Elizabeth DawsonBBC News and Erwan RivaultData Designer, BBC Verify Copernicus Unprecedented wildfires have scarred northern Spain in recent weeks A record one million hectares – equivalent to about half the land area of Wales – have burned across the European Union so far this year, making it the worst wildfire season since records began in […]
Poland’s AirSHOW Radom 2025 cancelled following crash. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 A Polish Army pilot has died after his F-16 jet crashed during preparations for an international airshow in Poland. In a statement on Thursday, the General Command of the Armed Forces said that the accident involved an aircraft from the 31st […]
Esme StallardClimate and science reporter, BBC News Getty Images Beddington incinerator has breached its environmental permits on 916 occasions Beddington incinerator, which serves four south London councils, faces enforcement from the Environment Agency after exceeding air pollution limits on 916 occasions. The offences, which occurred between 2022 and 2024 at the energy-from-waste plant, were revealed […]
Family handouts Mia Keevan, 17, and Trae Keenan died in separate incidents after attending Emerge music festival Belfast councillors have expressed frustration at what have they said is a lack of information from the Public Health Agency (PHA) following the deaths of two people who died after attending the Emerge dance music festival in Belfast […]
FILE – A view of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, Sunday, June 22, 2025 Kwiyeon Ha/AP hide caption toggle caption Kwiyeon Ha/AP COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump […]
Meghan OwenWork and money correspondent, BBC London and Lauren StanleyBBC London BBC Keisha and her daughter live in a flat that they say can reach 43C in summer As the UK experiences hotter temperatures families across the country are increasingly feeling the impact, with their homes no longer a sanctuary but an unbearable space that […]
Susan Monarez fired while four officials resign amid tensions over vaccine policies and public health directives. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 The director of the United States’s top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned. Susan Monarez is not […]
Grace Wood BBC News, Yorkshire BBC Firefighters have been tackling the fire on Langdale Moor since 11 August A fundraiser to support firefighters, farmers and gamekeepers battling a moorland blaze for the 17th consecutive day has raised more than £19,000. Amy Cockrem set up a Justgiving page initially hoping to raise £100 to buy food […]
The Milei government is weathering a bribery scandal as a pair of important elections approach in September and October. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 Argentina’s President Javier Milei has been forced to leave a campaign rally in Lomas de Zamora, a suburb of Buenos Aires, after protesters pelted his vehicle with small rocks, […]
Matt Dempsey Artwork: the dinosaur had long spikes sticking out from the side of its head Scientists have discovered a bizarre armoured dinosaur which had metre-long spikes sticking out from its neck. The species, called Spicomellus afer, lived 165 million years ago, and is the oldest example of a group of armoured dinosaurs called ankylosaurs. […]