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View All 9Bizarre creature caught on film for first time ever lurking miles below surface of sea
A bizarre creature has been caught on film for the first time ever, miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.Researchers spotted the rare creature while filming with an uncrewed submersible to explore underwater mountains off the coast of California.The animal, a multi-limbed bigfin squid, was spotted more than 10,000 feet, or 3,000 metres, in the depths by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).Olívia Soares Pereira, a deep-sea ecologist and postdoctoral fellow at MBARI, revealed why the squid was in an "elbow pose" with its arms and tentacles at a 90-degree angle. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "Based on the behavior of other deep-sea squids, we believe this pose could be a part of their feeding tactics," Ms Pereira told Live Science."The arms and tentacles are extended so they do not get tangled up and passively capture prey that sticks to them," she added.Bigfin squid are among the deepest-dwelling animals on Earth, and have been found more than 20,000 feet below the surface.The creatures can reach around 21 feet, around half the length of a giant squid, but most of their length is measured in their tentacles and arms - which are 20 times longer than their bodies.The specimen in the video was estimated to be around 4.1 feet long.The non-profit organisation last encountered the strange creature off the coast of Hawaii in 2001, but around 70 have been observed or collected in total.Ms Pereira said she saw two other bigfin squid on the Atlantic seafloor in a separate expedition earlier this year."When we saw this one, I couldn't believe my luck," she added.LATEST ANIMAL NEWS:Scientists lift lid on lives of three of Britain's most vulnerable shark speciesScience breakthrough sees experts track emperor penguins from SPACE for the first time ever'Death-defying' eagle spotted soaring over Scotland three years after breaking wing in nest fallThe researchers saw the squid at a depth of 10,751 feet during a 10-day Seamount Hotspots expedition between August 3 and 12.Scientists were probing life around the Davidson Seamount and Sur Ridge, biodiversity hotspots within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, a massive federally protected area off central California.Monterey Bay inspired John Steinbeck's novel Cannery Row and its aquarium was fictionalised in the Pixar film Finding Dory.Although the area has a huge variety of deep-sea life, the squid was not on the list of animals they expected to see."We were looking for thriving communities of deep-sea corals and sponges, brooding deep-sea octopus, and feeding beaked whales," Ms Pereira said."Finding a rare animal that we weren't specifically looking for highlights the incredible diversity and habitat complexity of this region."The first specimen of bigfin squid was collected in 1883, but the species was not identified until 1998.An adult specimen has never been physically collected, so scientists' current understanding of the alien-like creature is based only on videos and photographs. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
Foster mother who traded American teenager for monkey avoids jail sentence
A foster mother from Missouri who traded a teenager for a monkey has avoided a spell in prison. Brenda Deutsch, 70, was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to child endangerment - but the jail term handed down was suspended. The American pensioner is believed to have been a prolific foster parent, reportedly looking after 200 children in her lifetime. Concern for the teenager at the centre of the case, now 17, was first raised after she began missing lengthy periods of school. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Following a police probe, the girl was tracked down in Texas, where she had been found living with one of Deutsch's friends. The friend said the teenager had been staying with her as she had not been "getting along" with the 70-year-old. In court, Deutsch admitted that she had no idea about the Texas home the teenager was sent to. One witness told police officers that conditions inside were filthy, with the property being used to house a number of exotic pets. Detectives were later informed that the foster child had been given away in exchange for a monkey. One prosecutor told NBC: “It was described to me early on that the defendant became frustrated with this individual child and asked her friend in Texas if she would just take the child and keep her.“And at that point I think is when she says, ‘You know, why don’t you send a monkey and you can just keep the child?’”Investigators were told that the friend had attempted to send the girl back into Deutsch's care. US NEWS - READ THE LATEST:Donald Trump finally issues verdict on Ed Miliband's Israel sanctions amid fears of UK-US rowGleeful left-wing students to hold 'demonic' gatherings for anniversary of Charlie Kirk's killingJoe Biden, 83, issues major health update amid 'debilitating' prostate cancer battleAfter the 70-year-old initially refused to pay for the girl's plane ticket home, she eventually returned to her Missouri and the relationship deteriorated. Deutsch allegedly beat the girl with wood, shoes and a paddle, and even told the girl she would be killed “if she did not shut up”.Lincoln County Judge Thomas Frawley said the foster system had failed her victims.He branded the 70-year-old "reprehensible" and revoked her foster license, slamming the state of Missouri for not doing so sooner. Brina Johnson, Deutsch’s biological daughter, testified against her mother in court. She said: “This shouldn’t have happened. None of it should. And the system did fail us, failed them all."Ms Johnson added: “This is not the end we wished for. That’s what she did - she had at least seven monkeys.“That’s just her thing. But she wasn’t any nicer to those monkeys than she was to a child.”Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
Nicolas Cage sinkhole drama spirals as neighbors are forced from homes… but there's no sign of Oscar winner
Nicolas Cage's Malibu neighbors have been instructed to evacuate their homes as a result of the massive sinkhole that opened on his street and swallowed up the driveway of his $10.5 million beachfront mansion. Firefighters discovered the calamity early Tuesday morning after responding to a suspected gas main break, a public information officer told KTLA. That day, the City of Malibu issued an emergency order declaring an 'imminent danger' to the residents of Cage's street, Sea Level Drive. Seven homes had -tagged, meaning they were marked unsafe for occupancy, as a result of 'hazardous conditions' the sinkhole itself created. A further 24 residences were due to be red-tagged because 'safe vehicular access' to them had been impeded . Cage, who purchased his home on Sea Level Drive in 2024, is not known to have been spotted in the vicinity of the property since the crater appeared. The Daily Mail has contacted Cage's representative for comment.
