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Climate Crisis To Blame For Formerly 'Impossible' Heat, Studies Reveal

At least 24 previously impossible heatwaves have struck communities across the planet, a new assessment has shown, providing stark evidence of how severely human-caused global heating is supercharging extreme weather.

Borthwick claims players were unfit for start of series

Steve Borthwick has claimed his England players were not fit enough for Test rugby when they began their autumn internationals after Saturday's defeat by South Africa extended their dismal losing run.

Exciting times ahead' Carsley hails new generation as he hands over to Tuchel

Lee Carsley predicted that competition for places in Thomas Tuchel's first squad will be fiercer than ever, after his stint as England's interim head coach ended with a 5-0 thrashing of the Republic of Ireland in the Nations League.

Kane has been the defining player of a successful era, but this thing has run its course

Below the hum of the crowd every time Kane took the ball, he was rearranging his legs like a pantomime horse

Harwood-Bellis starts party as Carsley signs off with promotion

It was an England salvo of devastating power, three goals in five minutes early in the second half and it did more than reframe an occasion that had been flat and forgettable until then.

'I saw my name on the Euros list. There was shock then happiness'

Ayoze Pérez hopes to make history for Spain in Tenerife tonight after goal rush since leaving England for La Liga

Direct Doak convinces Clarke he is the present and future

Scotland's teenage forward set to keep his spot against Poland after terrorising Gvardiol in win over Croatia

Beard vents over penalty error as Everton edge derby

An exasperated Matt Beard claimed the match officials had cost his Liverpool team the Merseyside derby, after a controversial penalty enabled Everton to claim their first win of the Women's Super League season and move off the bottom of the table.

Clever Slegers impresses but Arsenal cannot rush appointment

Watching Arsenal coast to victory at Tottenham on Saturday, you could have been forgiven for forgetting that they are without a permanent manager.

Beaten, bruised England are not in crisis mode yet

Defeat by South Africa was to be expected but the Six Nations looms as kill or cure for Borthwick's project

Wright treble condemns Wales to record 11th straight defeat

Never go back. Warren Gatland must wonder if he should have heeded that apparently universal truth. After this defeat the New Zealander has overseen the longest ever run of Wales losses: 11 and counting.

Three horses die in sad day at Cheltenham

Abuffalosoldier among those lost after winning Holland Cooper Chase live on ITV

Codes unite to honour trio and raise funds for MND

Organisers hope hybrid match of league and union will become an annual event

Boulter and Raducanu stun Canada to seal last-four spot

Katie Boulter strode to the baseline last night for one of the most important matches of her career with a considerable amount of pressure on her shoulders.

Sinner caps golden year with glory on home turf

Jannik Sinner added another big title to his tremendous year, beating the US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 for the ATP Finals trophy in front of his home fans in Turin—and before a final verdict is reached in his doping case.

McIlroy wins in Dubai to end year on a high

World No 3 tops European order of merit and equals Ballesteros's achievement

Class divide Taylor shows the grace and ringcraft blatantly lacking in Paul-Tyson charade

Jake Paul and Katie Taylor provide a study in contrast that would be amusing if it did not contain such stark truths about the different strands of boxing they represent.

UK territories must back plans to stop 'dirty money', say politicians

The UK's offshore financial centres must fall in behind plans to stop \"dirty money\" by publishing registers of corporate ownership, political campaigners have said, as Labour vowed not to cave in to lobbying designed to weaken the proposals.

Hargreaves Lansdown sued by 5,000 investors

More than 5,000 people who invested in Neil Woodford's collapsed equity fund are suing Hargreaves Lansdown, claiming that the investment platform was still promoting the fund even when it was aware of its problems.

Companies to be forced to end subscription traps - minister

Companies are to be forced to make it \"simple and straightforward\" for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions or get their money back under new rules to stamp out the so-called subscription traps that are costing Britons £1.6bn a year.

Don't waver on electric car targets, energy firms urge

Major UK businesses including Ovo, SSE and BT Openreach are urging the government to stick to current electric car targets, as struggling carmakers pile pressure on ministers to relax the rules before industry talks.

De Gaulle's coded letters to mother go to auction

A stash of previously unseen correspondence and artefacts belonging to the former French president Charles de Gaulle, including coded letters to his mother while he was a German prisoner in the first world war and messages from the singer Josephine Baker, is to go on sale after its discovery earlier this year.

Modi to make 'historic' Guyana Visit for oil talks

India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, will make a \"historic\" state visit to the oil-rich Caribbean nation of Guyana this week when the two countries are expected to sign energy and defence agreements.

Musk intervenes as Trump faces dilemma over key treasury role

Elon Musk has weighed in on Donald Trump's choice for US treasury secretary, one of the remaining key cabinet nominations the president-elect will make in the coming days.

Springfield In shadow of mass deportation threat, Haitians begin to flee

From a tiny office behind a Haitian grocery store on Springfield's South Limestone Street, Margery Koveleski has spent years helping local Haitians overcome red tape to make their lives in the Ohio city a little easier. But Koveleski, whose family is Haitian, has noticed a change: Haitians are now coming to her to figure out how to leave.

We want justice' How a bear attack led an Italian region to oppose rewilding

Franca Gherardini used to cherish the sublime views from her home in Caldes, a village on the slopes of the Brenta Dolomites in northern Italy's Trentino province. But now she rolls down the window canopy in the morning to avoid looking towards the area where her son, Andrea Papi, 26, was killed by a bear.

Free Democrats in Germany 'planned coalition exit for weeks'

Germany's pro-business Free Democratic party (FDP), who collapsed Olaf Scholz's governing coalition earlier this month in a dispute over the budget, reportedly plotted their exit weeks before the final split, referring to their plans internally as \"D-day\".

Israel kills Hezbollah media chief in Beirut as strikes intensify

Hezbollah's chief spokesman has been killed by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, as Israel intensifies its air offensive in Lebanon despite indirect negotiations for a ceasefire.

Putin's war aims Scale of attack on utilities shows peace is still a long way off

Millions of Ukrainians woke up early yesterday morning to a huge Russian missile and drone attack on their country's infrastructure - the biggest assault from Moscow since the end of August.

'Shocking levels of collusion' Finucane family finally hope to find truth behind murder

It was news to her 44-year-old son. Geraldine Finucane recalled that John had struggled as an eight-year-old with her decision for them to stay put in the family home after the murder of his father in the kitchen.