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[ad_1] Europe’s most effective method of cutting dangerous planet-heating gases risks being weakened after the European Commission proposed an overhaul of its flagship carbon market, critics have said.In a long-awaited review of the European Union emissions trading system (ETS), the European Commission proposed giving companies a less demanding and cheaper pathway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The review of the ETS – widely seen as Europe’s most effective policy for reducing planet-heating emissions – follows deadly wildfires in Spain and extreme heatwaves across the continent. Western Europe endured its hottest June ever, with record-breaking temperatures scientists said would be “virtually impossible”…

[ad_1] The Australian government has increased its travel alert level for Laos, advising travellers to “exercise a high degree of caution” due to the risk of methanol poisoning.It comes as a distillery owner in Laos was charged after a mass methanol poisoning incident killed six foreign nationals, including the Australian backpackers Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles.“We’ve reviewed our advice for Laos and have raised the overall travel advice level,” the Smartraveller update said. “We now advise: exercise a high degree of caution due to crime, the risk of methanol poisoning and ongoing concerns around lack of transparency in the justice…

[ad_1] Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a prominent Cuban dissident artist whose whereabouts remained unknown after his prison sentence ended last week, has been given permission to travel to the US, according to his official Facebook page.Otero Alcántara, designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 for insulting national symbols, contempt and disturbing the public order.He was detained in July 2021 as he was leaving his home in Havana to join unprecedented mass protests across the communist island.On Friday, a post on a Facebook page managed by his close friends read: “The…

[ad_1] Key eventsKuwait says it is responding to Iranian missile and drone attacksIn a post to X about an hour ago, Kuwait’s army said it was dealing with hostile missile and drone attacks, following what it described as “Iranian aggression”.The statement said that any explosions that are heard would likely be the sound of air defence systems intercepting the hostile attacks.The Iranian army said earlier that it targeted two US bases in Kuwait with drones, hitting an ammunition depot at camp Buehring (formerly camp Udairi) and radar and air surveillance systems at the Ali Al Salem air base, in retaliation…

[ad_1] Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush into red oil paint and dabbed it carefully on to his canvas – a flour sack – adding blood to a knife being wielded by a man. Higher on the canvas, he had started on an outline of a skull.Heavy J was creating a poster, but not as you might have expected for a horror film. Instead, it was for the animated fairytale The Little Mermaid. The man with the knife wasn’t a killer but the film’s kind-hearted prince, Eric. The skull was also unrelated to…

[ad_1] Israel’s defence and finance ministers announced plans for three illegal settlements in Gaza and more than $400m (£300m) in funding to expand construction in the occupied West Bank, as Israel’s military commander for the region celebrated violent outposts as his “security partners”.With national elections scheduled for 27 October, Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition is racing to expand control of land in occupied Palestine and drive out Palestinians before its mandate expires.The defence minister, Israel Katz, said he intended to set up three “Nahal” outposts in northern Gaza, a type of military community that for decades has paved the way for…

[ad_1] The US military said it had launched a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran on Friday night as fighting escalated over the strait of Hormuz.US Central Command, in a post on X, said the strikes, which began at 7pm GMT, were designed to “continue degrading Iranian military capabilities”.Iranian media reported explosions heard or strikes carried out in the cities of Sirik, Ahvaz and Yazd.And late on Friday night Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said two oil tankers had hit mines in Hormuz and exploded. The US military said that claim was false.The conflict continued on Saturday, with…

[ad_1] For half a century, Donald Trump has performed a public high-wire act based on high-stakes risks and shattering time-honored norms to get what he wants.The approach has paid off handsomely, helping him survive multiple bankruptcies to reach billionaire status and numerous legal and political scandals to be elected US president twice.Now, a leader who once owned some of the world’s best-known casinos may be about to take the biggest gamble of his presidency by restarting a war with Iran less than a month after agreeing to a ceasefire that he hailed as necessary to stop an economic crisis on…

[ad_1] Russia has carried out one of its biggest ever ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, launching a five-hour raid that left at least one person dead and seven injured, with fires and damage across the city.Ukrainian officials said the capital was hit with about 40 Iskander-M and hypersonic Zircon missiles. Residents heard an air raid siren sound at 1.30am. There was the sound of air defences followed minutes later by a series of booms and explosions.Houses in Kyiv’s historic centre shook, and car alarms blared, as dozens of missiles arrived in less than an hour. There was a second air…

[ad_1] Social media companies could be forced to identify anonymous accounts accused of online vilification, under new laws being proposed in Victoria.The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, announced a suite of social media reforms on Sunday, saying families needed new ways to protect their children online.Under the proposed changes – the first for an Australian state – the Victorian civil and administrative tribunal (Vcat) would be granted “demasking” powers to order platforms to reveal the identities of account holders in those cases.Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email The state government will also lower the legal threshold to sue social…