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View All 9Travellers ordered to leave illegal site right next to ultra-high-security nuclear weapons factory
A High Court judge has ordered a group of travellers to leave an illegal site just a stone's throw from an ultra-high-security nuclear weapons factory. Traveller families were found to have deliberately defied a court injunction by moving onto the land and continuing to build on the encampment near the Atomic Weapons Establishment (Awe) at Aldermaston in Berkshire. Judge Sylvia de Bertodano, delivering her ruling, warned that letting them stay would make future court orders "entirely toothless"."However, it cannot be right that if they ride roughshod over the orders of this court, they will succeed in defeating their purpose," the judge said.One family was exempted from the order, having occupied the site before the injunction was served.The dispute has been rumbling on since last year, when the group erected 13 static homes on land facing the sprawling Aldermaston campus - the largest of Britain's three nuclear warhead manufacturing sites.Hundreds of concerned residents signed a petition as building work progressed, with locals warning they were "anxious" and "fearing for their safety".West Berkshire Council responded by issuing a temporary stop notice in November after a planning application was lodged for the works, but construction carried on regardless.The council secured an injunction on December 18, served the following day, which barred further residential occupation and building activity - with an exception for one caravan housing a single family.Despite the order being extended into January, the site expanded to at least 22 separate pitches, the judgment revealed.The court received evidence that the travellers posed a risk to Britain's nuclear emergency preparedness. Tom Bennington, a senior civil servant within the Defence Nuclear Organisation, testified that rising population density near the facility was placing its operations under mounting strain.An Awe witness, referred to only as AE, told the court that caravans offered far less protection than brick-built structures, leaving vulnerable individuals inadequately sheltered near the nuclear site.TRAVELLERS - READ THE LATEST:Couple demand refund after travellers pitch up next to £3million homeTravellers take over college car park as students return for first day backTravellers who invaded local park to be 'trapped' as locals given 'unfortunate' updateCarolyn Richardson, who oversees the joint emergency-planning unit for three local authorities, warned that a nuclear incident could force responders to redirect resources towards the caravan site, potentially at the expense of established residents.However, she noted the Office for Nuclear Regulation had not formally deemed the existing plan inadequate."I make it clear that this factor is not determinative of my decision, but it is right that I should refer to it as a particular concern," the judge said.Dr Pearce, appearing on behalf of the residents, contended that the actual risk was minimal given the relatively small number of additional dwellings, and that bolstering the emergency plan with extra resources could resolve any shortcomings. The judge found his evidence did little to ease her concerns.Judge de Bertodano acknowledged the families' rights to private and family life and weighed the welfare of children on the site, but concluded it could not be "right" to use bringing "children onto a site in disobedience to an injunction as a trump card to defeat its purpose".She dismissed the residents' accounts of when they had arrived as "entirely unconvincing".Sixteen planning applications filed in May were found to be incorrectly completed and therefore invalid, leaving no live application before the council at the time of the hearing.The exact departure date remains to be finalised following further written submissions, with the judge expected to rule on the matter by September 14. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
Raging Argentina to file criminal charges against oil firm drilling off Falkland Islands
The Argentine Government is set to file criminal charges against an oil firm involved in a drilling project off the coast of the Falkland Islands. Javier Milei's administration has confirmed it will launch legal proceedings against several subsidiaries of Navitas, the Israeli firm which owns a 65 per cent stake in the Sea Lion oil project. British company Rockhopper Exploration owns the remaining 35 per cent.The criminal complaint has specifically targeted Navitas Petroleum Development & Production Ltd, Navitas Petroleum Atlantic United, Navitas Petroleum LP, JHI Associates Inc and Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd, alongside the Israeli firm's executives. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Argentina has accused the oil firm of "holding licenses granted by the illegitimate Government of the United Kingdom" to exploit natural resources sitting below the South Atlantic in the North Falkland Basin. The criminal case has targeted directors, managers and any representatives from the company who have been involved in the Sea Lion project. Navitas has insisted it has always acted “in accordance with the laws of the Falkland Islands, with the approval of the Falkland Islands Government and with the full support of the Government of the United Kingdom”.A spokesman for the firm said: “We wish to emphasise that the law has always been our guiding principle. We have always acted, and will continue to act, in accordance with the law. "The company is not a party to the dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom.”. Buenos Aires has previously claimed oil drilling around the British territory is "illegal" and sanctioned Navitas directly in December 2025.Sea Lion lies around 136 miles north of the Falklands in the South Atlantic.The oil field is believed to contain the equivalent of around 900 million barrels of black gold and sits approximately 1.6 miles beneath the seabed, itself at a depth of nearly 1,500 feet.The Falkland Islands Government will receive a nine per cent royalty on revenues from the field, alongside a 26 per cent corporation tax on profits.In the early hours of Friday morning, Mr Milei warned that drilling was due to start within months and declared that Argentina "will not allow it" during a national address. THE FALKLAND ISLANDS - READ THE LATEST:Javier Milei declares Falkland Islands should be ceded to Argentina in Hong Kong-style dealRobert Jenrick slams Labour for being 'too weak' on Falklands with warning over imminent 'betrayal'Donald Trump now reviewing US position on Falkland IslandsHe said: "That means that if we do not act swiftly in a few months, they will have the material capacity to access the oil that lies underneath our sea. Something that has never happened before."That means that our national claim is facing a clear and present danger, and requires a proportional response. "We will not allow it," he bristled.The Argentine leader also threatened to fast-track sanctions against oil firms operating "under the British occupation" of the Falkland Islands.British explorers first set foot on the islands before Argentina existed as an independent state.Though the spat with Navitas comes amid a period of unusually warm ties between Israel and Argentina. On Monday evening, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir accused Britain of "occupying" the Falklands and called for Benjamin Netanyahu to back Argentina's claim in response to Labour's sanctions against Israel over settlements in the West Bank."The British are not content with merely occupying the territory; they also carry out oil drilling there and steal the money from the Argentine people," he blasted. Mr Ben-Gvir did not acknowledge the Israeli firm's involvement in the Sea Lion project. During his national address, Mr Milei said Britain was a nation "in decline" as he vowed to "reclaim" the South Atlantic territory. By Wednesday morning, £1 was worth just shy of 2,050 Argentina pesos.He said: “In the world, the winds are blowing favourably for our claim right now. The Falklands are our future - we need to recover these islands which are nationally relevant. There is no other path forward.”Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
Woman says divorcing controlling husband cost her £105k
Annabelle Boucher says coercive control needs to be considered A woman who endured years of abusive controlling behaviour -husband says it has cost her more than £105,000 to divorce him. Annabelle Boucher, 48, from Somerset, wants the law changed after she paid £75,000 to David Rogers, 61, despite him admitting to coercive and controlling behaviour, and legal costs. "I thought being stuck in this relationship I couldn't get out of would be highlighted within the divorce procedure," Boucher said. "But the divorce law doesn't take into account the fact that he was a criminal." The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it had begun a consultation to reform the law so "family courts meet the needs of domestic abuse victims". Boucher, a mother from Chiselborough, said Rogers had come into her life in "a whirlwind" in 2017 and the pair got married two years later. The divorce was finalised in September 2025 while criminal proceedings were ongoing. In April 2026, Rogers pleaded guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour at Taunton Crown Court and was given a 20-month suspended prison sentence. Boucher said she knew there was going to be a financial split with the divorce but added she had always kept her family home and Rogers had kept his, and they paid bills separately. She ended up paying Rogers a lump sum of £75,000 and more than £30,000 in legal costs. "I cannot believe, in this day and age, in 2025, when my divorce was finalised, [criminal proceedings] do not have any implication at all," she added.
