Former Kosovo president Thaçi sentenced to 25 years in prison by international court in The Hague – as it happened

Claims that dismantling pollution rules will lower energy bills and have little climate impact are far from convincing. In allowing US power plants to emit any amount of…

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Kennedy Center's latest attempt to put President Trump's name on the performing arts center violated his earlier order blocking its…

Speaker Mike Johnson sends lawmakers home for midterm recess early despite calls for Congress to act on growth of artificial intelligence. Sign up for the US Breaking News email.…

The government's climate advisers say Heathrow's third runway cannot be approved under current climate policies

String of female murder victims found near Johannesburg’s international airport, including five in the past week. The discovery of the bodies of eight women around Johannesburg’s…

US vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity. The US vice-president has dismissed calls for global regulation…

Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers. Analysis: critics perplexed and suspicious of call for a slowdown. The…

Soaring oil prices of above $108 a barrel after Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure stoke inflation fears. US government borrowing costs have risen to 5% for the first time…

The BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale explains what an arms race in space might look like - and what it could mean for us on the ground

August was the world's joint hottest month ever recorded - at 1.65C above pre-industrial times, according to scientists

The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal. Recently, I overheard a…

There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients for human flourishing. Imagining the future as almost…

Southbank Centre, London Wang’s avatar performs music from Ravel and Debussy to Prokofiev and Liszt while dizzying virtual worlds take shape around her in this virtual reality…

Between 2000 and 2018, extreme heat caused more deaths in Australia than all our bushfires, floods, storms and cyclones combined. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…

One of the biggest upheavals in a millennium is on its way, strengthened by the climate crisis. We need leaders who make things better not worse. If you think you have heard…

The Syrian rock hyrax depends on the fragile landscapes of the border region. Alongside other environmentalists, I have been documenting the destruction of its habitat. Wars are…

Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand. In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room…

Digital-age Australian psychodrama tracks the shut-in mania of dangerously disaffected male fan, but doesn’t get inside his mind. If the parasocial phenomenon is a kind of hell,…

Guardian Australia analysis adds to concerns over the federal scheme, which is to be the subject of a Senate inquiry. Federal Labor seats have received over 90% of funds already…

Even if the legislation passes, tech companies may still find ways to frustrate its intent and keep Australians hooked on their feed. Social media could become a “choose your own…

Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…

Police in Bali believe the two young children died as a result of violence, while a 57-year-old man is believed to have taken his own life. Indonesian police are investigating the…

Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health. Leer en español en Quinto…

US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire. Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the…

Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters. The energy portfolios of…

Ministers given emergency briefing about changes to algorithm decisions just three days before tool rollout. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Senior…

A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business. In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned…

The distinctively British RPG is returning courtesy of the makers of Forza Horizon – with comedy talent such as Richard Ayoade and Natasia Demetriou voicing sweary characters. We…

As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business. Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of…

Following six years of talks, Pitt Rivers Museum will return body parts collected by British colonial administrators to north-east India. Anthropologists and community leaders…

This blog is now closed. Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast. Sports precinct funding report reveals a ‘pattern of behaviour’, Wilson says. Tim Wilson…

The Budget is only six weeks away and the economy is undoubtedly the biggest challenge facing the prime minister

Anglers will help scientists investigate the porbeagle, tope and blue shark to boost knowledge and conservation. ‘We have really cool sharks,” says Dr Lucy Hawkes. She is not…

Greenwood denies that invoices for almost $1m sent in a single day in September 2021 were ‘bogus accounts’ to cover up political donations. Follow our Australia news live blog for…

Our US political reporters discussed the state of the Democrats, the party’s moderate and leftwing candidates and key races to watch. Sign up to The Stakes newsletter: your weekly…