5 h. ago Miliband in China to restart climate talks as countries agree to green action

The Government is seeking to refresh a 10-year-old clean energy partnership as part of efforts to strengthen ties with the world’s biggest emitter.

Politics

10 h. ago The global battle against the climate crisis needs China. I am going to Beijing, and that’s what I’ll tell them | Ed Miliband

I will be the first UK energy secretary since 2017 to visit. It is negligence towards today’s and future generations not to engage China on this critical topicThe climate crisis is an existential threat to our way of life in Britain. Extreme weather is already changing the lives of people and communities across the country, from thousands of acres of farmland being submerged due to storms such as Bert and Darragh to record numbers of heat-related deaths in recent summers.The only way to respond to this challenge is with decisive action at home and abroad. Domestically, this government’s clean-energy superpower mission is about investing in homegrown clean energy so we can free the UK from dependence on fossil fuel markets while seizing the immense opportunities for jobs and growth. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago The global battle against the climate crisis needs China. I’m visiting Beijing, and that’s what I’ll tell them | Ed Miliband

I will be the first UK energy secretary since 2017 to visit. It is negligence towards today’s and future generations not to engage China on this critical topicThe climate crisis is an existential threat to our way of life in Britain. Extreme weather is already changing the lives of people and communities across the country, from thousands of acres of farmland being submerged due to storms such as Bert and Darragh to record numbers of heat-related deaths in recent summers.The only way to respond to this challenge is with decisive action at home and abroad. Domestically, this government’s clean-energy superpower mission is about investing in homegrown clean energy so we can free the UK from dependence on fossil fuel markets while seizing the immense opportunities for jobs and growth. Continue reading...

Events

50 h. ago Zelenskyy expects ‘strong steps’ from US if Russia rejects ceasefire

Ukraine president describes talks with US delegation as positive as countries attempt to repair relationsRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkraine’s president has said he hopes the US will take “strong steps” against Russia if Moscow fails to support a 30-day ceasefire, agreed at a meeting between Ukrainian and US delegations in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.“I understand that we could count on strong steps. I don’t know the details yet but we are talking about sanctions and about strengthening Ukraine,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago BREAKING: Keir Starmer to host major Ukraine summit as Trump continues insults at Zelensky

Keir Starmer, who has been keen to ease tensions after Zelensky and Trump publicly clashed in the Oval office, has invited 20 countries to the virtual talks on Saturday

Politics

8 d. ago Keir Starmer makes fresh diplomatic push for Ukraine peace plan

UK prime minister talks to around 20 countries about joining ‘coalition of the willing’

Politics

1 week ago Manchester United given Benjamin Sesko green light as transfer clause agreed

The latest Manchester United news as the club have been long-term admirers of the Red Bull Leipzig forward ahead of the summer transfer window.

Sport

1 week ago Zelensky issued grim warning by NATO chief as he prepares for UK talks

NATO chief Mark Rutte has given new advice to Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of today's key talks between the leaders of 18 European countries following Donald Trump's Oval Office rant

Events

2 w. ago Crucial UN nature talks are about to reopen in Rome – but will enough countries turn up?

After last year’s Cop16 biodiversity talks in Cali left key issues unresolved, the extra summit will attempt to seek consensus, especially over fundingGlobal talks to halt the loss of nature will reopen today in Rome, amid “loss of trust” in the United Nations-led process and concerns that countries will not turn up for the meeting. Delegates are due to meet at Cop16, the UN’s biodiversity conference, to discuss global targets to stop nature loss by 2030.The additional meeting in Rome was called after talks were suspended in confusion in the Colombian city of Cali in November when they overran and delegates left to catch flights home. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago The key global issue is not the clash of north and south: it’s who supports international law and who doesn’t | Jean

We say the defining question is this: do nations work for peace and order or embrace the notion of power by force?Jean-Noël Barrot is the foreign minister of FranceWe are being told that the world is divided between a “global north” and a “global south”. But what exactly is meant by that? An economic difference? Of the 20 leading global economies, several are in the south. In the south, some countries are many, many times richer than their neighbours. A climate difference? The climate crisis affects every country in the world, and especially small island states and the poorest countries. The 10 greatest emitters, if we go by CO2 emissions per inhabitant, are split between countries in the north and south.Are we talking about a migration difference? A huge number of migrations are between countries in the south. A political divide? In both the north and the south, there are those who support collective solutions, and conversely, those who support efforts to withdraw from global affai...

Society

3 w. ago Springfield Properties agrees milestone £64m deal to tap into Scotland’s green energy jobs boom

“New housing is required to cater for the thousands of workers needed to deliver the substantial green infrastructure development coming to the region” – Innes Smith, CEO

Economics