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The week around the world in 20 pictures

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The Middle East crisis, wildfires in Portugal, floods in Poland and London fashion week: the last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

People rescued from rooftops as flooding hits northern Italy – video

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Firefighters have been rescuing people stranded on their balconies and rooftops after Storm Boris triggered flooding and landslides in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. Two people were reported missing in Traversara, a hamlet in Ravenna province, and about 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. Storm Boris has battered parts of Italy after … Read more

‘It’s guerrilla warfare’: Brazil fire teams fight Amazon blazes – and the arsonists who start them

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Firefighters and police in Rondônia battle fires intensified by both the climate crisis and a criminal assault on the rainforest The occupants of the vinyl-coated military tents at this remote jungle camp in Brazil’s wild west compare the hellscape surrounding them to catastrophes old and new: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the bombardment of Gaza, … Read more

Coalition’s nuclear plan will lead to ‘massive’ electricity shortages and risk blackouts, new analysis warns

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Energy minister Chris Bowen says Peter Dutton must explain what happens to national grid over next decade if opposition stops building renewables Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Coalition’s proposal to cap large-scale renewable energy and eventually build nuclear power … Read more

People must understand: we in Malawi are paying for the climate crisis with our lives | Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda

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From flooding to drought, extreme weather is devastating our communities. It is time for the world’s heaviest emitters to help mitigate the impacts of climatic breakdown on the countries most affected Millions of people in my country, Malawi, face unprecedented existential crises driven by climate breakdown. The frequency of extreme weather events and the massive … Read more

I’ve studied geopolitics all my life: climate breakdown is a bigger threat than China and Russia | Anatol Lieven

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‘Risk’ analyses largely ignore the dangers of the climate crisis. Unless we wake up to them, they will soon outweigh all others The Irish sea captain who in 1751 discovered the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) – closely connected with, though not identical to, the Gulf Stream – found a practical use for it: he … Read more

No more sticking-plaster solutions: Britain’s green agenda is on solid ground | Joss Garman

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Showing climate delivery can be done effectively and fairly would be an extraordinary climate legacy for Keir Starmer A well-intentioned but badly designed and poorly communicated energy policy from the German government, and more recent protests by farmers in France and the Netherlands, have knocked the confidence of European political leaders that environmental progress can … Read more

‘Even the breeze was hot’: how incarcerated people survive extreme heat in prison

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The Marshall Project and the Prison Journalism Project asked incarcerated reporters to document the impact of extreme heat on their facilities. Their stories reveal the brutal reality After a summer of record-breaking temperatures, scientists predict that 2024 could end up being the hottest year on record. For people in US prisons and jails – who … Read more