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Weather tracker: Indonesia flash floods and landslides leave dozens dead
Fri, 29 Nov 2024, 08:04
Last week, torrential rainfall across Indonesia’s largest island, Sumatra, triggered flash floods and landslides, causing widespread destruction. Twenty people died earlier this week in four areas in North Sumatra province amid flash floods and landslides. On Thursday morning, another devastating landslide claimed seven more lives. This landslide struck the main …
‘Would you survive 72 hours?’ Germany and the Nordic countries prepare citizens for possible war
Fri, 29 Nov 2024, 05:00
Germany is developing an app to help people locate the nearest bunker in the event of attack. Sweden is distributing a 32-page pamphlet titled If Crisis or War Comes. Half a million Finns have already downloaded an emergency preparedness guide. If the prospect of a broader conflict in Europe seems …
Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods
Fri, 29 Nov 2024, 00:55
Spain’s leftwing government has approved “paid climate leave” of up to four days to allow workers to avoid travelling during weather emergencies, a month afterfloods killed at least 224 people. Several companies came under fire after the 29 October catastrophe for ordering employees to keep working despite a red alert …
UK retail footfall dips again as Storm Bert and later Black Friday hit sales
Fri, 29 Nov 2024, 00:01
The number of shoppers out and about in the UK fell for the second month in a row in November as the later timing of the Black Friday discount spree, Storm Bert and weak consumer confidence depressed sales. Shopping centres were hit hardest, but the number of visitors to high …
Labour ‘needs to tell a better story’ – and Morgan McSweeney has a plan
Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 19:31
During a tetchy exchange at prime minister’s questions this week, Keir Starmer was challenged by Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, over a petition signed by more than 2. 8 million people calling for him to resign. “She talks about a petition – we had a massive petition on 4 July …
Why has France’s austerity budget caused a political storm?
Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 18:45
France is at risk of being plunged into fresh political turmoil as its minority government teeters on the brink of collapse amid opposition anger over a planned austerity budget. Reflecting growing unease in financial markets, French sovereign borrowing costs have risen sharply, reaching the highest premium over German bonds since …
Baby found dead near field in Salford was a newborn girl, say police
Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 18:12
A baby whose body was last week found on the edge of a snow-covered field in Salford was a newborn girl, police have said. Greater Manchester police (GMP) said the girl has now been named Ava and they renewed an appeal for the child’s mother, family or anyone with information …
Putin threatens to hit Kyiv with Oreshnik missiles and praises Trump
Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 17:42
Vladimir Putin has threatened to strike Kyiv with Oreshnik missiles, an intermediate-range weapon which Moscowused against the city of Dnipro last week, and which Putin has claimed cannot be shot down by any air defence system. “We do not rule out the use of Oreshnik against the military, military-industrial facilities …
Sweden seeks clarity from China about suspected sabotage of undersea cables
Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 16:27
Sweden has announced that it has sent a formal request to China for cooperation over the suspected sabotage of two undersea cables in the Baltic sea. The prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, said on Thursday that Swedish authorities were seeking “clarity” from China on what happened to the two fibre-optic cables …
South-west France sweltered in 26.9C November night-time heat
Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 15:55
Towns in south-west France roasted in “completely extreme” heat in the early hours of Tuesday, with overnight temperatures hitting 26. 9C (80. 42F). “It’s very exceptional temperatures – even for the summer, let alone late November, ” said Matthieu Sorel, a climatologist at Météo France. Climate scientists across the country …
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