Emily Wither

The government has said that it wants local communities to take ‘bold action’ to help the country meet its climate change targets. But how much difference can they really make in the transition to net zero? 

At least 63 Russian troops have been killed in a Ukrainian missile attack in the occupied Donetsk region, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defence.

Italy’s Prime Minister has urged other EU countries to follow its lead in Covid testing travellers who fly in from China. Giorgia Meloni said Italy’s attempt to deal with surging coronavirus cases in China would fail, if other European countries didn’t also test travellers. But a meeting of EU health officials failed to reach agreement…

One of Iran’s biggest football stars says his wife and daughter have been prevented from leaving the country after they tried to join him on holiday. 

Authorities going door to door trying to persuade the elderly to get vaccinated while doctors are reporting that hospitals are overwhelmed.

Millions of people in the United States and Canada are spending their Christmas without power – in the grip of an intense winter storm.

Millions of Americans are facing blizzards, flooding and life-threatening cold temperatures this Christmas as an unprecedented winter storm smashes its way through most of the country.

The 11 people who died following a plane crash at an airshow in Sussex were unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. 

The UK Health Security Agency has released figures which show that 19 children have died from Strep A since September.

Amid more joyous scenes at their freedom from Russian occupation – the governor of  the newly liberated Ukrainian city of Kherson has urged residents to avoid crowded places – warning “the enemy has mined nearly everything”.  

Crowds have been out on the streets of newly liberated Kherson for a second day – hugging soldiers, waving flags and singing the Ukrainian anthem to celebrate the end of months of Russian occupation. 

Israel’s former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks set for a comeback, with his Likud party and its right-wing allies set to win a majority in the country’s parliament.

Video of former President Hu Jintow being unexpectedly escorted out of the ruling Communist Party Congress has drawn global attention – but little explanation.

In Iran, protests that have gripped the country over the last three weeks show no sign of abating, sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

The British foreign office has summoned Iran’s diplomatic representative in the UK over the increasingly violent suppression of protests in Iran.