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COP31 faces tough test as climate threats mount

Nearly 200 nations gather for the COP31 summit in Turkey on Monday but tensions over geopolitics, finance and fossil fuels are tempering expectations of a major breakthrough in tackling the climate crisis.

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COP31 faces tough test as climate threats mount

Nearly 200 nations gather for the COP31 summit in Turkey on Monday but tensions over geopolitics, finance and fossil fuels are tempering expectations of a major breakthrough in tackling the climate crisis.

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Most Europeans want action to tackle climate crisis but not at any cost, poll shows

YouGov survey finds support for tree planting and emissions taxes but opposition to air travel and fuel levies

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‘We are here’: Kurdish club Amedspor shakes up Turkish football

The Diyarbakir-based club have risen from the third tier to a top-of-the-table clash in the Turkish Super Lig.

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UK jailing of Indian sailor over Russia sanctions sets off ‘perfect storm’

Captain Ajay Pant was in international waters when his allegedly 'shadow' tanker was captured by British soldiers.

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Trump calls midterms 'crooked', demands Alaska votes go to Republican candidate

Despite having previously accepted the US midterm election results, President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday the elections were "crooked", and he demanded the remaining votes for Alaska go to…

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Israel’s President Herzog to name candidate to form government on Sunday

Announcement comes after majority of Israeli lawmakers endorse Eisenkot over Netanyahu.

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Reading in nightclubs, on tour: how Booker judges pick the winner

British classicist Mary Beard has read and lectured about Homer and Virgil's epics countless times. This year she embarked on an odyssey of her own: reading 163 works of fiction in six months to judge…

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US Justice Department sues Penn State over undocumented students’ tuition

The lawsuit challenges Penn State's policy that allows undocumented students to qualify for reduced tuition rates.

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TV tonight: Monty Don says goodbye to Gardeners’ World after two decades

He hangs up his trowel for the final time. Plus, a divorce courtroom showdown in Sienna Miller’s glossy drama War. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Australia faces same issues that flipped control of US Congress in midterms, experts say

Anthony Albanese’s government has taken a blow due to Iran war but voter anxiety around cost of living and datacentres may hit harder

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