Source: Sky News
The Lebanese Army on Saturday warned citizens against engaging in protests or activities that could threaten national security, citing ongoing Israeli violations and what it described as a “delicate” security situation in the country.
Saturday, August 9, 2025
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has uncovered a sprawling network of fortified tunnels and military-grade weaponry near the southern Lebanese towns of Tayr Harfa, Zibqin, and Naqoura, the peacekeeping mission announced on Thursday.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Can Lebanon become a normal state again, one that makes decisions through state institutions and that respects its commitments in line with international laws? Can Hezbollah acknowledge that the “Axis of Resistance” is no more, and that it has no choice but to return to Lebanon and close the chapter of the “regional player?” Can the party agree to a lesser role for Lebanon if Iran agrees to a lesser role in the region in recognition of the new balance of power?
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
The people of Lebanon are marking five years since the Beirut port explosion of August 4, 2020 – a blast that has been described as one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. The detonation pulverised the port, ruined vast sections of the city and was felt as far away as Cyprus. It also claimed the lives of more than 220 people, injured more than 7,000 more and left more than 300,000 homeless.
Monday, August 4, 2025
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says the club expects to learn the outcome of the hearing into its 115 charges of alleged Premier League financial rule breaches "in one month".
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Former Brazil and Real Madrid defender Marcelo has announced his retirement from football, bringing the curtain down on a trophy-laden career that included five UEFA Champions League triumphs.
Friday, February 7, 2025
Friday 13 December 2024 13:50:49
It is not even Christmas yet: trees are still being decorated, turkeys are yet to be defrosted and Christmas puddings remain intact.
But though 2024 is not even out, scientists already have a handle on how hot 2025 will be.
Next year's global average temperature is likely to be the third-highest on record - going back to 1850 - after 2024 in the top spot and 2023 in second place, the Met Office said today.
This year is on course to be at least 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial times, before humans started burning fossil fuels at scale, and 2023 was 1.45C warmer.
Next year is forecast to be at least 1.29°C hotter, but probably closer to 1.4C, bumping 2020 into fourth place.
And 2025 is expected to be hot even though the El Nino weather pattern, which had a warming effect on 2023 and 2024, has waned.
The Met Office said that's because an underlying trend is making all years hotter - climate change.
Greenhouse gases - which primarily come from fossil fuels - are continuing to build up in the atmosphere, warming the planet.
That's why scientists are already pretty confident next year will be hot.
Professor Adam Scaife from the Met Office said: "The 2023/24 El Niño event has temporarily provided a boost to global temperature, adding a peak to the rising temperatures driven by years of increasing greenhouse gas emissions."
But climate researchers are also "actively looking at other factors" that might be responsible for a recent extra surge in temperatures, he added.
They are racing to understand whether other factors could have played a role, such as the Hunga-Tonga volcano eruption, a reduction in aerosols from shipping emissions or worrying, anomalous heat in the world's oceans.
The figures published by the Met Office today are global average temperatures, which smooth out extremes from different parts of the world.
That is the reason it can still feel cold in some countries, even if the global average temperature is high.
Countries are trying to limit global warming to no more than 2C, and ideally 1.5C, above pre-industrial levels.
This is the goal they signed up to under the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement and is one of the things they try to achieve via their annual COP climate summits.
On Tuesday, the UK's climate envoy Rachel Kyte warned the Paris Agreement is "more fragile" than it has ever been.
She said the seminal treaty was losing "friends" on both end of the spectrum, with some countries angry that it moves too slowly, and others stopping it from moving too quickly.
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