Ex-Sinn Féin adviser on sex abuse scandals: ‘I was horrified... staff were distraught and furious with Mary Lou McDonald’
Siobhán Fenton was a senior press adviser with Sinn Féin. In an extract from her new book, she describes how the party was rocked by two sex abuse scandals which left president Mary Lou McDonald facing weeks of criticism
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View All 10'Trump can see the writing on the wall here': Republicans hold midterm convention
FRANCE 24's Washington, DC correspondent Fraser Jackson weighs in on US President Donald Trump's efforts to leverage his fading star power to help the Republican Party hold onto Congress in November's midterm elections.
How a former BAPS temple worker in the US got his freedom, but still seeks justice
The Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Hindu sect at the heart of the Eiffel Tower strike made headlines in France during the inauguration of its latest temple near Paris. In the US, BAPS came under the spotlight when Indian stone workers were rescued from a temple construction site. One former worker recounts his journey and fight for justice. What is this page? The website you are visiting is protected. For security reasons this page cannot be displayed.
Trump claims U.S. adults will get a $5k ‘dividend’ if Republicans win the midterms
Trump claims U. S. adults will get a $5k ‘dividend’ if Republicans win the midterms Sept. 10, 202602:12 Full speech: President Trump's address at the Republican midterm convention:47 Trump $5k 'dividend' proposal may not be possible legally and financially Trump says war with Iran will be over after midterm elections Now Playing Trump claims U. S. adults will get a $5k ‘dividend’ if Republicans win the midterms UP NEXT Trump calls out Ken Paxton's fashion choices during speech at midterm convention Helena Foulkes wins Rhode Island Democratic governor primary, NBC News projects Air Force One emergency slide mistakenly deployed Trump says Iran war will end ‘after the election’ Kornacki: ‘A very tall order’ for Republicans to win New Hampshire Senate seat Texas Democratic congressman says Republicans ‘know the blue wave is coming’ Missouri voters face confusion over congressional map ahead of midterms Trump says firemen carried him to safety 'right after' 9/11 terror attacks Trump escalates trade war with Canada, moves to ban imports of some motorcycles, dairy and alcohol Republicans Gather in Dallas for First-Ever Midterm Convention Shaheen wins House Democratic primary over Sullivan, NBC News projects Pappas questions whether Americans are feeling Trump's 'golden age' after primary win Sununu thanks supporters after projected GOP Senate primary win in New Hampshire Pappas, Sununu win New Hampshire primaries, NBC News projects Republicans navigate whether to attend GOP midterm convention in Dallas Trump endorsement 'doesn't matter' and not 'impactful at all’: GOP New Hampshire Senate candidate NBC News NOW During his speech at the Republican midterm convention, President Donald Trump announced that every adult U. S. citizen would receive a $5,000 “dividend” if Republican won the midterm elections in November, but said it must be spent in the U. S. Sept. 10, 2026 Full speech: President Trump's address at the Republican midterm convention:47 Trump $5k 'dividend' proposal may not be possible legally and financially Trump says war with Iran will be over after midterm elections Now Playing Trump claims U. S.
Election Officials Grapple With Uncertainty as Supreme Court Considers Mail Ballot Plan
As they wait for word on whether the Trump administration’s new system to screen ballots can move forward, local officials say they are running out of time.
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View All 10Trump Floats $5,000 ‘Trump Dividend’ Checks if Republicans Win the Midterms
In his convention speech, the president floated a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every adult American if Republicans keep control of Congress. The idea, like many others, may not come to pass.
‘Pretend That I Am Running’: 7 Takeaways From the G.O.P. Midterm Convention
At a first-of-its-kind midterm convention, President Trump mostly offered retreads and self-congratulation. Then, he offered to pay Americans $5,000 apiece if Republicans kept power.