Funeral for officer killed in A66 crash to take place
PC Matthew Blades was killed on 22 August while on duty for Cleveland Police The funeral of one of the two police officers killed in a wrong-way crash is to take place later. PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, died when a Volkswagon Passat collided with their marked armed response car on the A66 at South Bank, near Middlesbrough, on 22 August. Five young men were also killed. Road closures will be in place in Hartlepool for PC Blades' funeral from BST to allow for a full police ceremonial funeral. Speaking on behalf of his family, Cleveland Police Federation chair Lauren Somerville said "life feels unbearably quiet" without the father-of-two's "silly jokes" and laughter. Officers had been pursuing the Passat for almost seven minutes after it was connected to earlier alleged criminal activity, but the pursuit was abandoned 10 seconds before the crash when it turned onto the dual carriageway, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. PC Blades and PC Clough were in a vehicle looking for the Passat after its cloned registration plates triggered an automated number plate recognition camera, although they were not involved in the pursuit, according to the IOPC. Cole Worthy and Theo Rae, both 17, Makai Saddington, 18, and 23-year-olds Michael Cahill and Jakub Matusiak also died in the crash. PC Matthew Blades had previously been an English teacher Hutton Avenue in Hartlepool will be closed from the junction with Mulgrave Road, alongside St Paul's Road and South Road from the junction with Mitchell Street. Vehicles still parked on these roads after BST will be removed. The school remembered him as an "intelligent, kind and approachable teacher" who "gave generously of himself to the young people in his care". Follow BBC Tees on X,, external Facebook, external, Nextdoor and Instagram, external and listen to Radio Tees on BBC Sounds. Do you have a story suggestion for BBC Tees?
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View All 10US midterm elections: Key takeaways from New Hampshire primaries
Voters cast their ballots in the primary for midterm elections at Sanbornton Town Hall, New Hampshire, US, September 8, 2026. New Hampshire voters have not elected a Republican senator since 2010, potentially losing a Democratic Senate seat in the November midterms [CJ Gunther/Getty via AFP] 9 Sep 20269 Sep 2026 Republican John E Sununu and Democrat Chris Pappas have won their primary elections in New Hampshire and will compete for a United States Senate seat that could flip the chamber in November.
Why US-Iran war over Hormuz is threatening the Gulf’s waters
9 Sep 20269 Sep 2026 The United States-Iran war is increasingly being fought at sea, with both sides targeting oil tankers and other vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
TSA brings back gate access for some people without plane tickets 25 years after 9/11
TSA brings back gate access for some without plane tickets 25 years after 9/11 The move is a start toward reviving a tradition that largely disappeared after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks 25 years ago this week. National TSA brings back gate access for some people without plane tickets 25 years after 9/11 September 9, 20261:41 AM ET By The Associated Press FILE - Travelers walk through a TSA security checkpoint at Reagan National Airport in Washington, March 24, 2026. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP LAS VEGAS — Airport security checkpoints have been the end of the line since soon after the 9/11 attacks for most friends and relatives who want to see off departing passengers. That is changing at some U. National It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11 The Transportation Security Administration is allowing eligible TSA PreCheck members without tickets to pass through security and enter gate areas, reviving a tradition that largely disappeared after the attacks 25 years ago this week. "As an exclusive benefit for our most trusted travelers, this new program makes it easier to return to the gate for welcomes and send-offs, meet friends during a layover, and enjoy dining and shopping along the way, bringing back the moments that once defined air travel," TSA said on its website. The program, called Gateside " is free, but interested members must apply online one to three days before their planned visits and receive approval before going to the airport. If approved, they can enter security using a TSA PreCheck lane with an acceptable form of identification. The passes are valid for one calendar day, but reentries are allowed on that day. TSA says members of other trusted-traveler programs who have a Known Traveler Number also can apply for access to the gates. The program is initially available at 13 airports, including Los Angeles International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City International Airport, according to TSA. The agency says it plans to expand the program to more airports in the coming months. Before the Sept. 11 attacks, individuals without tickets generally could accompany ticketed passengers to their gates. The attacks prompted sweeping changes to airport security, including restrictions on access to secure areas of airports. NPR does not offer or accept money for coverage or interviews. Anyone who makes such an offer or request is not an NPR employee and does not represent NPR.
