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Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has promised to phase out coal by 2038 in order to meet climate change commitments. Yet it is expanding one of its biggest open cast mines, which is 48 square kilometres in size. The expansion will demolish five villages in the process, but the coal company responsible says it is not…

Dr Maria Caffrey was a climate scientist in the US National Parks Service when Barack Obama was President. 

Let’s return to our special series on climate change. We’ve toured the glaciers of the Arctic and Europe.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to hold on to his job after he fell short of winning a majority in the country’s national elections.

Saudi officials today displayed drone and cruise missile parts which they claim prove Iran’s involvement in the attack on the heart of the Saudi Arabian oil industry.

We’ve just lived through the four warmest years on record, say scientists. And in Switzerland, temperature rises are twice the global mean. In fact, if nothing is done to tackle climate change, all the glaciers in the Alps could vanish by the end of the century. A move to make Switzerland carbon neutral by 2050…

President Trump has declared the United States is “locked and loaded” and ready to respond over the drone strikes on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, as US officials blamed Iran for the attack, revealing satellite images they claimed contained evidence to support it. Iran has continued to deny any involvement The price of…

The funeral wake for Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, which was due to be held today – has been postponed.

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Iran for yesterday’s drone attacks on two key Saudi oilfields – calling it an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply. 

In Zimbabwe, a row has erupted between the government and the family of Robert Mugabe over when the former leader will be buried.

One man who worked closely with Zuckerberg as Facebook started out was Roger McNamee. He now profoundly disagrees with how the company is run. We spoke to him earlier.

Remember that heatwave back in August? Well, the Arctic remembers it too. Record rates of ice melt have been recorded on the great ice-shelf of Greenland. It’s critical for all of us because of its potential effect on global sea levels. In the first of a series of special reports from Greenland, we examine the…

A pre-election pledge by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu  to annex almost a third of the West Bank has been described by Saudi Arabia as a “very dangerous escalation”. The controversial proposal has also provoked criticism from the United Nations and other Arab states. But it’s not the first time Mr Netanyahu has made…

Donald Trump used his now traditional method of mass communication, Twitter, to tell the world that he had parted company with his security adviser John Bolton.

President Trump has declared that he cancelled top secret talks with Taliban leaders at Camp David – throwing into doubt months of diplomacy aimed at reaching a peace deal Afghanistan. Mr Trump blamed a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul last week which killed 12 people – including an American soldier. But what…