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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting the UK to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In a tweet, he said he would meet his "friend" Mr Sunak to hold "substantive negotiations". The UK announced on Thursday that it would supply Ukraine with the long-range missiles it had requested to fight the Russian invasion. Mr Zelensky has been meeting Western leaders in recent days seeking to bolster support for Ukraine. At the meeting, Mr Sunak said the pair would be "discussing what more we can do to support" Mr Zelensky and Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader is the first foreign dignitary to meet...

Climate change is now critical, says the Climate CommissionMalcolm Holland, Padraic Murphy From: Herald Sun May 23, 2011 12:00AM "THE atmosphere is warming, the ocean is warming, ice is being lost from glaciers and ice caps, and sea levels are rising." This is the dramatic conclusion of scientists who say climate change cannot be denied, and carbon offsetting is not enough to stop it. The findings are included in the first report by the Government's newly created Climate Commission. It warns people are to blame for rising temperatures, with the last decade the hottest on record. "The biological world is...