U.S. military says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after attacks on Navy warship
S. military destroys 5 Iranian oil tankers The U. S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships. Iran hit American targets in Jordan. S. military says it destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after attacks on Navy warship September 9, 20261:20 AM ET By The Associated Press A motorboat travels past commercial vessels anchored amid haze in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP WASHINGTON — The U. S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back toward open hostilities in a more than 6-month-old war. Middle East conflict After 6 months of war, Iran's battered regime remains entrenched Following the American strikes, Iran launched missiles toward U. S. targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said. Jordan's military said its air defense systems intercepted 18 ballistic missiles launched toward its territory and two others fell in places where no one lives. It said it has no reports of casualties. Jordan is a staunch U. S. ally that hosts American forces, making the kingdom's military bases a target of repeat Iranian strikes. Central Command said it had no information to offer. The latest strikes are part of a dual economic and military approach . The Trump administration on Tuesday also imposed sanctions on additional elements of Iran's aviation industry, targeting more than two dozen commercial and private airlines as well as foreign cargo service providers, in its new push to isolate Tehran from its remaining trading partners. S. and Iran are seeking to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz, where about one-fifth of the world's oil passed before the war began. Rising energy prices are posing political problems for Trump and his Republican Party ahead of the November midterm elections. A barrel of international standard Brent crude briefly climbed as high as $99.46 on Tuesday. S. forces also destroyed three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday after Iran's Revolutionary Guards tried to attack a U. S. aircraft carrier and destroyer with ballistic missiles, warning that it would, "if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet." Iran later said it planned to announce a new "exclusion zone" near the Strait of Hormuz aimed at vessels intending to transit.
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View All 10Shaheen wins Democratic primary for New Hampshire House seat left open by Pappas
Campaign Shaheen wins Democratic primary for New Hampshire House seat left open - 09/08/26 PM ET - 09/08/26 PM ET NOW PLAYING Stefany Shaheen, a health tech entrepreneur and daughter of Sen. H.), is projected to narrowly defeat state Democratic Party Vice Chair Maura Sullivan in the bitter Democratic primary for outgoing Rep. H.) seat with 90% of precincts reporting, according to Decision Desk HQ. Stefany Shaheen and Sullivan, a former top official at the Veterans Affairs Department during the Obama administration, were among nine candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. Pappas vacated his seat to run for retiring Sen. H.) seat. The House primary turned nasty in recent months, with Sullivan airing an ad calling Shaheen a “fancy last name” and claiming the younger Shaheen felt “entitled” to New Hampshirites’ votes. Meanwhile, Stefany Shaheen accused Sullivan of taking money from donors with ties to Palantir, a major contractor for the U. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Both Palantir’s ties to ICE and AIPAC have come under fire in Democratic primaries this cycle amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown as well as party disagreements over U. In the Republican primary, car dealership owner Anthony DiLorenzo and businesswoman Hollie Noveletsky have led in the polls for the GOP nod. DiLorenzo is backed by Trump. DDHQ forecasts the House seat is “likely” to remain in Democratic hands in November. Stefany Shaheen joins a handful of candidates following in a family members’ footsteps this year. Republican Trever Nehls won a Texas house primary for his brother’s — Rep. Troy Nehls’s (R) — seat in Texas, while Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Texas) won the special election succeed her late father in the House and Michael Alfonso, the son-in-law of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, could win a House seat in Wisconsin. Not all “nepo” candidates have succeeded in their runs, however. Jack Schlossberg, the grandson to former President John F. Kennedy, lost his House bid in New York. Jonathan Bush, the nephew of the late President George H. Bush, and Angus King III, the son of Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), both lost their primary bids for Maine governor. Add as preferred source on Google Tags Adelita Grijalva Chris Pappas Chris Pappas Democratic Party Jeanne Shaheen Jeanne Shaheen Maura Sullivan Maura Sullivan New Hampshire Stefany Shaheen Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media Inc. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Charlotte food bank receives 270,000 eggs as part of NC Attorney General’s settlement with producers
State Watch Charlotte food bank receives 270,000 eggs as part of NC Attorney General’s settlement with producers - 09/08/26 PM ET - 09/08/26 PM ET NOW PLAYING North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson (D) announced Tuesday that a Charlotte food bank received 270,000 eggs as part of his antitrust settlement with three of the country’s largest egg producers. Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina in Charlotte accepted the donation, after food banks in Raleigh and Winston-Salem received eggs last month. Five more deliveries are planned across the state for this month, with North Carolina food banks set to receive nearly 3 million eggs in total, according to Jackson’s office. The donations are the result of the settlement Jackson, 16 other state attorneys general of both parties and the Justice Department (DOJ) reached in June with egg producers Cal-Maine, Hickman’s Family Farms and Versova. The average price of a dozen of grade A eggs in the U. S. increased from $1.93 in January 2022 to a 20-year peak of $6.23 in March 2025, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). General inflation and the impact of bird flu on the chicken supply contributed to the increase in egg prices. Egg prices have since fallen to $2.19 per dozen as of July, per the BLS. As part of the settlement with the DOJ and 17 attorneys general, Cal-Maine, Hickman’s Family Farms and Versova had to donate more than 50 million eggs to food banks across the country, end their coordination to manipulate price benchmarks, adopt compliance measures and cooperate with state-level oversight. Add as preferred source on Google Tags Cal-Maine Charlotte Hickman's Family Farms Jeff Jackson Jeff Jackson Justice Department Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Versova Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media Inc. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 3 hours ago Campaign / 3 hours ago
Merz’s SPD partners rebel after far-right rout
The center-left party's strategic pivot is likely to deepen Merz’s myriad challenges as questions mount over his ability to lead Germany’s relatively weak coalition government.
Chris Mason: Burnham looks to show he will go further than Starmer with West Bank sanctions
There is little doubt that the UK's decision to ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is another significant shift in Britain's posture in the Middle East. The announcement from the Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, with the Prime Minister Andy Burnham alongside him in the House of Commons, comes almost exactly a year after the UK formally recognised a Palestinian state. And it comes garnished with blunt language about Israel's conduct. This latest announcement is both a logical extension of that decision of 12 months ago, senior figures argue, but also, in words and actions, an expression of Burnham's desire to go further than his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer was willing to. It is, Miliband believes, a re-assertion of the logic of eventually arriving at a two-state solution – a viable Palestinian state alongside Israel. The foreign secretary passionately argued that the UK did have agency and could act – and to do nothing would amount to failure. "A strategy of passivity in the face of what is happening is not a strategy," is how Miliband put it in an interview with Jewish News, external. There is a pride among his team that after a diplomatic effort over the summer, there is a breadth to the coordinated international action on this, with 11 other countries, including France and Canada, sharing the same approach. "We provided a convening and coordinating role in pulling this together," one source told me, "but we didn't have to convince others to do this. They were coming to the same view themselves, so we agreed we should all go out and say this at the same time." The hope is that coordinated action increases the likelihood that the measures will have an impact and minimises the blowback to any one country from Israel or America. UK officials had anticipated one likely reaction from Israel would be the enforced closure of the British consulate in Jerusalem, which has indeed happened. And while there is a weary acknowledgement that no one can be certain what President Donald Trump might say next about anything ever, it is noted in Whitehall that the initial reaction of the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was pretty understated. As for the domestic political context, plenty in the Labour movement and the wider British left have long clamoured for this to happen. Around 140 Labour MPs went public with this demand at the beginning of the summer, and Burnham was explicit in his criticism of his predecessor's approach to the Middle East, writing in July: "Labour's initial response to the treatment of Gaza caused huge hurt.
