Wildfires all over the northern hemisphere in 2023

Climate change has spurred on hotter, drier conditions around the world that have lengthened fire seasons in many regions, including California, Europe and Siberia. Changes to the climate have put more energy into the atmosphere, which means severe lightning storms are happening much further north.

News events in the Fourth week of July 2023

Monday July 24 The BBC’s business editor has apologised to Nigel Farage over “incomplete and inaccurate information” in his story about the former Ukip leader’s bank account. The 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars appears to be in doubt, after Rishi Sunak refused to confirm it will go ahead. And