Trump pledges a $5,000 ‘dividend’ to all US adults if the GOP wins the midterms
It was not immediately clear how the plan would be financed.
‘A communist caucus’: Trump gives Republicans their midterms enemy
Trump, on the first night of the whirlwind two-day convention, warned of a “communist” takeover he said would destroy the nation.
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View All 10World’s largest contract chipmaker TSMC sees August revenue surge over 53% to record high
Livestream Menu Revenue rose over 53% from a year earlier and more than 10% from July. The world’s largest contract chipmaker has continued to benefit from strong demand for chips used in artificial intelligence applications. TSM The TSMC logo is displayed on a building in Hsinchu, Taiwan April 15, 2025. Ann Wang | Reuters Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported record monthly revenue for August on Thursday, as demand for chips used in artificial intelligence applications remained strong. The world's largest contract chipmaker posted revenue of $514.8 billion New Taiwan dollars ($16.35 billion) for last month, up 53.3% from a year earlier and 10.1% from July. TSMC shares closed 0.61% lower on Thursday ahead of the revenue release. The company's monthly revenue has now risen for four straight months. During its second-quarter earnings call in July, TSMC said AI-related demand continued to be "extremely robust." The Taiwanese tech giant reported a more than 77% year-on-year jump in second-quarter profit and forecast third-quarter revenue between $44.6 billion and $45.8 billion. TSMC has maintained its dominance in the global foundry market, with a 72.5% market share in the second quarter, according to a data released . Strong demand for AI server processors kept TSMC's advanced 5-, 4- and 3-nanometer capacity fully booked during the quarter, the research firm said. Samsung Foundry ranked second with a 5.9% share, followed by China's SMIC at 5.4%. The world's top 10 foundries posted record combined revenue of nearly $53.49 billion in the second quarter, driven in part -performance computing processors. Separately, TSMC and Dutch chip equipment giant ASML this week announced an initiative to advance the industry's transition to next-generation chipmaking technology. TSMC said it plans to use ASML's High NA technology in large-scale manufacturing for advanced nodes starting in 2030, with adoption expected to increase as AI applications require more complex transistor architectures.
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View All 10NZXT Discount Codes: 50% Off in September 2026
Save StorySave this story Save StorySave this story You can also save up to $250 on the company’s daily deals. These include everything from PC cases or accessories. As we stated earlier, the company does far more than PC cases these days. We recently reviewed the NZXT Relay Headset and Switchmix and found it to be a really innovative wired audio solution. The company’s affordable wired gaming mouse, the NZXT Lift 2 Symm, even made it onto our picks for the best gaming mice. Check back daily, as NZXT drops daily deals and special offers all the time. I Love the NZXT Relay and SwitchMix System—but Wish It Was Wireless NZXT’s first foray into audio gear comes with one of the most innovative accessories I’ve seen in years—if you use wired headphones. $150 on Gaming Gear Bundles The savings at NZXT pile up if you plan to spend a bit more. For example, you might want to tie a few of these products together into a Gaming Gear Bundle. These NZXT combo deals are the best way to save money , giving you discounts up to as much as $150. Photograph: Amazon Save to wishlistSave to wishlist NZXT Relay Headset Enjoy Free Shipping on NZXT Gaming PCs NZXT also offers free shipping on select NZXT gaming PCs and other products if your order reaches $75 or more. That’s important to consider as you’re putting together your shopping cart, as it may be worth adding in a cheaper peripheral or accessory just to save on the shipping cost. The Best Mechanical Keyboard for Beginners Got a Little Better With softer, quieter keys, and tools to customize the exact pressure of your key presses, the NZXT Function 2 improves on its predecessor. , the company has something called the NZXT Club. , you can unlock special offers and earn Pucci Points that can be redeemed for future discounts and exclusive perks that are only for NZXT Club members. Get 10% Off Refurbished NZXT in 2026 Buying refurbished, like-new electronics is a great way to save money on major electronics purchases. NZXT makes it easy to save, with a whole section online of refurbished tech, including a refurbished custom build H9 (2023) gaming PC with RTX 4060, regularly $3,238, but now only $2,650. There’s tons of other great clearance deals, like a refurbished Player Three Prime H9 gaming PC with RTX 4080 SUPER, regularly $3,249, but on sale for $2,800. The Best Gaming Laptops I’ve Found After Hundreds of Hours of Testing You don’t want any old gaming laptop.