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View All 10Horizons Middle East & Africa 9/9/2026 (Video)
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Iran says it hit American vessels, oil tankers in Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. strikes
Livestream Menu Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they struck two U. S. vessels and eight oil tankers in the Gulf. The operation targeted "10 offending vessels that were inciting and supporting the U. S." and "caused a lot of damage," it said. S. military on Tuesday destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers, responding to the IRGC firing ballistic missiles at an American warship. Sailors conduct flight operations aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. Bush is deployed to the U. S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. Navy Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps said Wednesday they struck two American vessels and eight oil tankers in the Gulf, retaliating against the U. S. for destroying five Iranian tankers. The claim marks the latest exchange in a conflict that has pushed Brent crude to near $100 a barrel, as the two sides traded strikes along one of the world's most critical oil corridors. The IRGC said the targeted vessels had attempted to cross an area of the Hormuz Strait it had designated "forbidden and unsafe," according to a statement published by semi-official Tasnim News Agency. S. military on Tuesday destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers, responding to the IRGC firing ballistic missiles at an American warship twice over the past two days, according to U. S. warship successfully evaded Iranian attack and no American personnel were harmed, Centcom said in a statement. S. forces struck four tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Centcom said. They are the M/T Kaviz, M/T Charminar, M/T Horizon 1 and M/T Riesco. The military hit the M/T Derya near Iran's Kharg Island. "American forces directed the crews to abandon ship before the vessels were struck and rendered inoperable," Centcom said. S. and Iran have traded new attacks in the Persian Gulf in recent days, rekindling hostilities in the region even as the Trump administration shifts its strategy toward defeating Tehran economically. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a post on X late Tuesday, dismissed the U. S. sanctions as a rehash of a failed strategy. "After failing to achieve its aims through sanctions or war, Washington's 'novel' solution is…more sanctions. S. military destroyed three Iranian tankers on Saturday in retaliation for the Guard firing ballistic missiles at an aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer. Those attacks also failed, Centcom said. Earlier Tuesday, Centcom said an unmanned submersible that Iran reportedly seized in the Strait of Hormuz was "defective" and carried no sensitive data or classified equipment. "An underwater drone operated by U.
G10’s ‘surprise’ currency star could stumble as peers hike interest rates
Livestream Menu The British pound has gained against many of its peers in the year to date, though strength from earlier has begun to fade. Traders thought the Bank of England may be pushed to hike interest rates in response to an inflationary shock from the Iran war, but the central bank is now seen as more dovish than those in the euro area and the U. Sterling faces a further test from the October budget which will be closely watched for its impact on the U. K.' s growth trajectory, debt levels and borrowing costs. DXY JPY= VIDEO7:2407:24 UK PM stuck between Labour's election pledges and bond market: Analyst Squawk Box Europe The British pound has largely shrugged off another change of government and geopolitical shocks to outperform many of its peers this year, but the currency's recent weakness could be set to deepen. Sterling has gained around 1.6% against the euro year-to-date, adding 2.8% against the Swiss franc, 4.9% against the Swedish krona and 1% against the Canadian dollar. It is near-flat against the U. S. dollar over the same period and down 1.3% against the Japanese yen. The resignation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer on July 20 left Britain facing its seventh leader in 10 years, with markets watching closely whether a new administration would hold to the "fiscal rules" repeatedly emphasized . K. borrowing costs have risen under Starmer's quickly appointed successor Andy Burnham, also of the center-left Labour Party, but that has occurred in lockstep with a global government bond sell-off. Matthew Ryan, head of market strategy at financial services firm Ebury, said that a "clean and orderly transition of power" had "removed a potential banana skin and eased the perceived political risk premium attached to the pound." In a Friday note, Ryan said sterling had been "the surprise outperformer" among the G10 group of wealthy nations over the past three months, tying this to an unexpectedly resilient U. Gross domestic product grew by 0.4% in the second quarter, following 0.6% expansion in the first quarter — one of the strongest performances among advanced economies. Sunny weather and excitement around the FIFA World Cup boosted consumer spending, while business activity remained surprisingly resilient despite the volatile geopolitical backdrop. The pound also drew support at the start of the Iran conflict in April on outsized market expectations for a monetary policy response to inflation fears from the Bank of England, Jane Foley, senior FX strategist at Rabobank, told CNBC.
Europe turns to carbon capture in bid to clamp down on emissions
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View All 10Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid
Sometimes founders search high and low for the right startup idea, while other times it comes to them. Federico Felici and Jonas Buchli are two of the lucky ones. Over and over again, they heard the same thing from fusion companies: “We would ideally buy many of the components to make our our control system, but there isn’t really anybody providing them — and especially there isn’t anybody who speaks the language of fusion,” Felici told TechCrunch. For years, the two founders have worked to develop new ways to control experimental fusion devices. “We spent quite a lot of our time solving exactly the problems that our customers need to solve,” he said. “It felt like the right time.” To capitalize on the opportunity, Felici and Buchli founded Lausanne-based Fusionality this year and quickly raised a $3.7 million (CHF 3 million) pre-seed round from Founderful and Playfair. Felici serves as the company’s CEO, Buchli its CTO. Fusionality is part of an emerging supply chain that has popped up to serve the burgeoning fusion power industry. Some startups, like Kyoto Fusioneering, are developing components that will help fusion startups turn their engineering breakthroughs into electricity for the grid, while others are existing manufacturers with the skills required to turn out high-precision parts. Yet few companies specialize in the hardware and software required to control the fusion reactors themselves. “Across the industry, many companies make their own control systems from scratch,” Felici said. “But actually, 80% of each company’s control system is really exactly the same.” Fusion power plants generate electricity , which is more likely to occur in a superheated plasma. But plasmas are fickle, and maintaining the proper temperature, shape, and fuel level requires split-second decision-making. The control systems used to maintain those conditions are complex to develop and deploy, but much of the fundamental physics is consistent across reactor designs. Fusionality plans to build off that commonality to develop a suite of control systems and simulation environments which startups can then fine-tune to work with their specific design. Felici and Buchli met while teaching AI to control an experimental tokamak — a donut-shaped device researchers use to study fusion power. Felici was working at EPFL in Switzerland, which houses one such tokamak, while Buchli was working at Google DeepMind. Later, Felici moved to Google DeepMind, where he developed simulations and machine learning interfaces for fusion devices. Felici said AI will “play an important role in future control systems,” but that it’s not quite ready to tackle the entire challenge. “I wouldn’t be somebody who advocates for AI to take the role of controlling the entire fusion reactor,” he said.
