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UK flight cancellations top 2,000 as pressure grows on air traffic control boss on second day of travel chaos – business live•
Trump center stage at RNC in midterms gamble – US politics live•
Leicestershire v Somerset, Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, and more: county cricket, day two – live•
England v Pakistan, third men’s cricket Test, day one – live•
UK ‘showing leadership’ with West Bank sanctions, says Burnham as he faces Badenoch at PMQs – politics live•
‘Their boat was sinking’: RNLI vows to keep rescuing asylum seekers despite attacks•
How progressives are harnessing anger and frustration to steal young voters from Republicans •
EU unveils ‘buy European’ public procurement rules to counter China•

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Environment

Climate crisis, wildlife, energy and the natural world.

3 stories

Environment stories

Global temperatures breach 1.5C threshold for 12 consecutive months

Scientists say the record run is a 'stark warning' as nations prepare for the next round of climate negotiations.

Isla Fraser, Environment editor3h ago

Offshore wind capacity doubles in a year as costs keep falling

New turbines off the east coast now generate enough electricity to power eight million homes.

Callum Reid13h ago

Beavers return to the capital after 400-year absence

A pair released in a wetland reserve have built their first dam, in what conservationists call a milestone for urban rewilding.

Isla Fraser22h ago