UK records hottest June on record as government comes under pressure for more ambitious action to tackle climate change | NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP/METSUL METEOROLOGIA The UK’s hottest June on record, both in average temperature and average maximum temperature, the British Met Office said on Monday. “Average temperatures in the UK in June 2023 of 15.8C are the highest in a series since 1884,” the Met Office said in a statement. According to provisional data, the average temperature in June 2023 was 0.9ºC higher than the previous combined record of 14.9ºC recorded in June 1940 and 1976. “This is officially the worst…
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More than 100 MPs and peers have written to the Foreign Secretary expressing concern over the lack of progress on the release of a jailed British-Egyptian activist. It comes seven months after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shook hands with Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, when Alaa Abd el-Fattah was on the brink of a hunger strike. former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn; former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith; John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich; And Hong Kong’s last British governor, Chris Patton, “expressed our concern at the lack of progress in the Alaa Abdul-Fattah case,” James wisely wrote. “Private lobbying…
The UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has been ruled illegal by a court. The decision temporarily halts London’s plans to take an increasingly tough stance on illegal immigration.According to the court this plan cannot be considered “legal”.Deficiencies in the Rwanda Asylum System”. The Court considers that there are “People deported to Rwanda are at real risk of being returned to their home countries for persecution and inhumane treatment.”. The dispatch concludes that Rwanda is not a “safe country”.Any expulsion to Rwanda would be a “violation of Article 3” of the European Convention on Human Rights,…
By Arielson Morais With a program full of activities, visits and dialogues at beneficiary locations, in addition to technical meetings, the Acre Government was initiated by the REM Acre Project Coordination Unit of the State Planning Secretariat (CEPLAN). Monitoring mission of the REM Acre Project – Phase II, in Cruzeiro do Sul with representatives of the Governments of Germany and the United Kingdom. At the Mâncio Lima Native Fruit Pulp Producers Cooperative (Coopfrutos) in Mâncio Lima, this Saturday morning, the 1st, was received by government representatives and part of the technical team responsible for carrying out the projects developed by…
Amy Tompkins suffers from autism and has an extensive history of anxiety. A trained dog can detect when the owner is stressed or in pain.• Photo: Facebook Belle was with Amme Tompkins during the birth Two-year-old Belle is the first dog to be allowed into the delivery ward at Milton Keynes Hospital in the United Kingdom. The animal Amy Tompkins refused to give up, the owner, when she gave birth, advances BBC News.The moment mesmerized the medical specialist in that hospital ward and soon gained media prominence. Amy Tompkins suffers from autism and has an extensive history of…
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese military delegation will visit Britain and France from June 24 to Saturday to discuss improving bilateral security ties, China’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday. The Defense Strategic Advisory Committee of the People’s Liberation Army exchanged in-depth views on international and regional security issues of common concern and strengthened mutual understanding and trust, the ministry said in a statement. Asked about the visit, a spokesman for the British Ministry of Defense said that the ministry held a strategic security dialogue in London. their respective national security strategies, the situation in Ukraine, security in the Indo-Pacific region,…
A Chinese military delegation visited Britain and France from June 24 to Saturday to discuss improving bilateral security ties, China’s Ministry of Defense said on Saturday. The Defense Strategic Advisory Committee of the People’s Liberation Army exchanged in-depth views on international and regional security issues of common concern and strengthened mutual understanding and trust, the ministry said in a statement. Asked about the visit, a spokesman for the British Ministry of Defense said that the ministry held a strategic security dialogue in London. their respective national security strategies, the situation in Ukraine, security in the Indo-Pacific region, strategic stability and…
Savannah Marshall will regain her world champion status tonight as former middleweight title holder Franchon Cruz-Dezurn moves up the division to challenge for their undisputed belts.Marshall was undefeated until her loss to Claressa Shields last year, which resulted in Britt stripping her of her WBO middleweight title as she became undisputed in the division.Now, the fighter from Hartlepool faces another American in Cruz-Desserne, who will put his four super middleweight belts on the line against Marshall in Manchester. Marshall will be riding the momentum of his 2011 amateur win over Cruz-Deserne.The event marks another great night for women’s boxing, with…
New Model S and Model X units are offered in the UK with an unusual accessory: a stick to pick things up. Freebies are offered to buyers as a way for Tesla to redeem itself for forcing Tesla to drive in left-hand drive. What happened In May, the company surprised buyers and announced the end of production of the aforementioned right-hand drive models.Other markets, known as the ‘English arm’, were also affected.Tesla stopped selling the Model S and X in Australia, Singapore and Thailand.For the United Kingdom, even the models were turned, with only right-hand steering.read more: The decision angered…
Britain’s international environment minister, Zach Goldsmith, resigned on Friday after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “disinterested” in environmental issues, highlighting deep divisions within the Conservative Party. With the Conservatives trailing the opposition in opinion polls next year, the group is divided between Sunak loyalists and those like Goldsmith who feel former prime minister Boris Johnson has been unfairly sidelined. Goldsmith said on Friday that the UK had lost its global leadership role on climate issues. He rejected Sunak’s attempt to frame his resignation as a reaction to Johnson’s apology for criticizing the parliamentary inquiry. Goldsmith said he…