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CloudNC raises $20M to automate manufacturing’s most pressing bottlenecks
UK-based manufacturing software startup CloudNC announced a $20 million B extension round on Wednesday, bringing its lifetime total raised amount to $128 million. The company’s last major raise was four years ago, its co-founder and CEO Theo Saville told TechCrunch. Saville launched CloudNC in 2015 with Chris Emery, now the company’s chief science officer, and offers AI-powered CAM Assist software that automates parts of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining. CNC is the process of using computer-controlled machines to cut or shape materials precisely into the parts that are then used in automotive, defense, or consumer hardware industries. Before a part can be cut, Saville said, a machinist or a computer-aided manufacturing programmer has to decide issues like how a part should be held or what tools should be used, Saville said. They typically use powerful CAM software to help with this ideation phase, and although some of these tools can help users create part features or known part patterns, that’s different from looking at the part and generating an execution strategy an expert would actually want to use. “Traditional CAM systems are powerful, but in most workflows, they are still tools that allow programmers to manually specify how a part should be machined,” Saville said. This is where his CAM Assist comes in, a software that plugs into traditional CAM systems, like Autodesk Fusion or Mastercam, to help machinists and programmers make more efficient strategic manufacturing decisions. “It selects suitable tools, approach directions, and cutting feeds and speeds, and then drafts the code required to tell the CNC machine what to do,” Saville said. : CloudNC From there, the user reviews, edits, and approves the results. Saville said the goal was to help skilled workers be more “efficient and productive,” rather than removing expert judgment from the process. If “traditional CAM is a powerful toolkit,” he said, then “CAM Assist is more like an expert assistant sitting alongside the programmer, automating much of the first-pass thinking and repetitive setup so the human can review, improve, and approve the approach.” Saville said more than 1,000 machine shops worldwide use CAM Assist, and 80% of the company’s customer base, which includes both manufacturers and companies, is in the U. With a team of 80 employees, the company’s biggest goal is scaling adoption. “This makes this the right time to raise additional capital,” he said. Investors in the round include Nimble Ventures, which led the round, Calculus Venture Capital, Entrepreneur First, and LM Capital, Lockheed Martin’s venture arm. “The funding allows us to support wider take-up of CAM Assist, strengthen our go-to-market operations, expand in existing and new markets, and develop new products such as Quote Agent.” The premise behind Quote Agent, which targets manufacturers, is similar to CAM Assist.
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View All 10The trail of clues that suggest our planet might be heating faster than we realised
ByJustin Rowlatt Climate Editor This July, during Britain's record-breaking hot summer, a curious row broke out on X over climate science. Reform's deputy leader Richard Tice shared a Telegraph article headlined: "Heatwaves caused ." He said cleaner air, rather than carbon dioxide, was behind higher temperatures and claimed the public had been "gaslit". He was wrong to suggest that carbon dioxide is not the primary driver of global warming. But the science he was distorting is real - and much more interesting than his original claim. The fossil fuels that we've been burning for more than a century produce two very different kinds of pollution. As is well known, carbon dioxide warms the Earth. But less well-known is sulphur pollution, which forms vast numbers of tiny particles in the air and reflects sunlight back into space, partly counteracting the warming effect of carbon. Thanks to clean-air policies around the world - like the US's Acid Rain Program in the early 1990s, that reduced gas pollution from power plants - sulphur emissions are falling sharply while carbon dioxide emissions remain near record highs. Scientists increasingly believe the loss of that cooling effect is slightly speeding up global warming. The past three years were the three warmest ever recorded, and the Met Office says 2027 is "very likely" to replace 2024 as the warmest year on record. And away from social media, the argument over Tice's tweet raised an even more interesting - and worrying - question. Is it possible that our planet is actually more sensitive to greenhouse gases than we imagined? And if so, might the climate be changing more rapidly than we feared? Dust on the greenhouse Global temperatures jump around naturally from year to year. El Niño, for example, a natural warming of the Pacific Ocean, can temporarily push them higher. So a run of record hot years does not necessarily mean the underlying rate of global warming has increased. Reto Knutti and his team at ETH Zurich have tried to strip out the effects of El Niño and other natural fluctuations to reveal the underlying trend. "It's pretty clear that the rate of warming has accelerated," says Knutti, a professor of climate physics at the Swiss university and a former co-ordinating lead author for the IPCC - the UN-backed body that produces the world's most authoritative assessments of climate science. A separate study published this year reached a similar conclusion after accounting for several major natural influences.
Did Venus eat its own moon?