Hungryroot Coupon Codes: 30% Off This September 2026
Save StorySave this story Save StorySave this story Cooking is often more assembly, with recipes pieced together from premium ingredients you’d expect to find at your local organic store. A fun sauce here, a pre-cooked protein there, a corn tortilla that just wants to be livened in the pan. Most meals come together in 15 or 20 minutes, in my experience—unless they need time in the oven. A bot concierge and pre-mixed sauces do cost a bit, however, and that’s where Hungryroot promo codes come in. There are Hungryroot coupons that offer 30% off or more, and Hungryroot coupon codes that offer extra free gifts for every box, for life: a protein here, a cookie there. Here’s what’s up. Get 30% Off Plus a Free Gift With a Hungryroot First-Time Discount The current Hungryroot discount code is good for a cool 30% off your first week’s box from Hungryroot. To qualify for the discount, you’ll need to a plan totaling $99 or more a week, including breakfast items, snacks, and produce in addition to recipes and ingredients. The Hungryroot promo offer also includes a free gift, which usually includes an option to get an extra premium protein like chicken or beef. Hungryroot Is Maybe the AI-Guided Meal Plan of the Future. The Present Is Much More Familiar Hungryroot is a shockingly innovative meal kit. Though the results can be more like fast-casual meal assembly than cooking. a lot of meal kits, there’s also a Hungryroot discount code for referring your friends to the Hungryroot service—and this usually benefits both sides of the equation. Your friend who orders after using your referral code gets a cool $50 off their first grocery delivery of $100 or more—which adds up, potentially, to half off. The person who refers their friend also gets $50 off their next order, once their friend finalizes their first grocery delivery of $100 or more. Follow this link for info on the Hungryroot referral program. Unlike other offers, the referral credits seem to be stackable with other offers—so you don’t miss out on any discounts by taking a referral. Unlock of Hungryroot Coupons for New and Returning Customers Most subscription services have hidden levels. The way to access them is to change your mind a lot. Just like some magazine subscriptions and almost all delivery meal kits and grocery subscription services, Hungryroot will chase you down with offers if you cancel a subscription or change your mind after already giving them your email.
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AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks
Listen Labs, a market research startup that uses voice AI to conduct customer interviews, recently signed a term sheet for a $125 million Series C at a $1.5 billion valuation, with Menlo Ventures set to lead the round, according to several people with knowledge of the matter. But that round never closed, the people said. Listen Labs walked away from the signed term sheet, a rare occurrence in the venture world and one that is generally frowned upon, according to VCs. The financing likely collapsed because of acquisition talks with Salesforce. The CRM giant has recently held talks to buy Listen Labs for around $2 billion, Business Insider reported. The discussions are not finalized, however, and may not result in a deal, the outlet notes. Listen Labs is one of the leading startups in the rapidly growing field of automating customer research with AI. The three-year-old startup has about $30 million in annualized revenue, about three times more than Simile, a competing startup that predicts human behavior, according to two people familiar with the companies’ financials. In late July, Simile announced that it had closed a $200 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation led by Greenoaks — likely setting a new valuation benchmark for Listen Labs, one person said. If talks with Salesforce collapse, several VCs told TechCrunch that they expect Listen Labs to return to market and target a valuation of $2 billion or higher. While acquiring Listen Labs could strengthen Salesforce’s AI capabilities ’s AI to help predict customer needs, the CRM giant may ultimately decide that paying a 67 times revenue multiple is too steep a valuation, according to a person with experience negotiating exits to Salesforce. Listen Labs, Salesforce, Menlo Ventures, and Simile did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Listen Labs was co-founded in 2023 by Florian Jüngermann, a former German national champion in competitive computer programming, and Alfred Wahlforss, who previously founded a staffing startup called Bemlo. The two met while pursuing master’s degrees at Harvard. Listen Labs’ AI develops survey questions and interviews customers over audio or video. The resulting conversations are then packaged into reports and PowerPoint presentations, similar to those traditionally produced . Fortune 500 companies rely on this type of research to gauge customer needs and satisfaction with their brands and products, but traditional market research is expensive and can take weeks to complete. Listen Labs’ technology helps reduce the time and cost of these projects, enabling companies to quickly understand how customers are reacting to product changes and iterate on them more efficiently.
