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A range of organizations including Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action could be banned in the UK as "extreme protest groups" under new proposals tabled by a senior government adviser. The approach currently applied to terrorist organizations should be used as a model, according to adviser on political violence John Woodcock, also known as Lord Walney, the BBC reported on Sunday, citing extracts from the report. In recommendations now due to be presented to the Cabinet, Woodcock backs proscribing groups that "routinely use criminal tactics to try to achieve their aims." "Militant groups like Pal...
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At least 153 people have died in the devastating flash floods that struck Afghanistan's northern provinces, the Interior Ministry confirmed on Saturday. Ministry spokesman Abdul Matin Qani told dpa that at least 131 fatalities were reported in Baghlan, the worst-hit province. Twenty people were killed in Takhar, and two in Badakhshan, he added. At least 100 others were reportedly injured. Earlier, the country's National Disaster Management Authority had placed the nationwide death toll at 85, but other sources put a much higher number of fatalities. Officials estimate that the number of casual...
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At least three Afghan provinces have been hit by devastating flash floods as a new wave of flooding hits north of the country, officials reported on Saturday. Baghlan province is suffering the brunt of the disaster. Officials are struggling to provide an accurate death toll, but a local representative quoted by TOLOnews estimates at least 150 fatalities in Baghlan province. The report also suggests another 100 people are injured. Officials in neighbouring Takhar province reported more than 20 deaths, while Badakhshan province confirmed two fatalities and two missing people. The flooding caused...
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Germany's National Hydrogen Council has significantly raised its forecast for future hydrogen demand in Germany. The expert committee, which advises the German government on hydrogen issues, now assumes a total demand of between 94 and 124 terawatt hours (TWh) for the year 2030. By way of comparison, around 55 TWh of hydrogen is currently consumed in Germany every year. An initial forecast presented by the NWR in February 2023 assumed a maximum demand of 93 terawatt hours. The NWR's new estimate is of the same order of magnitude as the update of the German government's National Hydrogen Strate...
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has assured the Pacific island states of her continued support in the fight against the consequences of climate change. "The climate crisis is literally washing the ground away from under the feet of the people here," she said during a visit to Fiji, the first German foreign minister to visit the island. "We will not leave the region alone, not alone with the greatest security challenge of this century, the climate crisis." Fiji is one of the 14 island states in the South Pacific that account for a negligible proportion of global emissions of climate-d...
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The 2021 net greenhouse gas emissions from Australia's red meat industry decreased by 78% compared to 2005, a study published on Thursday showed. The report, commissioned by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and compiled by Australia's National Science Agency CSIRO, found that net greenhouse gas emissions from the red meat industry were equivalent to 31 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2021, a 40% drop compared to the previous year. "These changes in emissions are primarily due to a reduction in clearing of forest and sparse woody vegetation, and an increase in vegetation growth and ca...
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock set off on Wednesday on a week-long trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji where the focus will be on security policy and climate protection. Baerbock noted that the region is becoming increasingly important to Germany for strategic and economic reasons, especially given tensions with China over human rights, trade and Taiwan. Australia and New Zealand were "more directly exposed than we are to the violent gusts of wind that are being sent around the world by China's increasingly offensive behaviour," she said. They had a lot of experience with their ...
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock sets off on Wednesday on a week-long trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji where the focus will be on security policy and climate protection. The Indo-Pacific region, where the three destinations are located, is becoming increasingly important to Germany for strategic and economic reasons. Baerbock actually wanted to visit the countries last August, but had to cancel the trip after a stopover in Abu Dhabi, when her government plane developed a series of mechnical problems. The trip has now been rescheduled with a slightly different itinerary. She wil...
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will set off on Wednesday for a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, her ministry announced in Berlin on Monday. Baerbock will first fly to Adelaide in Australia before a series of engagements in the New Zealand capital Auckland on Friday and Saturday. She will conclude the trip with a visit to the island state of Fiji in the South Pacific. The trip will focus on security policy and climate protection. Fiji is one of the countries most affected by climate change, with settlements on some islands already being evacuated because they will soon be flo...
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Tel Aviv experienced the hottest April day in 85 years on Thursday as 40.8 degrees Celsius was measured in Israel's second biggest city in the middle of the day, the Israeli weather service said. The average temperature in Tel Aviv in April between 1981 and 2000 was between 14.4 and 22.8 degrees. The head of the weather service, Amir Givati, told the Haaretz newspaper that heatwaves like this year's are part of global warming. "They are expected to get worse in the coming years," he said. According to paramedics, several people in Israel had to be treated for heatstroke.
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