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Dec 9, 2024 - World

Average global temperature in November was 1.62C above preindustrial levels, bringing average for the year to 1.60CThis year is now almost certain to be the hottest year on record, data shows. It will also be the first to have an average temperature of more than 1.5C above preindustrial levels, marking a further escalation of the climate crisis.Data for November from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) found the average global surface temperature for the month was 1.62C above the level before the mass burning of fossil fuels drove up global heating. With data for 11 months of 2024 now available, scientists said the average for the year is expected to be 1.60C, exceeding the record set in 2023 of 1.48C. Continue reading...

Dec 9, 2024 - World

This blog is closed We have some more comments from Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, who has ben speaking in the Qatari capital of Doha. He said Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad was probably outside Syria after Islamist-led rebels declared he had fled the country.Assad is “probably outside of Syria”, Fidan said when asked in Qatar about Assad’s whereabouts and whether his life might be in danger. Continue reading...

Dec 9, 2024 - World

US president Joe Biden says ‘we think we can get him back’, as family of Washington Post contributor ask for his safe returnJoe Biden believes missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared 12 years ago near the Syrian capital, is alive, and said that Washington is committed to bringing him home after Bashar al-Assad’s ousting from power.“We think we can get him back,” Biden told reporters at the White House on Sunday, while acknowledging that “we have no direct evidence” of his status. Continue reading...

Dec 9, 2024 - World

NSW police and homicide squad investigating Monday morning discovery, while person is yet to be identifiedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are investigating after a body was found wrapped in plastic and dumped in bushes near Sydney airport.A jogger found the body on Monday morning in the bushes that run alongside Foreshore Road in Botany on Monday morning and reported it to police.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Dec 9, 2024 - World

Josh Burns says he has been standing up for his Melbourne community ‘every day’ as Chris Bowen calls for national unityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updateGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton has launched an extraordinary attack on the Labor MP Josh Burns, claiming that the Jewish politician has failed to speak up about antisemitism in the community, despite numerous public statements and speeches, including a joint press conference with a senior Coalition member hours after the Melbourne synagogue attack.The opposition leader’s comments came just hours after the federal minister Chris Bowen accused the Coalition of “disgusting” attempts to politicise the attack on the Ripponlea synagogue, saying it should be a moment for national unity rather than political point-scoring.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...