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Air pollution soars as fog traps emissions in England’s urban areas

High fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate chief tells Cop31

Deadly floods hit Iraq as thunderstorms sweep across region

Thames Water asks creditors for more time to help repay £20bn debt pile

This grim story of marine park whales could yet have a positive outcome – if it teaches us to value other species | Elle Hunt

Burnham warns that NHS will ‘struggle’ to cope if consultants don’t resume talks over pay – as it happened

‘A new age of climate extremes’: Earth accumulating heat at accelerating rate

Cop31 as it happened: world leaders gather for crucial climate crisis talks

Democrats to attend Cop31 climate talks boosted by midterms and eager to make up for Trump-era setbacks

Stop undermining Jim Chalmers, environment minister urges Labor colleagues

Is Cop31 a huge scam? Let’s ask the penguins of the future | First Dog on the Moon

Heavy rain floods displaced families’ tents in Gaza – in pictures

Labour expected to cut EV targets for UK’s car industry despite MPs’ protests

Nicola Jennings on Cop31 in Turkey – cartoon

Beef industry quietly squashes part of its own science curriculum after ranchers protest

The tiny world of Australian fairywrens – in pictures

Cop31 must deliver climate progress that people can see is real, host says

US datacenter demand spurs increased fossil fuel pipeline projects as rules are discarded

Cop31: what is at stake at the UN climate summit and what can it achieve?

Who’s who at Cop31: key players at the climate talks

Environmentalists criticise choice of Earthshot prize venue owned by fossil fuel firm

Cold blast brings springtime snow to alpine regions as temperatures plummet across Australia’s south-east

Let a thousand blossoms bloom: Sydney’s jacarandas put on their spring show – in pictures

How do you broker UN climate talks when your own country is a big coal and gas exporter? Chris Bowen is about to find out

New ‘high safety’ chemicals in plastic food packaging linked to lower birth weight, study finds

Autumn colours around the world – in pictures

Famous New Mexico rock formation destroyed after torrential El Niño rains

In Alaska’s capital, food comes by water, air or, most often, community sharing

Australia’s coal and gas approvals are starting to stink ahead of Cop31 | Jess Harwood

Most Europeans want action to tackle climate crisis but not at any cost, poll shows

‘An abomination’: Idaho hunters earned thousands of dollars to kill newborn wolf pups, records reveal

‘Everything is so out of whack’: UK trees experience spring six months early

Low pressure in US midwest brings unseasonable heat to New York and Boston

Week in wildlife: an autumnal deer, golden jackals and an oily-kneed beetle

Delhi braces for ‘pollution season’ as smog shrouds India’s capital – in pictures

More than 40 pilot whales die after mass stranding in New Zealand’s North Island

Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks

How Democrats used the midterms to turn affordability concerns into ‘green populism’

‘It’s kind of a melting pot’: how one US city transformed a highway into a leafy oasis

Trump takes 500 actions to weaken cancer protections, new report says

South West Water’s failure to fix leaks ‘putting customer supplies at risk’

‘No one cares about the little guy’: plastic nurdles still washing ashore in Sri Lanka five years after toxic spill

Warming UK seas could ‘fundamentally reshape marine ecosystems’ – report

World’s wettest rainstorms are getting wetter, affecting flood and drought risk

Little Ice Age cooling in Europe may have raised the risk of rickets

Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires

Firework noise limit should be drastically cut to protect wild animals, UK government told

Funding to help poorer countries cope with climate crisis has stalled, says UN

How a scientist went from hero to traitor in a US water crisis - video

How penguin poo is making Antarctic snow melt faster