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View All 10'My cancer spread while I waited months for surgery': The cost of England's cancer wait times
Alan is one of thousands each month who are not being treated within the cancer target timeframe Alan was diagnosed with lung cancer after a nodule was found in June last year. The 70-year-old was meant to be operated on within weeks but ended up waiting nearly five months, , making his surgery more complex. "I was so frustrated and angry and couldn't understand why they would leave me like that," says Alan. On two occasions, scans were cancelled because machines had broken and for weeks he heard little or nothing from the hospital about when he would eventually have the urgent surgery. Alan is one of thousands each month in England who are not being treated within the target timeframe. Earlier this year, the government's National Cancer Plan, along with the NHS Planning Guidance, set out that 80% of patients in England would start treatment within 62 days from urgent GP referral by March 2027. This was to reach 85% by March 2027. But in the months since the government announced this ambition, performance has got worse, according to NHS England data, not better. Now, 69.9% of patients start cancer treatment within the 62 day timeframe. Prof Pat Price, a leading UK clinical academic oncologist, says the government targets "are now simply impossible to hit", after what she describes as a "complete loss of momentum". Price attributes the current failures to a "complete lack of a plan or accountability". The plan stated that a new independent cancer board would be established, but it is still not known who will be leading this group. Radiotherapy UK analysis, shared exclusively with the BBC, suggests more than 3,000 extra patients would need to start treatment every month - a near 15% increase on current numbers - to achieve the March 2027 target. That is likely to grow as referrals keep rising across nearly every cancer type. Price says thousands of patients "are going to die unnecessarily, just because the government can't get their act together to treat people on time". For every month a cancer patient waits before starting treatment, their chance of survival falls by around 10%. , the cancer had spread to his lymph nodes and the nodule "had grown at an alarming rate", according to the lung specialist. He has since been told the cancer has cleared awaiting his one-year review, but the operation has left him in debilitating pain. "I used to play golf and get out and about. Now I can't do any of the things I love," says Alan.
Watch SpaceX launch classified mission for the US Space Force today
Space Force today (Sept. 10), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today during a three-hour window that opens at a. m. EDT (1537 GMT; a. m. local time), kicking off a mission called USSF-153. You can watch live via SpaceX, starting about 10 minutes before launch. USSF-153 is a classified mission, so little is known about its payloads — what they are or where exactly they're headed. We likely won't get clarity from the webcast, which is expected to end shortly after the Falcon 9's first stage comes back to Earth. The booster will land in the Pacific Ocean atop a SpaceX drone ship about 8.5 minutes after liftoff. However, the location of that touchdown provides some potentially useful information about USSF-153, according to NextSpaceflight. com. The mission might be carrying "a batch of classified LEO [low Earth orbit] satellites for a U. S. government entity based on SpaceX's Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches," the outlet wrote. Starlink is SpaceX's constellation of LEO broadband satellites. "Starshield leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts," SpaceX wrote in a description of the Starshield program. Previous Booster 1081 launches Crew-7 | CRS-29 | PACE | Transporter-10 | EarthCARE | NROL-186 | Transporter-13 | TRACERS | NROL-48 | COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM3 | 16 Starlink missions Today's launch will be the 104th Falcon 9 mission of 2026. Eighty of the rocket's flights this year have been dedicated to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of more than 11,000 active spacecraft. USSF-153 will be the 27th flight for this particular Falcon 9's first stage. The record for a SpaceX booster is 37, set last month during a Starlink launch. Spaceflight and Tech Editor Michael Wall is the Spaceflight and Tech Editor for Space. com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers human and robotic spaceflight, military space, and exoplanets, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, "Out There," was published on Nov. 13, 2018. Before becoming a science writer, Michael worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist. D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. To find out what his latest project is, you can follow Michael on Twitter.
August was joint hottest month on record, says European climate agency
Tourists in Rome braved the heat of August, which has tied for the world's warmest month on record, according to Copernicus August was the joint-hottest month ever recorded, tying with July 2023, according to the EU's climate service. The record was driven by a combination of climate change and the rising influence of El Niño, pushing heat into the atmosphere across the Pacific. Temperatures for the month were 1.65C above pre-industrial levels - surpassing the critical 1.5C threshold agreed . While a single month above 1.5C does not mean it has been permanently crossed, it shows a trend towards breaching that limit. The month also capped western Europe's warmest summer, with high temperatures pushing the season past the deadly heat of 2003. Dr Samantha Burgess, strategic lead for climate at Copernicus, described August as "a remarkable month in the global climate record", and its impacts had been "increasingly being felt by communities, economies and ecosystems across the world". The combination of record air temperatures, record ocean heat and Europe's exceptional summer showed how climate change was now driving extremes across "both the atmosphere and the oceans", she said. World's oceans hit highest temperature on record UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the record clearly showed humanity's impact on the climate. "The evidence is irrefutable: this is the spiralling price of humanity's fossil fuel addiction, and the global climate crisis it is fuelling," he said. On top of the ongoing impact of the use of fossil fuels, the rise of a powerful El Niño is making matters worse, the researchers have said. El Niño is a natural climate pattern in which a band of the eastern Pacific turns unusually warm, releasing vast amounts of stored ocean heat into the atmosphere and nudging global temperatures upwards for around a year. The one currently being experienced is still strengthening and could become one of the most powerful on record, according to the Copernicus team. The biggest impact of this natural phenomenon on global temperatures is expected to hit over the coming year, meaning the current run of records may have further to go. The impact of El Niño is expected to impact monsoon rains and storms in Asia such as here in the Philippines, where tens of thousands of people were recently displaced a summer that drove western Europe to its warmest on record. This was echoed in the UK, which had its hottest summer since records began in 1884 - a high mark the Met Office found had been made around 130 times more likely by human-caused climate change.