Venus is often referred to as Earth's twin due to its size, mass, rocky composition, and distance from the sun, but there are some glaring differences between the two planets. Aside from Venus' blisteringly hot temperature, which could melt lead, incredible surface pressure, violent high-speed winds, and clouds of sulfuric acid, one of the key differences between Earth and Venus can be seen from afar. While our planet has a constant companion in the form of the moon, Venus lacks a moon of its own. In fact, the only solar system planets lacking moons are Venus, the second planet from the sun, and Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. One question that scientists have puzzled over for years is whether Venus always lacked a moon, or if the hottest planet in the solar system once had a natural satellite and somehow lost it. Now, a team of researchers may have arrived at an answer, determining the fate that would have befallen a hypothetical moon orbiting Venus. "I have always had a fascination with moon formation and evolution in the solar system, and particularly with Venus since my research is centered around its evolution and potential for past habitability," team leader Stephen R. Kane of the University of California, Riverside told Space. com. "Venus is Earth's twin, and both are nearly identical in size, mass, and composition. The team modelled a gravitational tug-of-war between Venus, a hypothetical moon, and the sun, following this forward over billions of years. "This is the same physics that governs our own moon, which is slowly drifting away from Earth. We ran the calculations across a wide range of possibilities for how fast Venus was spinning and how massive its moon might have been, using two independent mathematical descriptions of how tides work," Kane explained. The researcher said that this was done so the conclusions reached wouldn't hinge on one set of assumptions. They found in most cases a Venusian moon would not drift safely outward the way ours does. Instead, the modelling showed that a moon orbiting Venus would eventually reverse its course and spiral inward, causing it to be torn apart 's gravity. Kane and colleagues found that possessing an intimidating size wouldn't guarantee a Venusian moon's survival, either. "An interesting aspect is that a heavier moon is destroyed faster, since a massive moon would drain Venus's spin so efficiently that it hastens its destruction," Kane added.
Stoke Space raises $1 billion for fully reusable rockets, targets 'early 2027' for 1st-ever launch
The Kent, Washington-based company just raised $1 billion via its"Series E" capital campaign, bringing Stoke’s total investor haul to $2.3 billion. The Sept. 8 announcement provided a development update for Stoke’s fully reusable Nova Pathfinder launch vehicle and included plans for its never-before-seen Nova Block 2 rocket, a more powerful system designed to be able to deliver up to 15 tons to low Earth orbit (LEO). “We are humbled ,” said Andy Lapsa, Stoke CEO and co-founder. “This investment enables us to scale toward delivering the capability and cadence our customers require.” Nova Pathfinder is Stoke’s first orbital launch vehicle (the largest first rocket ever undertaken by a U. S. launch company, according to Stoke), and is based on the same technologies the company is building into its Block 2 design. Both two-stage vehicles are being manufactured with full and rapid reusability in mind, with Pathfinder serving as the proving ground for that architecture. Pathfinder's first stage is powered -designed full-flow, staged-combustion (FFSC) Zenith rocket engines, fueled (LNG). The first stage on Nova Block 2 will be equipped with 14 Zeniths. Stoke calls FFSC “perhaps the most difficult rocket engine cycle to develop,” but highlights its advantages; the tech leaves fewer residuals like soot around the engines and reduces the amount of maintenance needed between flights, according to the company. The upper stage of both rockets is the more atypical approach to spacecraft design, compared to other vehicles of the same launch class. The aft end of Nova’s second stage is designed with a heat shield to protect the vehicle during reentry through Earth’s atmosphere. Instead of the ceramic tiles historically used on the heat shields of previous spacecraft, the dome-like structure at the base of Nova’s upper stage is made of metal, which is actively cooled ’s Andromeda propulsion system. Rather than a single large, vacuum-optimized engine bell at its center, Nova’s upper stage features 12 small dual-thrust chambers integrated into a circle around the outer edges of the vehicle’s heat shield. Stoke successfully completed a “hopper” test flight of Pathfinder’s upper stage engine system in 2023, flying the vehicle about 30 feet (10 meters) into the air before it safely touched down. Andromeda upper stage engine and integral re-entry heat shield. ( Space)Scaling up to Block 2, Stoke plans to equip the upper-stage system with independent systems for each of the 12 engines, potentially increasing thrust by over a factor of five, according to the company.
Scientists discover a powerful new antivenom hidden in rattlesnake blood
Scientists are turning snakes’ own venom defenses into an antivenom that proved about 10 times more potent than a current treatment in laboratory tests. Date: September 8, 2026 Source: University of Maryland Summary: Researchers discovered that combinations of toxin-blocking proteins naturally found in rattlesnake blood can powerfully neutralize venom from several dangerous snake species. In lab tests, the mixtures were about 10 times more potent than a current commercial antivenom, pointing toward a new generation of nature-inspired snakebite treatments. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email FULL STORY Scientists have found a striking new way to fight deadly snakebites ’ own natural defenses. Credit: Shutterstock University of Maryland researchers have identified a promising new way to treat venomous snakebites ' own natural defenses. Their approach uses toxin-blocking proteins that western diamondback rattlesnakes evolved to protect themselves from venom. , the researchers achieved unusually strong protection against venom from several dangerous snake species. The study was led B. Carroll and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings could help researchers develop more powerful antivenoms for deadly snakebites, which remain a major health threat in some regions of the world. "This is one of those great stories when nature has already solved a problem we've been grappling with for decades," said Carroll, who also holds the Andrew and Mary Balo and Nicholas and Susan Simon Endowed Chair at UMD. The Global Challenge of Snakebites Snakebite is considered one of the world's most neglected tropical diseases. According to the World Health Organization, venomous snakes kill an estimated 80,000 to 140,000 people annually, while hundreds of thousands of survivors are left with permanent disabilities. Many of those affected live in rural areas where effective antivenom can be difficult to obtain. Existing antivenoms save lives, but they also have major drawbacks. Manufacturing these treatments can be costly, their quality and effectiveness can vary, and they may not work equally well against the many different toxins found in venom from different snake species. They can also cause serious immune reactions. Those limitations have pushed scientists to search for better options. In this case, the researchers turned to snakes themselves for clues. "We've known from anecdotes for 100 years that vipers tend to be resistant to their own venom," Carroll said. "But for a long time, nobody knew what exactly was circulating in their blood that protected them." A Natural Defense Hidden in Rattlesnake Blood In 2022, Carroll's laboratory found part of the answer: a protein called FETUA-3.
