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The European Commission has proposed an EU climate target for 2040 that allows countries to count carbon credits bought from developing nations towards the EU goal for the first time. The EU's climate targets need countries to cut emissions at home.

US and India trade negotiators were pushing on Wednesday to finalise a tariff-reducing deal ahead of President Donald Trump's July 9 negotiating deadline, but disagreements over US dairy and agriculture remained unresolved.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He is a powerful figure in the Middle East now and had issued a 'fatwa' or religious decree against US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his five-nation tour, with the first stop being Ghana, a country in West Africa with deep ties with India. The Prime Minister was conferred with Ghana's highest state honour.

‘The situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is apocalyptic,’ UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese saidby Annie Kelly, Hoda Osman, Geneva AbdulTributes have been paid to one of Gaza’s most senior doctors who was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Continue reading...

Marshall Freeman promoted software and owned stake in company while working for police, violating disclosure laws, says ethics officeA top Atlanta police department (APD) official worked as a consultant for a tech company whose software is key to the city’s massive surveillance system, according to an investigation from Atlanta’s office of ethics.The official’s activities included meeting with police departments across the country about the company’s products while also investing in the company and going on to serve on the company’s board. Continue reading...

Far-right activist allegedly told journalists: ‘I’m coming to get you’ and ‘I’ll be knocking at your door’The far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson has denied harassing two journalists by allegedly telling them: “I’m coming to get you” and “I’ll be knocking at your door”.Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, appeared at Southwark crown court where he denied two offences of harassment causing fear of violence. Continue reading...

Call comes as US president is also due to speak to Ukraine’s Zelenskyy this weekin ItalyDue to the climate emergency, Italian seas have reached temperatures above 20C even at depths of 40 metres, according to a report released on Wednesday by Greenpeace. Continue reading...