Hopes rise for green economy boom at Africa Climate Summit
Technicians install solar panels on a factory roof in Nairobi, Kenya. Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images Technicians install solar panels on a factory roof in Nairobi, Kenya. Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images Renewable energy Hopes rise for green economy boom at Africa…
Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam as Egypt rift deepens
Members of the Ethiopian Republic March Band perform in front of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam in Guba on Tuesday. Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images Members of the Ethiopian Republic March Band perform in front of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam…
Peru accused of violating human rights after government rejects reserve for uncontacted people
One of 25 settlements found by a 2024 study confirming the existence of isolated Indigenous communities. The findings were used as evidence to justify the new reserve. Photograph: Orpio One of 25 settlements found by a 2024 study confirming the…
James McAvoy reportedly assaulted in Toronto bar
James McAvoy pictured at the Toronto international film festival earlier this week. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for IMDb James McAvoy pictured at the Toronto international film festival earlier this week. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for IMDb Film James McAvoy reportedly…
Junk food leads to more children being obese than underweight for first time
An eight-year-old in the Peruvian capital, Lima, selects a pack of sweets in a supermarket. UPFs are heavily promoted to young people, the report warns. Photograph: Florence Goupil/Unicef An eight-year-old in the Peruvian capital, Lima, selects a pack of sweets…
Cape Town shootings leave six people dead in two days
A police officer searches a man amid an upsurge in deadly gang violence in Cape Flats, east of Cape Town. Photograph: Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images A police officer searches a man amid an upsurge in deadly gang violence in Cape Flats,…
Canadian apiary store owner foils honey heist by marauding swarm of ‘robber bees’
Bees can attack a rival hive to steal its honey stores, making it vulnerable to predation from other animals. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Bees can attack a rival hive to steal its honey stores, making it vulnerable to predation from other…
Joseph Kony case in The Hague begins with accounts of alleged atrocities
Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, which sought to overthrow the Ugandan government from 1986. Photograph: Stuart Price/AP Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, which sought to overthrow the Ugandan government from 1986. Photograph:…
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites
6 hours ago Andy Verity, Tom Beal & Will DahlgreenBBC News BBC The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run…
Police should stop logging non-crime hate incidents, watchdog says
1 hour ago Cachella Smith Getty Images Non-crime hate incidents should stop being recorded by the police, the policing watchdog has said. Sir Andy Cooke, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, said current legislation places police in an “invidious position”…