August was the joint hottest month on record
London at sunrise on Brook Mitchell/ August was the joint hottest month ever observed, tying with July 2023, as the most severe super El Niño on record amplified temperatures already heightened . The monthly mean temperature was 1.65°C above preindustrial levels, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Humans have not experienced temperatures warmer than this summer in the past 100,000 years, according to Samantha Burgess at Copernicus. August was also a record warm month for the extra-polar ocean – the regions lying just outside the Arctic and Antarctic circles – peaking at 21.1°C, the hottest temperature ever observed in the sea surface. That included unprecedented temperatures in the tropical Pacific, where winds have slackened and warm waters have been sloshing back toward the eastern Pacific, creating the strong El Niño. “August 2026 is remarkable not simply because it’s yet another temperature record that’s been broken but because multiple parts of the climate system have reached unprecedented levels at the same time,” she says. The records will keep being broken as the El Niño intensifies through December, she predicts, with some months likely to be as much 2°C above average. The record August temperature caps off western Europe’s hottest summer on record. That warmth drives extreme weather and climate catastrophes. It makes heatwaves more likely and allows the atmosphere to hold more moisture, worsening storms. Four major heatwaves in Europe, and severe drought, fuelled massive wildfires near cities like Bordeaux in France and Madrid in Spain and lowered water levels in major rivers to reveal long-lost woolly mammoth bones and Nazi boats. At least 35,000 more people died in Europe during the heatwaves than would be statistically expected, and harvests of crops including wheat are expected to be lower than usual. The United Nations Environment Programme said this month that the world will “overshoot” the Paris Agreement goal of preventing warming of more than 1.5°C and should now focus on reversing this warming at a later date, including with approaches like carbon dioxide removal. “The sooner we can bring temperatures back down, the less time we overshoot, the better it will be for our climate system,” Burgess says. “I often get asked whether this is the ‘new normal’. The simple answer is no,” Claire Barnes at Imperial College London said in a statement. “Until we stop burning fossil fuels these records will continue to tumble, and the extremes will worsen faster than we are able to adapt.
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View All 10August was joint-hottest month ever recorded globally
A dried up reservoir in Miryang in South Korea, after severe heatwaves. Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/ View image in fullscreen A dried up reservoir in Miryang in South Korea, after severe heatwaves. Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/ August was joint-hottest month ever recorded globally Temperatures reached 1.65C above preindustrial levels, months before El Niño system reaches full strength August was the joint-hottest month ever recorded around the world, with global temperatures reaching 1.65C above preindustrial levels, scientists said on Thursday, amid warnings of further heating on the way. August 2026 tied with July 2023 for the hottest month ever recorded, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Sea surface temperatures also soared to their highest levels on record for August. These temperatures were recorded even before the coming El Niño weather system has made much of an impact. El Niño is a naturally recurrent phenomenon whereby wind changes over the Pacific lead to rising ocean temperatures and the transfer of huge amounts of heat to the atmosphere, with the consequences felt around the world in floods, droughts and heatwaves. This year’s El Niño, likely to reach its full strength towards the end of the year, is forecast to be potentially the most intense on record, as it is now supercharged . Friederike Otto, a professor of climate science at Imperial College London, said: “While El Niño is starting to ramp up the heat, the underlying driver [behind this year’s high temperatures] remains our relentless burning of fossil fuels. Climate change makes every El Niño hotter, and until we stop burning coal, oil and gas, these record-shattering months will simply keep on coming.” View image in fullscreen A wildfire rages near Santa Maria, California. Photograph: Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty ImagesThe impacts of August’s extreme heat are still being felt around the world, in the aftermath of devastating wildfires, damage to harvests, excess deaths from heatwaves and disruptions to transport, business and public services in many countries. Food price inflation is likely to increase further, as the impacts of smaller harvests are felt in domestic markets and imports. Simon Stiell, the UN climate chief, said that the economic and social damage of the summer was still being counted. “Extreme heat [has been] killing millions and costing trillions, hitting transport and health systems, and pushing up prices for household basics like food,” he said. “The evidence is irrefutable: this is the spiralling price of humanity’s fossil fuel addiction, and the global climate crisis it is fuelling.” View image in fullscreen Multiple heatwaves in the UK left green spaces parched.
