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Sep 22, 2026 - World

Australian scientists found unequal impact of the climate crisis would not be reversed even if implicit goal of the 2015 Paris agreement is achievedSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe unequal impact of the climate crisis on the world’s poorest people has been highlighted by new research that finds the tropics will be among the last places to feel the benefits if the global community cuts greenhouse gas emissions to net zero.Temperatures have risen more significantly in tropical areas relative to historic levels than at higher latitudes, including in wealthier countries in Europe and North America.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

Sep 22, 2026 - World

Disappearance of jet components sparks concern some of the program’s technology secrets could have been exposedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Department of Defence is examining how F-35 fighter jet parts bound for the US from Australia were unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong, the acting prime minister, Richard Marles, has said.Marles said “very much everything that has occurred at the Australian end” would be reviewed, but claimed the technology parts were not “sensitive”, as first reported by Politico over the weekend. Continue reading...

Sep 22, 2026 - World

Without an agreement sanctions on nearly 3,000 entities accused of supporting the war on Ukraine will lapse at the end of the dayMeanwhile, the Kremlin ⁠said it considered all western ⁠sanctions on ⁠Russian ​individuals to be illegal and that ⁠they should all be revoked.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry ⁠Peskov was answering ​a question about ‌a ‌push by some EU ‌countries to lift sanctions on Russia-linked billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman in return for keeping ‌thousands of other individuals and businesses under ​sanctions related to the war in Ukraine, Reuters reported (11:15). Continue reading...

Sep 22, 2026 - World

The US president said in an interview ahead of the United Nations meeting that he was considering ‘wiping Iran out’The UK has agreed to provide defensive air support to Saudi Arabia to help counter Houthi fighters and restore stability in the Middle East while driving down the cost of living at home, Andy Burnham has said, ahead of his first meeting with Donald Trump.The prime minister said he had agreed to a request for air-to-air refuelling of Saudi jets to defend energy infrastructure against the Iran-backed rebels and help keep oil flowing from the Gulf to ease global economic turmoil. Continue reading...

Sep 22, 2026 - World

Nearly nine decades after Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy formalised their alliance, senior figures from Germany and Italy's far-right appeared together at a political rally on Sunday.