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Wealthy countries have been found to have lifestyle carbon footprints up to 17 times higher than climate targets, and there is one big culprit. A new report from the Hot or Cool Institute has warned that meeting the Paris Agreement and limiting global warming to below 1.5°C will be “virtually impossible” without also addressing inequality and overconsumption. The Berlin-based thinktank analysed the lifestyle carbon footprint for 25 countries, covering high, upper-middle, and lower-middle incomes – the broadest assessment of its kind. It found that high-income countries must slash their average lifestyle emissions by 82 to 94 per cent. However, none…
Philippe has already announced his intention to run in the next presidential election, and polling shows he could make the runoff and face whichever candidate from the far-right National Rally stands in the contest. If Macron were to resign immediately, a new presidential election would have to be held within 20 to 35 days. His term is currently scheduled to end in the first half of 2027. According to one centrist politician, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly, Philippe was under growing pressure from within his own party, Horizons, which he founded in 2021 and has worked with Macron.…
The government crisis in the United States continues. On Monday evening, another shutdown vote in the Senate failed to get the necessary support of 60 votes as Democrats rejected the short-term funding measure passed by the Republican majority in the House of Representatives. Such a short-term measure, also called “continuing resolution”, would keep federal agencies open through 21 November. As the shutdown enters its second week, Democratic and Republican leaders remain locked in a standoff about the way forward. It was not immediately clear what comes next. No tangible signs of negotiations have emerged between Congressional leaders since US President Donald…
Sam and Anne have attended the late-night Conservative conference parties and have news from those – as well as the day ahead. It’s ‘law and order’ day in Manchester – Robert Jenrick will unveil plans to abolish the sentencing council to end what some Tories call “two-tier justice system”. But Jenrick is at the centre of another story – calling the Handsworth area of Birmingham one of the “worst integrated places” he had ever seen. Sam and Anne discuss if he will mind having those comments out there. And, on the second anniversary of 7 October, the prime minister warns…
Updated: 07/10/2025 – 7:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this October 7th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
In the midst of negotiating a long-awaited trade deal with India, European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič is facing a real headache: how to avoid a clash with Pakistan while resisting pressure from India to recognise the Indian origin of the long-grained, fragrant basmati rice. “This is of course one of the issues which is on the list,” Šefčovič admitted on 12 September as he was back from a round of negotiation in New Delhi. New discussions are taking place in Brussels this week, as both India and the European Union have set themselves the goal of reaching a trade…
But now, with America exerting enormous financial and political pressure on the court, this may all fall away. In an effort to protect Israel’s leaders, over the past few months the Trump administration has undertaken an all-out assault on the ICC, imposing draconian targeted sanctions on its prosecutor and his two deputies, six judges, one U.N. special rapporteur and three NGOs accused of aiding the court’s investigation into and prosecution of crimes in Gaza. Threatening judges and prosecutors with travel bans and asset freezes isn’t just wrong — it betrays the U.S.’s proud, if uneven, history of leading the Nuremberg…
Published on 07/10/2025 – 7:03 GMT+2 •Updated 7:04 The International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted on Monday a leader of the feared Janjaweed militia of playing a leading role in a campaign of atrocities and human rights violations committed in the western Sudanese region of Darfur more than 20 years ago. The ruling marked the first time the court has convicted a suspect of crimes in Darfur. The three-judge panel ruled that the atrocities, including mass murders and rapes, were part of a government plan to snuff out a rebellion there. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was handed 27 guilty verdicts for…
“The very wealthy individuals affected by this measure, and the media outlets they own, have spoken out very vehemently on the subject in an attempt to discourage the government from engaging in any form of reflection or discussion,” Zucman said. However, the 38-year-old, who teaches at the Paris School of Economics as well as the University of California, Berkeley, is grateful that the political and media attention has contributed to “a better understanding” of the issues surrounding taxation. “I am happy as the level of the debate has improved,” he said. It’s not too late Lecornu’s resignation has plunged the…
Published on 07/10/2025 – 7:30 GMT+2 “A day does not pass where we do not hear about attacks against Jews and Jewish institutions,” Europe’s leading rabbi, Pinchas Goldschmidt, told Euronews, warning that antisemitism has become “extremely dangerous” over the two years since the Hamas-led attack on Israel that started the war in Gaza. Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis, said “a high percentage of Jews try to hide their Jewishness in public”. “When they go in the streets, they do not wear their head covering the kippah, or if they have a Star of David necklace, they try…