happening in the country, and why it has escalated to catastrophic proportions.*** Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The UK used to be a world leader on climate – does it still count?

With aid cuts and the forthcoming Budget hanging over the UK, many groups have been disappointed at the country’s apparently lacklustre performance at Cop30. Even Labour MPs at the conference are worried the country is losing the argument. Nick Ferris reports from Belém, Brazil

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3 w. ago ‘Without our expertise, mistakes get made’: the Cop30 campaign to give workers a voice

In this week’s newsletter: The green transition’s effect on workers is a hot topic, as advocates push for those working at the frontlines to have a say in climate policy• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWe know that to avert the worst effects of the climate crisis, the world must reshape fundamental aspects of society – from how we eat and move around to how we turn on the lights and build homes. The transformation of energy, manufacturing, construction, agriculture and transport is creating millions of new jobs. But it’s also disrupting old roles in polluting industries.The green transition’s effect on workers around the world is a hot topic at this year’s Cop30 climate conference here in Belém, Brazil. More on what labour and climate justice advocates are demanding, after today’s headlines.$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate actionClimate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries upFlo...

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3 w. ago Man rushed to hospital and shopping centre evacuated after 'van explosion'

The casualty in his 60s was being treated for serious burns after the blast in a car park in the south-west London district of Wimbledon on Monday morning.

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3 w. ago Glasgow city centre fire LIVE as Buchanan Street H&M evacuated

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said the H&M store in nearby Buchanan Street the substation was evacuated while they dealt with the incident.

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3 w. ago Glasgow fire LIVE: H&M store evacuated as 'explosions' heard in city centre

Streets in Glasgow city centre have been sealed off as firefighters tackle a huge blaze at an electrical substation, with a H&M store evacuated

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3 w. ago Labour government sends 210 delegates to Brazil's COP30 climate conference generating more than 2.5million air miles (while the world's biggest polluters all happily stay at home)

Opposition parties rounded on the government over the numbers sent to South America and the size of the entourage, which will create an estimated 500 tonnes of CO2.

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