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Poor countries say rich world betraying them over climate pledges on shipping

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 April

Proposal that ships pay levy on emissions to fund climate action in poor countries opposed by powerful economies

Poor countries have accused the rich world of “backsliding” and betrayal of their climate commitments, as they desperately tried to keep alive a long-awaited deal to cut carbon from shipping.

Nations from 175 countries have gathered in London this week at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to hammer out the final details of a deal, more than a decade in the making, that could finally deliver a plan to decarbonise shipping over the next 25 years.

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From polling to pasta quantities: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 April

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Scientists target queen bees in search of secret to longer life

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 April

UK’s £800m research body backs project that could unlock radical therapies to extend human lifespans

The curious case of the queen bee has long had scientists pondering whether the head of the hive harbours the secret to a long and healthy life.

While queen bees and workers have nearly identical DNA, the queens enjoy what might be regarded as royal privileges. They are larger, fertile throughout life and survive for years compared with workers, who last a few months at best.

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The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it? – podcast

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 April

Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to help

By William Ralston. Read by Sam Swainsbury

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Abigail Disney: ‘Every billionaire who can’t live on $999m is kind of a sociopath’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 April

She is one of the heirs to the Walt Disney fortune – and has long argued for rich people like her to pay more tax. Now she is working out how best to meet the challenge of Trump, Musk and the politics of chaos

My conversation with Abigail Disney opens with the kind of bog-standard line that starts most chats. But because she is a left-leaning American, with a record of righteous criticism of the man now once again in charge of her country, I suspect it might invite a very long answer indeed.

Still, out it comes: “How are you?”

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Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 April

Exclusive: Met to be handed dossier of evidence alleging crimes including killings of civilians and aid workers

A war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who served with the Israeli military in Gaza is to be submitted to the Met police by one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers.

Michael Mansfield KC is one of a group of lawyers who will on Monday hand in a 240-page dossier to Scotland Yard’s war crimes unit alleging targeted killing of civilians and aid workers, including by sniper fire, and indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, including hospitals.

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‘Polluting’ Silvertown tunnel is already out of date despite just opening, say campaigners

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 April

Victoria Rance says the ‘1970s technology’ will cause pollution that will damage health for decades, but London mayor and TfL claim it will reduce congestion

A multibillion-pound road tunnel under the River Thames will be out of date the moment it opens, according to campaigners.

The first cars and lorries are due through the Silvertown tunnel in east London on Monday, passing between Greenwich on the south side of the river and Newham in the north.

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‘Barcelona or death’: mothers watch and wait as Senegal’s men risk all to reach Europe

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 April

For many the perilous journey to Spain seems the only future. Can the country’s new government create enough jobs and prospects to make them stay?

The view from the plastic chair in which Fatou Samba sits, looking out to sea, takes in many of the elements of the sorry tale of Senegal’s lost men. She can see the distant shapes of the big industrial foreign fishing ships and tankers, from Europe and China, strung across the horizon.

Closer to shore are dozens of empty pirogues, Senegalese wooden fishing boats, rocking idle on a sea mostly denuded of fish.

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‘Fruit of the devil’: Hainan’s betel nut sellers suffer from stuttering economy

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 April

Despite its links to oral cancer, people in Hainan have for centuries produced and eaten betel nuts, which give a natural high. But sales are falling

Many cities across southern China are known for the art of relaxing. Chengdu in Sichuan province is the tea house capital. Guangzhou is the birthplace of dim sum, a time to share steamed dumplings and chew the fat with friends. And in Haikou, the capital of Hainan province, people have been chewing the betel nut for centuries.

You don’t have to walk far in Haikou to find a vendor. The small, hard, green fruits are sold in little piles alongside fresh coconuts and bottled water at pretty much any convenience store, for about five yuan (£0.52) a piece. Some vendors, mostly women, sit by the side of the road to dish out betel nuts to passing drivers on mopeds, nearly all of them men.

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