More August temperature records expected to fall amid warm weather and winds across east coast
Australia weather
Alarm as Australia records ‘gobsmacking’ hot August temperatures
Heat building up in country’s centre and driving south-east is causing ‘really unusual’ heatwave that is breaking winter records
Twenty photographs of the week
The week around the world in 20 pictures
The evacuation of Pokrovsk, the Israeli raid in the West Bank, the Paralympic Games in Paris and the Notting Hill carnival: the last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
Climate crisis
Emissions from Australian coal-fired power stations rise as wind and hydro dip
US elections 2024
Kamala Harris defends policy stances and shares plan for office in first major interview
Extreme heat
Millions swelter as central and eastern US placed under excessive heat watch
Green politics
UK may unveil tougher emissions targets at Cop29 climate summit
First Thing newsletter
First Thing: the Democrat ticket’s first major interview of the campaign
Canada
Canada’s 2023 wildfires released more greenhouse gases than most countries
South Korea
South Korea’s climate law violates rights of future generations, court rules