UK needs to plant 1.5 billion trees to tackle climate change, government told - ‘Let’s not shy away from the truth. It will be a challenge, it will cost money’

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UK heading for no-deal Brexit on 31 October, EU leaders conclude - Britain will crash out of the EU on 31 October unless Theresa May’s Brexit deal is ratified or a new prime minister calls a second referendum or general election this summer, the bloc’s leaders have concluded.

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Whales and dolphins can no longer be bred or kept in captivity under new legislation that passed the House of Commons Monday. For the first time, Canadians can be found guilty for possession of marine mammals – not just for poor treatment.

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D-day veterans in their 90s parachute into Normandy once more - Harry Read, 95, and John Hutton, 94, commemorate wartime landings in France with help of Red Devils

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Cubans will be able to get Wi-Fi in their homes for the first time, relaxing yet more restrictions in one of the most disconnected countries in the world. The measure announced by state media provides a legal status to thousands of Cubans who created homemade digital networks with smuggled equipment

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British supermarkets have admitted that they could be selling olive oil produced in a way which kills millions of songbirds every year, as they promise to investigate their sourcing.

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800 million people at risk as climate breakdown causes Asia's vast glaciers to shrink - 'It could cause people to migrate and if you can’t migrate, it might cause conflict as people will need to fight with their neighbours for food'

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Brussels is moving to break up the team that negotiated Theresa May‘s Brexit deal, in the most concrete sign yet that the EU has absolutely no intention of re-opening talks on the treaty.

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World Health Organisation’s recognition of traditional Chinese medicine ‘could push species into extinction’ - Failure to condemn use of animal parts in traditional remedies ‘egregiously negligent and irresponsible’, wildlife groups say

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UK by far the biggest enabler of global corporate tax dodging, groundbreaking research finds - Britain has ‘single-handedly’ done more to undermine world’s tax system than any other nation, report finds

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Brexit fallout sees New York overtake London as top financial centre, according to survey - 'Full-blown crisis' over EU exit means Britain is losing its top spot, report suggests

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Remains of entire Roman town discovered next to motorway in Kent, UK - Experts have said the discovery is one of the most significant finds made in the region.

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Green Party calls for Canada to stop using foreign oil — and rely on Alberta’s instead: Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century. In the meantime, she wants Canada off foreign oil as soon as possible.

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Number of over-70s still in work more than doubles in a decade - Despite benefits of working into retirement, campaigners say figures point to pensioner poverty in UK

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Mexico’s environment minister has been forced to resign after causing a flight she was about to miss to be delayed by 38 minutes, in direct contravention of her president’s populist promises to rule for the people.

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Louvre casts doubts on $450 million 'Leonardo' authenticity ...the museum has privately decided it will label the $450 M portrait of Christ merely as “from the workshop” of Leonardo - a move that would render it all but worthless and leave its Saudi owners humiliated, according to an art historian

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Number of men being forced into marriage reaches seven-year high - Forced marriages are commonly associated with vulnerable young women suffering at the hands of domineering male relatives, but the statistics show it is a significant problem in Britain for young males too.

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Return of England’s wildcats: animals to be reintroduced after being declared extinct in 19th century

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France has officially acknowledged for the first time that French Polynesians were effectively forced into accepting almost 200 nuclear tests conducted over a 30-year period, and that it is responsible for compensating them for the illnesses caused by the fallout.

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Japan enacts law calling for 'national movement' to slash 6 million tons of food wasted annually

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