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King Charles III meets with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates - which holds the Cop28 presidency - at Expo City in Dubai on the opening day of the UN climate summit. Picture: Andrew Matthews/Getty Images

UN Cop summits are ‘imperfect’ but 'all we’ve got' to tackle climate warming

The United Nations COP climate summits are an “imperfect process”, Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick...

International tourism has almost rebounded to pre-Covid levels, report says

International tourism arrivals reached 91 per cent of pre-Covid levels in the third quarter...

Global warming has led to a dramatic increase in wildfires in places like California (Picture: David McNew/Getty Images)

COP28 climate summit risks a descent into farcical greenwashing

As tens of thousands of delegates arrive in Dubai, COP28 may result in the production of a large amount of hot air and not much else

What line do countries have to cross to lose their right to a party invitation?Jane Bradley

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Which world leaders are due to speak at COP28?

US president Joe Biden will not attend the COP28 summit in Dubai...

Palestinian mother living in Scotland ‘helpless’ as daughter, five, trapped in G...

Israa Aljaish’s daughter is with her grandmother in Gaza...

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Homelessness has hit the highest level since records began (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Private rented sector can help tackle homelessness – if rents are affordable

Some 92 per cent of homes in the private rented sector are unaffordable to people claiming benefitsGavin Smith

Keeping Grangemouth oil refinery in public ownership could make for a smoother just transition, says reader (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Let's take Grangemouth processing plant for Scotland

James Cleverly's talk about the benefits of immigration could help change the tenor of the debate (Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

Home Secretary's praise for benefits of immigration is important change of tone

What line do countries have to cross to lose their right to a party invitation?Jane Bradley

Jane Bradley

Scotland players wear 'We're off to Germany' tee-shirts during a lap of honour after the 3-3 draw with Norway at Hampden. (Photo by Paul Devlin / SNS Group)

Scotland Euro 2024 seeding confirmed as possible group opponents revealed

Right-wing populists seem hellbent on trashing the West’s finest principles Joyce McMillan

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and foreign secretary David Cameron talking ahead of their meeting in Kyiv. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

David Cameron flies to Kyiv for his first overseas visit as foreign secretary

Twenty years in prison would make the worst polluters think twice Richard Dixon

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Former Chancellor and Labour MP Alistair Darling dies aged 70

The-then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, talks with former American secretary of state Dr Henry Kissinger during the Britain In The World conference at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. Picture: PA

Former US secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies aged 100

Smartphones are set to be banned in schools in New Zealand.

Which nations have imposed a smartphone ban in schools and will Scotland follow?

Rishi Sunak meets Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 Summit last year (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak goes all Alan Partridge over 'Elgin Marbles'

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First Minister Humza Yousaf. Image: Lesley Martin/Press Association.

What is Humza Yousaf doing at COP28?

US president Joe Biden sid in a tweet that violence 'would give Hamas what they seek'. Picture: Getty Images

Is Joe Biden warning Israel not to re-start its bombing campaign on Gaza?

After 30 years in the anchor's chair, Kirsty Wark is leaving Newsnight after the next election

BBC's Newsnight cut to 30 minutes under £500m savings plan

Floods, droughts and wildfires are a growing problem for many parts of the world (Picture: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images)

Is COP28 climate change summit turning into an oil industry trade fair?

As wildfires and other symptoms of global warming become an increasing problem, the next international summit on the issue, COP28, will be run by an oil industry executive. Picture: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images

COP28 : Call for urgent probe into ‘backroom oil deals’ by summit host UAE

The attaches at the Port of Leith Distillery

How Government attaches are promoting Scotch across emerging markets

Protesters wave Israeli flags and hold photos of people held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, during a demonstration outside Downing Street last week. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Gaza: temporary truce holds as Irish-Israeli girl, 9, among hostages released

An image from a handout video released by the Hamas Media Office showing members of its Al-Qassam Brigades leading hostages over to officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Friday. Picture: Hamas Media Office/AFP via Getty Images

Gaza: Hostage release delay as Hamas accuses Israel of breaking truce

A SNP MSP has warned about Scotland deepening economic ties with China. Picture: Getty Images

SNP MSP says Scotland deepening ties with China not in 'national interest'

UK may have ditched its right-winger with bad hair but terrible policies remain Joyce McMillan

Workers walk through the Grangemouth oil refinery. Picture: PA

Scottish minister meets with Grangemouth refinery part-owners in China

A man smokes cannabis in a coffee shop in Amsterdam.

Why the Netherlands isn't all like Amsterdam, as Geert Wilders win shows

Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole. Picture: Getty Images

Pistorius granted parole 10 years after shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Rishi Sunak is under fire over new migration figures.

Tories pile pressure on Rishi Sunak as net migration hits new record

People gathering at the scene in Dublin city centre after five people were injured, including three young children.

Three children among those stabbed in Dublin city centre attack

Squid Game The Challenge: Scots competitor tells of his time on Netflix show

OpenAI's board decided to fire chief executive Sam Altman but following a mass revolt by staff he is being reappointed (Picture: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

Sam Altman affair casts new light on war between AI 'doomers' and 'boomers'

A Palestinian boy stands amidst the rubble of a building following Israeli strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 22, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Yousaf warns Gaza ceasefire 'must go further' as four-day pause agreed

A hydrogen filled balloon is used to replicate the sun

Why low-carbon 'blue' hydrogen could solve decarbonisation dilemmas

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

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