Sun City tree down video by Vickie Kirsch
Vickie Kirsch took this video of a tree down in Sun City.
Vickie Kirsch took this video of a tree down in Sun City.
As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that's already here. Discussions for what's known as the Global Goal on Adaptation — a commitment made in the 2015 Paris Agreement to ramp up the world's capacity to cope with climate-fueled extreme weather — are being overshadowed by negotiations on how the world is going to slash the use of fossil fuels, causing frustration among some climate campaigners in the most vulnerable countries. Officials and activists from climate-vulnerable nations are pushing for more money to help them deal with scorching temperatures, punishing droughts and deluges and strengthening storms made worse by global warming.
Before Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor arrives on Christmas Day, we look back at the best of Doctor Who’s Christmas specials from 2005 to 2017.
Henry Arundell will not be available for England in the forthcoming Six Nations unless he chooses to leave Racing 92 and sign a hybrid contract with Bath and the Rugby Football Union, Telegraph Sport understands.
God of War Ragnarök is releasing a free DLC for PlayStation users next week, subtitled Valhalla.
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Excessive deficits must be reduced, not excused, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said in Brussels on Friday, after talks with his EU counterparts failed to yield a breakthrough on reforming the bloc's fiscal rules. "Excessive deficits have to be reduced, not to be excused," Lindner said, expressing his worries about the corrective arm of the fiscal rules, known as the Stability and Growth pact. Lindner said Germany and France are now 92% in agreement on EU fiscal rules, up from the 90% mentioned yesterday by the ministers of both countries.
Videos doctored to suggest American celebrities asked Volodymyr Zelensky to seek help for substance abuse
Immigration is not a top priority for voters, yet the government tears itself and the UK apart trying to deter crucial workers, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Taxpayers facing £290m bill for "chaotic and hopeless" deportation plan.
The average two-year fixed-rate homeowner mortgage deal on the market dipped to 5.99% on Friday, according to Moneyfactscompare.co.uk.
A woman in her 50s died at the scene in Marylebone
Spain's minister Nadia Calvino has sufficient support of EU governments to become next head of the European Investment Bank, Belgian EIB chairman Vincent Van Peteghem said on Friday. Europe's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said in a statement on X that she had withdrawn her candidacy. "I am grateful and honored to get the support of my fellow finance ministers to be at the helm of the European Investment Bank," Calvino said.
Israel has designated a safe zone in southern Gaza, but its widening air and ground offensive has left Palestinians packed together in dire humanitarian conditions. United Nations monitors said Thursday that a hospital in the southern town of Khan Younis received its first delivery of supplies since Nov. 29. The United Nations estimates 1.9 million people have been displaced and new military evacuation orders are squeezing people into ever-smaller areas.
The Fairytale of New York singer will be laid to rest in a private cremation in Nenagh
Japan's yen was on track for a fourth weekly gain on Friday as traders speculated the ultra-dovish Bank of Japan was moving closer to tightening monetary policy. World stocks, meanwhile, teetered on their first weekly loss since October as a rally fuelled by hopes of the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank cutting interest rates paused ahead of key U.S. jobs data. The yen, at 144.2 per dollar on Friday following a rapid rebound after trading close to a 30-year low last month, was on track for a 1.75% rise this week after also gaining a similar amount the week before.
Party’s X account uses picture of presenter raising middle finger to deride Labour, winning both condemnation and praise
The Pogues frontman's funeral will take place later with processions in Dublin and County Tipperary.
A member of the London Metal Exchange has decided to list in the US rather than Britain in yet another blow to the beleaguered stock market.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the beginning of Hanukkah on December 7, as he was joined by Jewish leaders to light a menorah in Kyiv.Zelensky, who is Jewish, said the Hanukkah lights “remind us once again that light always prevails over evil.”“This holiday is about the victory of the spirit, and this is the most important thing,” he told local rabbis at the ceremony. Credit: Volodymyr Zelensky via Storyful
Harlan Coben's five-year deal with Netflix has produced loads of great shows: Here's a run-down of Hold Tight, Stay Close, The Innocent, and Fool Me Once.