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Mud and insults thrown as Spanish king and PM visit flood-hit town

My mother nursed a life-affirming 25-year grudge. Hard as I try, I don’t have the attention span | Zoe Williams

With Trump set to return to the presidency, everything from abortion to immigration is under threat

‘We didn’t realise how hard it is’: small farmers in Europe struggle to get by

Cop16 ends in disarray and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs

Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site

Scientists dismayed as UK ministers clear way for gene editing of crops - but not animals

US students score win in push for fossil fuel divestment by private high schools

Spain floods: 10,000 troops and police drafted in to deal with disaster

Revealed: the growing income gap between Europe’s biggest and smallest farms

They have tentacles and taste great in pasta. What are the strange barnacles washing up on Australian beaches?

US lawmakers call on EPA to ban pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease

The Guardian view on climate-linked disasters: Spain’s tragedy will not be the last | Editorial

European Greens ask Jill Stein to stand down and endorse Kamala Harris

‘Very bad precedent’: China and Russia team up to undermine krill fishing restrictions in Antarctica

The clean-up begins after devastating floods in Valencia – in pictures

‘More toxic than ever’: Lahore and Delhi choked by smog as ‘pollution season’ begins

Forest keepers: Arhuaco balance modern and ancient ways – photo essay

A second US exit could ‘cripple’ the Paris climate agreement, warns UN chief

PFAS mixtures more toxic than single compounds, suggesting higher danger

If Trump is re-elected, a familiar face may lead the fight against wind: RFK Jr

NSW police take legal action to prevent climate activists blockading Port of Newcastle

Week in wildlife in pictures: roving parrots, rabid seals and a prickly pest

Conservation groups question Queensland commitment to renewables after hydro scheme scrapped

Peanut the Instagram-famous squirrel is seized by New York officials

Jacaranda season in Sydney – in pictures

Indigenous cultural burning managed Australia’s bushfires long before colonisation. It’s needed now more than ever, a study says

Alaska governor awards $1m in state funds to Indigenous group backing oil drilling

Essex car park to be test case for legislation to protect landscapes

Rats trained to sniff out smuggled rhino horn and pangolin scales

‘It won’t wash’: Environment secretary’s bid to cosy up to water pollution protesters backfires

This marine biologist discovered a unique blue whale population in Sri Lanka

Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s mother to receive settlement over death linked to air pollution

Shell calls for certainty over North Sea future after UK raises windfall tax on energy profits

I’m obsessed with whale poop: ‘It can be neon green, bright red – or even sparkle’

Spain floods: number killed passes 150 as scientists say climate change ‘most likely explanation’ – as it happened

Alarm grows over ‘disturbing’ lack of progress to save nature at Cop16

Spain flood death toll expected to rise amid anger over lack of preparedness

British man, 71, dies after being rescued from floods in Spain

Cold start to spring sees Australians use 30% more gas than last year – even though the price was up too

Torrential rain brings deadly flooding to Spain – in pictures

Is Reeves still the green chancellor after her budget? Yes … and no

‘We were trapped like rats’: Spain’s floods bring devastation and despair

‘Wicked problem’: five charts that show how the climate crisis is making Australia more dangerous

Firefighters were elated after a federal bill provided them support for cancer. Then came ‘a slap in the face’

Pumpkin soup and DIY fake blood: how to be more sustainable this Halloween

At least 95 people dead in Spain’s worst floods in three decades

Budget cuts mean farmers in England ‘must do more with less’

The world needs $700bn a year to restore nature. But where is the money coming from?