A shutdown would have devastating global impacts and must not be allowed to happen, researchers say Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points. The research found “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century” […]
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Meet the 46-year-old skateboarder who fended off a jaguar Tokyo 2020: the best images from day 13 at the Olympics Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.53am BST Women’s beach volleyball: Team USA’s April Ross and Alix Klineman […]
Lesbian couple faced hate campaign after supermarket chain VkusVill called the promotion ‘a mistake’ A lesbian couple and their family, who were featured in an advert for a Russian supermarket chain that led to a national scandal have fled the country after facing online abuse and death threats. Mother Yuma, […]
Ministers ditch plans for watchlist of amber countries such as Spain Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Millions of Britons have been given the green light to travel to Europe’s holiday hotspots, avoiding quarantine on return from France and Spain where concerns have been raised about Covid […]
Thinktank says longer wait for treatment since Covid pandemic is main reason, in study of 11 countries The NHS has lost its prestigious ranking as the best health system in a study of 11 rich countries by an influential US thinktank. The UK has fallen from first to fourth in […]
McLaughlin wins 400m hurdles gold in world record time Tokyo 2020: the best images from day 12 at the Olympics Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.46am BST Men’s 4x100m relay heats: both of today’s heats have just […]
Muğla’s population evacuated by sea amid fears fire could spread to coal inside Kemerköy plant A coal-fired power station in south-west Turkey and nearby town on the Aegean Sea were evacuated late on Wednesday as a deadly wildfire reached inside the plant. Firefighters and police fled the 35-year-old Kemerköy plant […]
Newspapers and broadcasters send open letter to Boris Johnson raising safety fears about locals who did vital work for the west Open letter warns of brutal Taliban reprisals against Afghan reporters A coalition of British newspapers and broadcasters has appealed to the government to expand its refugee visa programme for […]
Exclusive: Labour leader says prime minister’s lack of ambition risks failure of Cop26 Opinion: Britain could be taking the lead in tackling the climate crisis. Where’s the ambition? Vital UN climate talks are at risk of failure because Boris Johnson is “missing in action” while his climate spokesperson talks about […]
A team of investigators used enhanced carbon dating methods to examine human remains from the site in Peru A scientific discovery about Machu Picchu has cast doubt on the reliability of colonial records for modern western historians trying to piece together an understanding of the Inca people who built the […]