Cop30 live: crucial climate talks begin in Brazil as hosts insist summit must lead to ‘implementation’ 10. November 2025 (14:38) Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be “the Cop of implementation”.Could a cold war emerge between fossil-fuel-powered petrostates and states embracing the accelerating transition towards electrifying everything? Some observers think so and a quiet deal made on the eve of Cop30 hints in that direction, writes Damian Carrington, Guardian environment editor.China and the European Union have agreed to join a coalition to harmonise carbon markets between countries, Bloomberg reported. The UK, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, Chile, and Zambia are also on board. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Andrew Miller is bookies’ favourite to win 2025 Booker prize 10. November 2025 (14:22) The Land in Winter has shortest odds of victory, ahead of Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and SunnyAndrew Miller is the bookmakers’ favourite to win the 2025 Booker prize, which will be announced on Monday evening in London.The English author tops the William Hill odds at 6/4 for The Land in Winter, a novel set in 1960s England which follows two marriages struggling under the weight of postwar class divisions, professional dislocation and emotional estrangement. Miller was previously shortlisted for the Booker in 2001 for his novel Oxygen. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient 10. November 2025 (14:00) Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at riskThe Trump administration is poised to again approve a new Pfas “forever chemical” pesticide ingredient, a move that is drawing criticism from public health advocates who say the nation’s food and water supply is being put at more risk from the dangerous compounds.The substance would be sprayed on corn, soybeans and wheat, and it marks the fifth Pfas pesticide ingredient the US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed for approval under Donald Trump’s second term as US president. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Putin ally who declared poverty had £217m of property, UK judge finds 10. November 2025 (13:56) Estate of former Russian senator Vladimir Sloutsker, who died in September, ordered to pay £25m to his ex-wifeA political ally of Vladimir Putin who declared poverty to a London divorce court had £217m-worth of property and land in London and Moscow as well as £21m in investments and a £4m art collection, a judge has found.Vladimir Sloutsker, 69, who died in September from cancer, fought until the end to hide his assets despite previously enjoying “a lifestyle consistent with extreme wealth” with his ex-wife and children, including a nine-bedroom £45m family home in South Kensington in central London. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