Utahns Support Protecting National Monuments That Trump Downsized
Two-thirds of Utah voters support restoring the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to the previous boundaries they had before President Donald Trump reduced them to less than a quarter of their original size. That’s according to new polling commissioned by the Grand Canyon Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the Four […]
Cities in Great Britain most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed
The City of London records the highest built-environment score and the least effective natural cooling of any city. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA View image in fullscreen The City of London records the highest built-environment score and the least effective natural cooling of any city. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA Cities in Great Britain most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed OS index examines which ‘urban heat islands’ suffer the most – and which cope the best with rising temperatures Portsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham will be among the cities that warm the most , according to research. Analysis from Ordnance Survey (OS) has created a heat vulnerability index for all cities in Great Britain. Portsmouth, which sits on the south coast of England and is home to 208,000 people, is the most vulnerable to extreme heat today and into the future, according to the research from the OS, the Met Office and the data analysis company 4 Earth Intelligence. Concrete, asphalt, buildings and hard surfaces in cities absorb solar radiation during the day and act like giant radiators, holding on to the heat rather than cooling down at night as in more rural areas. Cities can be up to 10C hotter than surrounding areas. Areas most at risk of extreme warming are those with the least tree cover, green space and waterways. View image in fullscreen Portsmouth is the most vulnerable to extreme heat today and into the future, according to the research. Photograph: Peter Titmuss/AlamyThis summer was provisionally the UK’s hottest on record, and the research reveals which cities are suffering now from intense urban heat and which will be among the warmest in future. The research analyses 71 cities granted , Scotland and Wales but excluding Northern Ireland. The OS heat vulnerability index suggests that by 2040 all 71 cities will reach high heat vulnerability. , almost two-thirds could reach the most severe level. Those facing the most severe impact , the City of Westminster, Plymouth, Leicester and Exeter, according to the analysis. Nick Bolton, the chief executive of Ordnance Survey, said: “Cities are where millions of people live, work and spend their everyday lives. “Extreme and sustained heat can affect people’s health and wellbeing, how comfortable our homes and workplaces are, and put additional pressure on transport, energy and emergency services. Understanding how and where this vulnerability is changing depends on an accurate view of how the country is built, based on trusted authoritative data, which is critical for planners, developers and local authorities preparing for a warmer future.” UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns Portsmouth is today the most heat-vulnerable city and will remain at the highest level for warming until the end of the century, according to the research.
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For more than a decade, the Chinese government has overseen a trillion-dollar building spree across the globe, helping construct and finance a vast network of mines, ports, railways and other infrastructure outside its borders. These projects through its Belt and Road Initiative are increasingly shaping global development, especially in emerging economies. What does it look […]
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View All 7Today: Light Rain, Minimum Temperature: 13°C (54°F) Maximum Temperature: 18°C (64°F)
This video can not be played Today will stay cloudy and it will turn windy. The odd spot of rain in the morning. In the afternoon, spells of rain will move in from the west, becoming heavy at times. Tonight, showers will continue for a time, but it will be clearer and the showers will be lighter. Increasingly lenghtier clear spells , with just the odd isolated shower lingering. Tomorrow morning, a few light showers will reappear in places, moving in from the northwest. Turning dry with sunny spells in the afternoon. Outlook for Saturday to Monday Becoming windy on Saturday. Scattered showers are expected to push in from the northwest, with a chance of thunder. Sunday is expected to see cloudy periods and a few showers in the morning. Dry with increasingly hazy sunny spells later. Monday will start with cloudy periods and sunny breaks. Outbreaks of rain move into the afternoon, heavy and locally thundery. Average wind speed 2 Miles per hour, Northerly2Average wind speed 3 Kilometres per hour, Northerly3 Humidity: Humidity: 82%,82% Visibility: Visibility, not available,-- Pressure: Pressure: 1016 millibars, Steady,1016mb, Steady Observation station: Manchester Airport (53.350° North, 2.283° West)Observation station: Manchester Airport (53.350° N, 2.283° W) Our favourite Weather Watchers photos nearby Report for Golborne, Wigan bob englandReported , Manchester Tony LyonsReported , Manchester TicklespoonReported , Oldham Wonky AlReported
Friday: Sunny Intervals, Minimum Temperature: 9°C (48°F) Maximum Temperature: 18°C (65°F)