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View All 10Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
The report says severe food shortages could be among the effects of collapsing ecosystems. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA View image in fullscreen The report says severe food shortages could be among the effects of collapsing ecosystems. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis Zack Polanski will challenge Andy Burnham’s government to publish an unredacted version of an explosive report ’s spy chiefs that found the collapse of overseas ecosystems would have catastrophic consequences for the UK’s national security. The Green party leader in England will demand that the prime minister come clean about the scale and impact of the climate and nature crisis and call on the government to publish in full the report that warns the UK faces devastating security consequences. Speaking at the Wild Summit event in Bristol on Wednesday, Polanski will ask the prime minister: “Will you tell the truth – and release the full unredacted report from the joint intelligence chiefs? Or will you keep hiding the truth from the public?” The Guardian revealed last year that the report paints a devastating picture of severe food shortages, price rises, migration, political destabilisation and possible war, resulting from the collapse of ecosystems, fuelled -induced climate crisis and over-exploitation. A redacted 14-page version, including some of the report’s findings, was published in January but the government has repeatedly refused to publish the full version, despite repeated freedom of information requests from journalists and calls from MPs. Polanski, who is expected to be the Green party candidate in the upcoming byelection in Holborn and St Pancras, will argue that the extreme weather experienced a wake-up call for ministers. “It was a bleak preview of what is to come if we continue to allow the greed of corporations to come above the survival of our natural world – and all that relies on it. This must mark a turning point. Where we say: no more loss, no more quieting of birdsong, no more steady trickling of sewage and poison into our waters.” The report , revealed , shows that the UK will face catastrophic consequences from the collapse of key ecosystems in other countries. These include the Amazon rainforest, which scientists fear is reaching a “tipping point” triggered , which would turn the ecosystem from a huge absorber of carbon dioxide into a net source of carbon.
Q&A: What can – and cannot – be said about global warming’s role in the 2026 Himalayan floods
Article Contents Expand menu Close What happened? How did bedrock collapse trigger the flash floods? How have temperatures risen in the affected region? How have rising temperatures affected mountain stability? How have glaciers retreated in the affected region? Can the event be attributed to climate change? On the morning of 26 August, flash floods surged through a Himalayan border region of Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet, killing more than 1,300 people, with thousands still missing. In the days since the floods, scientists have examined satellite imagery, drone footage and seismic data in order to understand and explain the forces behind the event. While initial theories pinned the flood on a glacial collapse, scientists now understand the event as a “multi-hazard cascade”, which began with a bedrock collapse. Some climate sceptics have tried to use this to falsely claim that human-caused climate change had no impact on the event. Yet, scientists have noted that, while no formal attribution study has been carried out thus far, warming is making such ice-rock avalanches in the region more likely. Researchers have highlighted how rapid warming is dramatically reshaping Asia’s high-mountain region – and identified rising temperatures, glacier retreat and permafrost thaw as factors that may have all contributed to the disaster. Balendra Shah, Nepal’s prime minister, has called the floods a “serious signal that…the risks we must bear in the Himalayan region are increasing” due to climate change. Here, Carbon Brief unpacks what scientists currently know about the causes of the catastrophic event and what they can – and cannot – say about the role of climate change. What happened? How did bedrock collapse trigger the flash floods? How have temperatures risen in the affected region? How have rising temperatures affected mountain stability? How have glaciers retreated in the affected region? Can the event be attributed to climate change? A report published on 28 August . It said that events were set in motion on 26 August when a mass of bedrock, as well as the glacier ice on top of it, broke off a slope of Langtang-Lirung mountain in the Nepalese Himalaya, plunging from approximately 5,200 metres above sea level to the valley floor at 3,000 metres. The landslide shook the ground hard enough that, at 8:37am Nepal local time, the US Geological Survey (USGS) initially reported a magnitude 4.4 earthquake. Later that day, it clarified the shaking was caused , equivalent to a magnitude 5.2 earthquake. A large “debris” lake was briefly formed on the valley floor.
China’s industrial engine starts to break its fossil fuel habit
Share: X (Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Print Chinese industry is beginning to shift from fossil fuels to clean electricity, with wind, solar and batteries progressively displacing coal, oil and gas across the industrial sectors that made the country the world’s factory and largest carbon emitter, a new analysis shows. Clean electricity met all of China’s demand growth in 2025 and coal generation fell for the first time in a decade, even as electricity demand rose by 5%, the report found. Despite a rebound in coal power generation in the first half of 2026, the analysis -tank Ember found the growth in clean electricity illustrates a longer-term shift: a massive build-out of wind, solar energy and battery storage and deepening electrification of the economy are starting to make a dent in the fossil-fuel energy system supporting China’s industrial base. Log in here → Continue reading with free access For 15 years, Climate Home News has rigorously reported on the decisions shaping our climate. Join the community of readers who make this work possible. Join free and keep reading → It takes less than a minute. Chinese industry is beginning to shift from fossil fuels to clean electricity, with wind, solar and batteries progressively displacing coal, oil and gas across the industrial sectors that made the country the world’s factory and largest carbon emitter, a new analysis shows. Clean electricity met all of China’s demand growth in 2025 and coal generation fell for the first time in a decade, even as electricity demand rose by 5%, the report found. Despite a rebound in coal power generation in the first half of 2026, the analysis -tank Ember found the growth in clean electricity illustrates a longer-term shift: a massive build-out of wind, solar energy and battery storage and deepening electrification of the economy are starting to make a dent in the fossil-fuel energy system supporting China’s industrial base. China keeps Indonesia’s battery dream afloat but future less certain The research identifies early signs that a structural transformation of China’s industrial economy from coal, oil and gas to clean electricity is underway, even if changes on the ground are not yet reflected in national data. “The energy foundation of the Chinese industrial economy is shifting,” Muyi Yang, a senior energy analyst at Ember and the report’s lead author, told Climate Home News. “Fossil fuels are progressively being replaced in the many functions they have historically assumed.
Why it’s so hard to predict a tragedy like Nepal’s glacier collapse
On August 26, the side of a mountain near the border between Nepal and Tibet collapsed. Seven billion cubic feet of glacial ice and rock, enough to fill 100 football stadiums, crashed roughly a mile straight down into the river below. The impact created a muddy wall of water that swept through the valley as fast as 100 miles per hour, destroying villages dozens of miles downstream and killing more than 1,300 people. Thousands more remain missing. The scale of the disaster is extraordinary, even for a region accustomed to deadly floods and landslides. It will take months for scientists to confirm exactly what happened. But, they warn, one thing is already clear: As climate change melts icy landscapes worldwide, tragedies like this are more likely to happen. They are also incredibly hard to predict. “Glacial loss destabilizes slopes in many far-reaching ways that are often unpredictable and catastrophic,” said Mark Carey, a professor of environmental studies and geography at the University of Oregon who leads a lab that studies glaciers. Proactive research and monitoring have saved lives in some parts of the world, Carey said, but in a place like the Himalayas, where thousands of glaciers are spread over vast areas, “it’s impossible to predict everything and establish early warning systems everywhere.” The world’s glaciers have shrunk -fifth in the last century and are expected to lose at least another quarter of their mass by 2100. Each fraction of a degree of warming makes them vanish faster, with hundreds of billions of tons of ice lost each year. To support our nonprofit environmental journalism, please consider disabling your ad-blocker to allow ads on Grist. Here's How The downstream effects of this disappearing ice are complex and varied. Glaciers often buttress the sides of mountains and, as they retreat, newly exposed silt and rock can become unstable. The soil itself is also often glued together by a frozen layer known as permafrost, which helps lock slopes into place, but thaws when temperatures become too warm. Glacial meltwater can eat into the cracks in the bedrock, weakening it over time. All of these processes can result in sudden avalanches or rock slides — like one that caused a 1,500 foot tsunami in Alaska last summer, or possibly like the collapsed mountain slope in Nepal. It’s also common for retreating glaciers to leave behind ridges of dirt and rock, known as moraines, that trap meltwater and rain.
