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Climate crisis: Where will it be too hot to live? – BBC Newsnight
We’re used to talking about migration in economic terms, or for asylum seekers in language of threat and safety – but some scientists believe climate may become the biggest, irreversible driver for the mass movement of millions of people by the end of the century. Despite increased pledges and targets to tackle climate change, the world is currently on course for warming of around 2.7%…
Climate crisis: Where will it be too hot to live? – BBC Newsnight
We’re used to talking about migration in economic terms, or for asylum seekers in language of threat and safety – but some scientists believe climate may become the biggest, irreversible driver for the mass movement of millions of people by the end of the century. Despite increased pledges and targets to tackle climate change, the world is currently on course for warming of around 2.7%…
Is Ukraine behind the alleged Kremlin drone attack? – BBC Newsnight
“We don’t attack Putin or Moscow,” President Zelensky retorted yesterday to accusations by the Kremlin of “a planned terrorist attack and an assassination attempt on the President,” overnight, in an alleged drone strike. It’s still unclear what actually happened, but it raises three questions – how closely is President Putin actually protected? How effective are Russian air defences? And what will be Russia’s next move?…
MI5 had intelligence linking Manchester Arena attacker to bomb plot – BBC Newsnight
Newsnight has been told the Security Service’s failure to prevent the Manchester Arena bomb attack in 2017 centred on a mistake so serious that it could be viewed as negligent. Two sources told the BBC that MI5 received intelligence in the months before the 2017 attack, linking Salman Abedi to a bomb plot. Earlier this month, the public inquiry into the attack concluded a significant…
Behind Putin’s arrest warrant: Detention, deportation and torture of Ukrainians – BBC Newsnight
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has become the first serving head of a major state to be subject to an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes. While his arrest does not seem likely imminently and the Kremlin dismissed the move, it means Putin could become a bargaining chip with a future Russian government, say experts. The specific charges relate to…
16-year-old imprisoned by Russian soldiers explains torture he witnessed – BBC Newsnight
If Vladimir Putin was in any doubt about the international community’s commitment to call the Russian leader to account for war crimes in Ukraine, a meeting of the Justice Ministers from more than 40 countries, in London on Monday would disabuse him of that. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Putin on Friday, in part involving allegations of a war crime –…
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From top to bottom, rescuers scoured buildings in Porto Alegre for inhabitants stuck in flats or on rooftops as unprecedented flooding turned the streets of the Brazilian metropolis into rivers. [...]
A Ukrainian drone attack hit vehicles carrying workers in Russia's frontier Belgorod region, killing six people and injuring 35, the governor said Monday. [...]
Several Washington, D.C. residents and students at George Washington University (GWU) told Fox News Digital that they felt unsafe on campus and expressed concern about the escalation of pro-Palestinian student [...]
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