This video can not be played Today will stay cloudy and it will turn windy. The odd spot of rain in the morning. In the afternoon, spells of rain will move in from the west, becoming heavy at times. Tonight, showers will continue for a time, but it will be clearer and the showers will be lighter. Increasingly lenghtier clear spells , with just the odd isolated shower lingering. Tomorrow morning, a few light showers will reappear in places, moving in from the northwest. Turning dry with sunny spells in the afternoon. Outlook for Saturday to Monday Becoming windy on Saturday. Scattered showers are expected to push in from the northwest, with a chance of thunder. Sunday is expected to see cloudy periods and a few showers in the morning. Dry with increasingly hazy sunny spells later. Monday will start with cloudy periods and sunny breaks. Outbreaks of rain move into the afternoon, heavy and locally thundery. Average wind speed 2 Miles per hour, Northerly2Average wind speed 3 Kilometres per hour, Northerly3 Humidity: Humidity: 82%,82% Visibility: Visibility, not available,-- Pressure: Pressure: 1016 millibars, Steady,1016mb, Steady Observation station: Manchester Airport (53.350° North, 2.283° West)Observation station: Manchester Airport (53.350° N, 2.283° W) Our favourite Weather Watchers photos nearby Report for Golborne, Wigan bob englandReported , Manchester Tony LyonsReported , Manchester TicklespoonReported , Oldham Wonky AlReported
Weatherwatch: AI model beats standard methods at predicting cyclones
The aftermath of Cyclone Gezani in Toamasina, Madagascar, in February. AI forecasting systems could give residents an extra day of warning of extreme storms. Photograph: Zo Andrianjafy/Reuters View image in fullscreen The aftermath of Cyclone Gezani in Toamasina, Madagascar, in February. AI forecasting systems could give residents an extra day of warning of extreme storms. Photograph: Zo Andrianjafy/Reuters Weatherwatch: AI model beats standard methods at predicting cyclones Artificial intelligence system delivers a three-day forecast as accurate as previous two-day predictions Google’s WeatherNext AI model is better than existing systems at forecasting cyclones, according to a paper published in Nature. The AI-based technology gives an extra day of warning, providing a three-day forecast for hurricanes or typhoons that is as accurate as previous two-day predictions. But this is just one AI tool transforming weather forecasting, part of a gradual shift that has been gaining momentum over the past year. Numerical forecasting dates back more than a century to Weather Prediction , a book , who was a pioneering Met Office mathematician. At that time, the calculations had to be carried out by hand. It took more than six weeks to generate a daily forecast, making the method impractical until the introduction of computers. Even with modern supercomputers, processing power can still be a limiting factor. AI sidesteps this, because rather than having to make detailed calculations like physics models, it develops predictions based on patterns learned from training data. AI-based systems now rival conventional models for forecasting on several scales, especially longer-term predictions. And while they are not necessarily superior, they can produce comparable forecasts faster and at lower cost. There is resistance to AI in many areas. In weather forecasting though, it is generally being welcomed as a useful new capability.
Mount Mizhirgi avalanche death toll rises to 14, 3 climbers remain missing, Russia
Search-and-rescue operations in the Cherek District, Russia after deadly avalanche Kabardino-Balkarian Republic on September 6, 2026. Credit: MChS The Main Directorate of MChS for Kabardino-Balkaria received the first report of the avalanche at MSK ( UTC) on September 6. The report said an avalanche had descended from Mount Mizhirgi into the Bezengi Gorge and struck a group of climbers travelling along a mountain route. Initial information placed 15 people in the group, including two reported dead, three injured and 10 trapped beneath the avalanche. MChS subsequently identified this as a preliminary count. By MSK ( UTC) on September 7, MChS had corrected the group total to 33. Ten climbers had descended without assistance, six injured climbers had been transported to medical facilities, 11 had died and six remained missing. MChS said 56 personnel were being mobilized for the operation on September 7, including 27 rescuers from its Elbrus high-mountain search-and-rescue unit. Difficult terrain and continuing avalanche danger complicated access to the site. Operations were suspended at MSK ( UTC) on September 7 after adverse weather prevented the full rescue contingent from being transferred to the mountain. Twelve MChS specialists remained at the site, while 46 personnel were held ready at the Bezengi alpine camp. MChS said the work was also complicated a mountain cornice. These later collapses should be distinguished from the original avalanche, whose precise trigger has not been officially established. Searches resumed on September 8, with 12 rescuers working on the slope. Another mass descended from the mountain cornice that morning without injuring rescue personnel. Teams subsequently recovered another body, raising the death toll to 12 and reducing the number of missing climbers to five. A Mi-8 helicopter was used to survey the mountain and transport specialists to the search area. A municipal-level emergency regime was in effect in Cherek District. By MSK ( UTC) on September 8, search-and-rescue work had again been suspended because of worsening weather. MChS said 12 bodies had been evacuated a law-enforcement investigative team. Operations resumed at MSK ( UTC) on September 9. Rescuers searching the slope and the foot of Mount Mizhirgi found another body, raising the toll to 13 and leaving four climbers missing. MChS said 41 personnel were at the site at that stage of the operation. A second body was recovered later on September 9, taking the death toll to 14 and reducing the number of missing climbers to three. MChS said the bodies recovered that day were flown to Nalchik and transferred to law-enforcement personnel. At MSK ( UTC), MChS suspended the operation after another snow-and-ice mass descended in the Bezengi Gorge.
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