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View All 6Today: Sunny Intervals, Minimum Temperature: 9°C (47°F) Maximum Temperature: 18°C (64°F)
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High Risk Issued: Two-Day Severe Weather Outbreak Targets Balearic Islands, Italy and the Adriatic region
Severe weather outlook – forecast across Europe. This forecast highlights areas of organized severe weather, along with risk levels and severe weather threats across Europe. SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK Valid: 09/09/2026 06 UTC – 11/09/2026 06 UTC Issued by: Severe Weather Europe Forecaster: Marko Korošec SUMMARY *** A significant two-day severe weather outbreak is forecast across portions of western and northern Mediterranean from Wednesday through Friday afternoon this week. Moderate to extreme instability and strongly sheared environments combine for widespread thunderstorm activity with large to giant hail, severe winds, tornadoes, and damaging flash-flood potential from the Balearic Islands to southern France, northern Italy, and the Alps on Wednesday. Followed , Slovenia, Croatia, and across central Italy and the Central Adriatic region.*** A large, deep upper-level trough has emerged into western Europe and is moving east, with a strong blocking High to its east collapsing as it moves into Eastern Europe. Between these large-scale features, a strong southwesterly jet stream is providing ample wind shear, while the air mass beneath it is extremely humid, resulting from the historic marine heatwave over the Mediterranean. This outlook focuses on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s evolution, with a significant severe weather event forecast along the racing cold front from the Alpine region to the Balearic Islands on Thursday and across north-central Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, and the Adriatic on Friday. Robust and destructive thunderstorms are expected from Wednesday morning through Friday afternoon. Above: Video animation of the convective storm’s development across Central Europe and the Mediterranean from Wednesday through Friday night, September 9th and 10th, 2026. For this reason, HIGH + MDT risks have been placed across portions of the Western and Northern Mediterranean region, with highlighted areas where the most robust severe weather threat will develop on both days. The threat includes enhanced potential for severe damaging winds, destructive flash floods, tornadoes, and very large to giant hail (6-10 cm or larger). SYNOPTIC OVERVIEW This week’s weather pattern over Europe shows the underlying risk to the Balearic Islands, Italy, and the north-central Adriatic region on Wednesday and Thursday. As a deep wave over western Europe emerges further east and cuts off into the Northern Mediterranean, it creates a significant pressure and temperature gradient against the departing upper-level ridge to the east. This significantly amplifies southwesterly jet-stream winds from eastern Spain across the northern Mediterranean, providing violent wind shear. This brings a frontal system moving across Central Europe into the Mediterranean, with the cold front moving west to east from France and the Alps into Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia from Wednesday morning through Friday night.
Record rainfall floods roads and disrupts rail services in Nagoya, Japan
Nagoya recorded 104.5 mm (4.1 inches) of rain in one hour on September 8, 2026, setting an all-time station record as flooding disrupted roads and rail services. Nagoya City issued Level 5 Emergency Safety Measures for communities along the Kanare, Yada and Ueda rivers, while the Japan Meteorological Agency and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism issued a Level 5 flood special warning for the Shonai River system at LT ( UTC). The municipal Level 5 measures were downgraded at LT ( UTC), while local media reported four injuries across Aichi Prefecture. The Nagoya observation station recorded a maximum one-hour rainfall total of 104.5 mm (4.1 inches) and a 12-hour total of 213 mm (8.4 inches) by LT ( UTC) on September 8. This was the highest hourly rainfall on record, with records at Nagoya going back to 1890. JMA identified a linear precipitation band over western Aichi Prefecture and the Mino region of Gifu Prefecture during the event. Nagoya City issued Level 5 Emergency Safety Measures for communities along the Kanare River at LT ( UTC), citing rising water levels and the possibility that inundation was already occurring. The emergency covered Fujimidai, Miyane and Chiyodabashi in Chikusa Ward; Moritaka-nishi and Moritaka-higashi in Moriyama Ward; and Kanare, Yutakagaoka and Hikiyama in Meito Ward. At LT ( UTC), the city expanded Level 5 Emergency Safety Measures to communities along the Yada and Ueda rivers. Local reporting said the combined measures covered 607 879 households and 1 172 102 people across 14 wards. The city instructed people in dangerous locations to secure their safety immediately, including a higher floor or a nearby building less exposed to flooding. Level 4 evacuation orders were issued along several other waterways as water levels rose. Nagoya City established a disaster response headquarters at LT ( UTC), after a Level 4 Urgent Warning for heavy rain was issued. At LT ( UTC), JMA and MLIT issued a Level 5 flood special warning for the Shonai River system, stating that flooding had occurred or was extremely likely to have occurred. The affected forecast area included Nagoya, Seto, Kasugai, Komaki, Ichinomiya, Inazawa, Kiyosu, Kitanagoya and Ama, along with Toyoyama, Ōharu and Kanie in Aichi Prefecture and Tajimi and Toki in Gifu Prefecture. The Seko reference observation station on the Yada River reached the designated flood-occurrence level. JMA and MLIT said flooding might already have occurred and that parts of Nagoya could be inundated. At LT ( UTC), JMA and MLIT listed the Gojo, Kanare, Jizo, Yada and Kanie rivers above their flood-danger levels. The Ogiyama River in the Tenpaku system was also above its flood-danger threshold.
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